Bitso, Latin America’s leading financial services company powered by crypto, announces the appointment of Luis Urrutia as its new General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs. This addition to the executive team reaffirms the company's commitment to regulatory excellence and its mission to democratize access to financial services in the region.

For Baby Boomers, reliability matters more than the latest payment trends, according to research from PXP, the omnichannel global payment platform. PXP’s survey shows that while Baby Boomers have embraced digital payments in everyday life, they continue to favour debit and credit cards over mobile wallets, wearables or new payment innovations that feel unnecessary.

BPC, a global leader in payment solutions, has released its latest industry guide, Your Essential Guide on How to Build Closed and Open-Loop Wallet Ecosystems, offering banks, fintechs, and payment service providers a roadmap for designing, launching, and scaling digital wallet platforms in the rapidly evolving payments landscape.

Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has announced its AI-powered trading assistant, GetAgent, is now available to all users. First introduced in July in an invite-only launch, GetAgent blends advanced AI with real-time market data to deliver insights, strategies, and execution tools in one seamless chat interface.

Elliptic, the global leader in digital asset decisioning has partnered with Monerium, an authorized and regulated Electronic Money Institution (EMI), to streamline compliance, automate cross-chain AML screening, and offer real-time monitoring to manage regulatory requirements efficiently.

Starling Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Ember, to enable business customers to boost productivity and efficiency

Aspire announced the launch of Aspire Yield, its new investment solution, giving SMEs access to investment opportunities

Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced the launch of d Spot Margin Trading on its EU platform, unlocking greater trading flexibility for European users through up to 10x leverage — with full regulatory alignment, built-in transparency, and robust risk management tools.

Concirrus, the leading AI insurtech transforming specialty underwriting and AI submission automation, today announced it has achieved ISO/IEC 42001 (AI Governance), ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management), and SOC 2 compliance – becoming the first insurtech worldwide to secure all three internationally recognised certifications.

MoonPay, the global leader in crypto payments, has announced a new multi-year strategic partnership with Trust Wallet, the world's leading self-custody crypto wallet with over 200 million users, to provide seamless on- and off-ramp services to millions.

Jack Henry™ (Nasdaq: JKHY) has announced the initial launch of Tap2Local™, a new digital payments solution that enables banks and credit unions to meet the evolving needs of their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers.

SyFu, a pioneering project in the DePIN (Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Network) × GameFi space, has partnered with Salt Edge, a leading global open banking platform, to integrate card payment data from more than 5,000 banks in over 50 countries directly into the SyFu app – transforming users’ real-world spending into digital assets.

Leading digital payments provider Peach Payments has launched real-time clearance (RTC) payouts for all merchants on its platform in South Africa. The new payouts solution lets merchants top up their float and disburse payments in just minutes.

Leading regulated digital prime broker GCEX (GCEX Group) has appointed industry veteran Kevin Gillespie to a newly created sales and business development role, reporting to GCEX’s CEO, Lars Holst. In this new role, Kevin Gillespie will be covering the UK and EMEA.

Amid ongoing debate by Australian legislators and regulators on the future of financial advice, including how to restore advisor numbers and meet the needs of a growing demographic nearing retirement, the role of technology is both central and critical.