Yapily – Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure provider – today announces its strategic collaboration with Google to support the rollout of Google's bank account verification service as an option for business customers in Europe.

Fireblocks Trust Company, the New York State-regulated qualified custodian powered by the Fireblocks platform, today announced that it has partnered with Bakkt, Castle Island, FalconX, Galaxy, and others, offering its custody solutions to support regulated digital asset strategies across the financial ecosystem. As digital asset ETFs and digital asset treasuries (DATs), protocol launches, and collateralized lending move into the regulatory spotlight, Fireblocks Trust Company has become a critical enabler for institutions seeking compliant, secure infrastructure.

Auquan, the leader in automating complex financial workflows with autonomous AI agents, today announced it has been named a Cool Vendor in the Gartner® report Cool Vendors™ for Agentic AI in Banking and Investment Services (05 Sept 2025, Jasleen Kaur Sindhu, Sudarshana Bhattacharya, Jeff Casey). Vendors selected for the Cool Vendors report are innovative, impactful and intriguing. The report notes, "by 2027, 40% of financial services institutions will have deployed at least one AI agent to automate workflows or augment decision making, up from fewer than 15% in early 2025."

Gradient AI, a leading enterprise software provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the insurance industry, today announced a partnership with Connexure, a leading provider of quoting, underwriting and administrative software for the self-funded market.

Blockdaemon, a leading U.S. headquartered institutional-grade crypto infrastructure company, today announced a strategic partnership with Aave Labs, a core technology contributor to the Aave Protocol, to bring seamless institutional access to decentralized finance (DeFi) lending markets. Together, two trusted names with long-standing security track records are joining forces to set a new benchmark for institutional DeFi.

Block Street, a startup building an execution and lending layer for tokenized equities, said it raised $11.5 million in strategic funding to deploy its intent/RFQ-based trading infrastructure on Monad and major EVM networks. The round was led by Hack VC with participation from Generative Venture, DWF Labs, StudioB, and Bridge34, alongside angels from fintech unicorns and operators at Jane Street, Point72 and HRT, according to the company.

Leading cashflow finance provider, eCapital Commercial Finance (UK), has appointed Samantha Wilson as Head of Sales, North.

Tietoevry Industry has further deepened its Nordic collaboration by entering into a new multi-country agreement with Entercard, one of the region’s foremost credit card providers.

Comviva, a global leader in digital transformation solutions, specializing in customer experience management, data monetization, and digital financial services, today announced a remarkable milestone of processing over $ 1 billion in a day through it’s fintech platforms at the sidelines of Global Fintech Fest 2025 in Mumbai. Comviva reported, processing over 7.5 billion transactions, with total value of transactions crossing USD 400 billion annually, a value surpassing the GDP of Finland.

LE Capital, a leading provider of stock funding solutions for used car dealerships, has announced its expansion into Northern Ireland, bringing its superfast and hassle-free stock funding product to support the region’s thriving automotive sector.

An investor group led by Marc Joppeck, which also owns global trading brand INFINOX, has today announced the acquisition of Skilling.com (Skilling), a leading European online brokerage, subject to final regulatory approval. The move marks a significant step in the group’s long-term vision to build a diversified financial services portfolio, strengthen its presence in one of the world’s most competitive trading regions, and enhance client access to innovative trading solutions.

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), the Kingdom’s leading fintech incubator and ecosystem builder which partners with government bodies and others to further accelerate the development and adoption of blockchain and digital assets technology in Bahrain.

CMC Markets, a global leader in online trading for retail, professional and institutional clients, has successfully completed the private placement of a shareholding in the UK using distributed-ledger technology (DLT). The use of a digital token to represent the shareholding marks a new phase in the company’s digital strategy.

HSBC launches Innovation Banking in India and expects to allocate a total of $1bn in non-dilutive debt capital for Indian startups

Stripe opened its new Dublin, Ireland headquarters, tripling its office space to 14,500 square meters as the company prepares for its next phase of growth