InsureMO, the global leader in insurance middleware, today announced a strategic partnership with Appian (Nasdaq: APPN), a leader in process orchestration, to launch a unified underwriting solution tailored for the US Excess & Surplus (E&S) specialty insurance market. This collaboration brings together InsureMO’s enterprise-grade Excel Rater platform and robust API ecosystem with Appian’s advanced, AI-powered Connected Underwriting Workbench, setting a new benchmark for speed, flexibility, and operational excellence in E&S insurance.

Florent Venture Partners has launched its debut fund, a Luxembourg SCSp, to back founders building the next generation of AI-native applications across Northern Europe and beyond.

Tristán Torres Velat, Chief Commercial Officer at PayRetailers said: “Open banking has been talked about for years, but the real challenge isn’t opening the APIs, it’s orchestrating them. Banks, fintechs, and tech platforms now have access to more data than ever, but turning that into connected, intelligent experiences is another story.

BIMBANK, Mauritania's leading Islamic bank and one of the pioneers in digital banking, has chosen the advanced SmartVista Fraud Management solution from BPC, a global leader in payment solutions, to implement enterprise-wide fraud prevention, fully comply with the requirements of the Central Bank of Mauritania, and ensure real-time protection across its cards, core banking, and digital channels.

The L&G App, which supports its 5.7 million workplace pension members, is now the UK’s highest-rated workplace pension app, with 4.8 stars on iOS and 4.9 stars on Android. The milestone comes as the app marks its first anniversary.

Monex Canada Inc. (“Monex Canada”), a subsidiary of the wider financial services group Monex S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Monex”), a global investment-grade financial services institution and one of the world’s leading commercial foreign exchange specialists, today announced the launch of its Toronto-based Digital Client Services (DCS) Desk. The new desk is dedicated to providing Monex Pay users with personalized, high-touch support for managing cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) trades.

Finery Markets, a leading provider of non-custodial crypto ECN and SaaS trading solutions, has partnered with Yield.xyz, a DeFi yield aggregation platform serving 25M clients, to simplify institutions’ access to a broad spectrum of native staking and DeFi opportunities.

Upbound appointed Ms. Rebecca Wooters to the newly created role of Chief Growth Officer

UPS and American Express announced an expanded agreement to help small businesses grow and drive commerce in their communities

Zimpler launched Swish Handel (Swish Commerce) and Swish Utbetalningar (Swish Payouts) for its partners

UnionPay International (UPI) announced the pilot launch of cross-border QR payment linkage between China and Indonesia

EBANX announced the integration of Capitec Pay, South Africa’s leading open banking-based, real-time payment method

Onbe, a leading corporate payouts platform, announced the appointment of Bryan Haynes as Chief Sales Officer, effective today.

Quantoz Payments B.V. (Quantoz), the Netherlands headquartered payments technology company, is pleased to announce that Mark de Bos has joined the fintech as Head of Finance.

Sumsub, a global leader in verification and fraud prevention, today announces a pioneering research partnership with Constructor University, a distinguished German institution renowned for its interdisciplinary approach.