Crescent Enterprises today announced an investment programme of AED 250 million to scale CE-Creates, its venture-building platform. The fresh capital, combined with new leadership, marks a major expansion of CE-Creates’ role as a builder and scaler of high-growth, impact-driven startups from the UAE to the world.

Flywire Corporation (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, today announced an expanded partnership with Workday, Inc. that will integrate Flywire's payments and software platform with Workday Student, a student information system (SIS) that automates and streamlines student operations, financials, academic planning, and registration. Now a Workday Certified provider, Flywire’s innovative integration streamlines how global higher education institutions who are utilizing Workday Student can manage their billing and payments processes, while improving administrative efficiency.

Raisin has appointed three new members to its Supervisory Board: James Oates, Dame Alison Rose, and Dr. Michael Diederich. Prof. Dr. Axel Weber will continue to lead the Raisin SE Supervisory Board as Chairman.

UATP, the global network enabling organisations to simplify payment processes and expand their payment capabilities, today announced a strategic partnership with Burbank, a pioneer in next-generation payments technology behind the world's first Card-Present over Internet (CPoI®) technology. Through this partnership, UATP will offer the CPoI® solution to airline merchants to securely process card-present transactions in online channels.

TreviPay, a fully managed B2B payments platform, today announced a partnership with Sonder, a leading global brand of premium, design-forward apartments and intimate boutique hotels serving the modern traveler, to launch its net terms program. The program Sonder Billing enables corporate travelers to pay for hotel services on 30-day net terms with consolidated, VAT-compliant invoicing, creating a seamless purchasing experience for business travel managers and their employees.

German cooperative banks Dortmunder Volksbank eG, Volksbank Erft eG, Volksbank Hameln-Stadthagen eG, Volksbank Hohenlohe eG, Volksbank Lübeck eG, and Volksbank Möckmühl eG have entered into a partnership with Pliant as part of a pilot project. The goal is to provide corporate clients with modern digital credit card solutions, simplify expense management, and expand service offerings in corporate banking. Additional Volksbanken are expected to join the initiative in the coming months. The pilot project is open to all Volksbanken seeking to support their corporate customers with innovative, digital payment solutions.

Vanquis today announced the launch of the Vanquis Benefits Checker, a new digital tool designed to help customers quickly and easily identify benefits and social tariffs they may be entitled to, ensuring fewer households miss out on vital financial support.

NPST, a leading digital banking and payments technology company and a proud member of the NPCI Partner Program, today announced the launch of Banking Connect, an interoperable internet and mobile banking platform developed by NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL). With Banking Connect, banks can now bypass these legacy constraints through a single NBBL-certified integration, enabling seamless connectivity across internet and mobile banking channels.

3iQ Corp. (“3iQ”), a global pioneer in digital asset investment solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Further, a leading institutional investment solutions provider, to launch a digital asset multi-strategy hedge fund designed for institutional and sophisticated investors.

TCB Pay, a leading provider of payment solutions for high-risk and high-volume merchants, has officially launched its new version of the TCB Pay App.

Mesh Payments (“Mesh”), a leader in travel and expense (T&E) management for modern enterprises, today announced a strategic collaboration with Peoples Trust Company, part of Peoples Group (“Peoples”), a federally regulated Canadian financial institution. This marks a significant milestone in Mesh’s global expansion, enabling the company to bring its unified travel and expense management platform to Canadian organizations with the regulatory foundation required to launch.

Parlay Finance announced today a partnership with First Internet Bank to deploy its AI-native Loan Intelligence System (LIS). The move allows the bank's Small Business Administration (SBA) lending operations team to eliminate manual tasks and gain deeper insights for loan decisioning.

Nymbus, a modern core banking platform for U.S. banks and credit unions, has been named a finalist for four major industry awards recognizing excellence in banking technology innovation and core processing solutions.

Offa, the UK’s leading Islamic property finance fintech, has won the Financial Services Business of the Year award at the prestigious Islam Channel Business Awards 2025, which took place at the Hilton London Metropole.

The Datos Impact Awards, presented by Datos Insights, honor the financial technology providers that are making the most meaningful contributions to innovation, operational efficiency, and customer experience in banking, payments, and insurance.