MAPFRE is the leading multinational insurance group operating in Latin America, with $10.932 billion in premiums, $133 million more than the previous year, and a market share of 5.1%.

The African Development Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC) (www.AfDB.org) and the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for cooperation between the two organizations for information sharing and capacity building.

The 4th edition of the Africa Fintech Forum will take place on 15th October 2025 at the Pullman, Nairobi, Upper Hill, bringing together leaders, innovators, and policymakers from across the African financial technology ecosystem.

Prove, the global leader in digital trust, today announced the launch of the Prove Identity Graph, a foundational layer of Prove’s platform that enables enterprises to verify and recognize customers instantly, securely, and globally.

With Financial Inclusion Week underway, Orbital – a global payment orchestration platform across stablecoins and traditional payment rails – has released its new Stablecoin Premiums Dashboard* which offers insights into stablecoin market data that reveals that the countries with the highest stablecoin premiums are those with populations that, on average, are more financially excluded.

Sumsub, a global verification and anti-fraud leader, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Identity Verification in Financial Services 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US52985325, September 2025). The report evaluates identity verification providers based on both current capabilities and long-term strategies, assessing how well vendors meet the needs of financial services organizations now and in the years ahead.

Bank payment company GoCardless has recorded its first EBITDA positive quarter on an adjusted basis*, operating in the black in the final three months of FY25 (April to June 2025). The result reflects strong cost discipline and a sustained growth trajectory, positioning the company for long-term financial sustainability.

Qonto, Europe's leading business finance management solution for SMEs and freelancers, today publishes its comprehensive analysis of digital transformation across European small and medium businesses. The report, created in collaboration with Appinio, surveyed 1,600 senior decision makers across France, Germany, Italy, and Spain in August 2025.

Oracle NetSuite, the #1 AI Cloud ERP, and BILL (NYSE: BILL), the intelligent finance platform trusted by half a million businesses to manage, move and maximize their money, have formed a strategic partnership to deliver enhanced payment processing to US customers. The new BILL-powered payment automation capability, which is embedded in NetSuite Intelligent Payment Automation, helps customers accelerate accounts payable processes, increase efficiency, and reduce risk.

BitGo MENA FZE (“BitGo MENA”), the digital asset infrastructure company, announced that it has secured a Broker-Dealer licence from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The license enables BitGo MENA to provide regulated digital asset trading and intermediation services to institutional clients across the region and supports the company’s continued global expansion.

Leading global payments company Payroc is proud to announce a new partnership with The First State Bank, a respected financial institution serving businesses and consumers throughout the Texas Gulf Coast and South Texas region.

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has been recognised with three awards at the prestigious Juniper Research Future Digital Awards 2025. G+D Netcetera, the financial software specialist of the G+D Group, won the top honour, a Platinum Award, for its new BIN Attack Score solution. The G+D products Convego Card Designer and the Convego Issuance Kiosk each won a Gold Award.

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) and Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Fifth Third will acquire Comerica in an all-stock transaction valued at $10.9 billion.

Global fintech platform Pine Labs Limited in collaboration with Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, today unveiled its latest offering called the ‘Flipkart Bharat Yatra Card’. This digital prepaid card will empower commuters of public transport in India experience a seamless digital payments experience during travel in buses, metros, and other mass transit networks where National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) is enabled as a mode of payment. The Flipkart Bharat Yatra Card is expected to reduce queues at payment and kiosk counters, cut down recharge-related delays, and improve transit time for commuters.

XION, the first consumer-centric Layer-1 blockchain designed for mainstream adoption, today announced a strategic integration with Fireblocks, the industry-leading digital asset infrastructure provider trusted by 2,200 institutions to secure over $10 trillion in digital asset transactions.