ZestyAI, the Risk and Decision Intelligence Platform for the insurance industry, today announced that Standard Casualty Company, a specialized property insurer serving manufactured homeowners, is expanding its partnership by adopting ZORRO Discover™, bringing agentic AI to regulatory and competitive intelligence.

NatureAlpha, a leader in biodiversity and nature risk analytics for financial institutions, today announced a landmark initiative to support the responsible use of AI in nature-related financial analysis.

Allianz will transition its commercial cyber insurance business to Coalition, establishing Coalition as Allianz’s exclusive global partner

Lean Technologies announced the expansion of its Pay by Bank capabilities, built on the UAE’s Open Finance framework

Banking Circle today announces the appointment of Patrick Green as Chief Compliance Officer, reinforcing a key leadership step

RedBlack, a leading provider of wealth technology and outsourced advisor services, today announced an integration with CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, that unifies alternatives trading and portfolio management into a single, streamlined workflow. The integration enables advisors to access, allocate and manage alternative investments directly from RedBlack’s platform, removing operational friction, and creating a more efficient path to incorporating alternatives into client portfolios.

Bridge today added support for Celo, connecting its stablecoin orchestration platform to one of the most actively used networks in crypto. With 1.3 billion lifetime transactions, $65B+ in stablecoin volume since its March 2025 migration to an Ethereum Layer 2, 600K+ daily active users, and 25 native stablecoins in circulation, Celo gives Bridge developers direct access to a chain where stablecoin payments are already part of daily life for millions of users.

Genasys, the modern policy administration platform for insurers, MGAs and brokers, has appointed Becky Downing as Chief Operating Officer.

Currenxie, the global financial platform for borderless business, has officially entered the European market following the launch of its multi-country, multi-currency business account across the European Economic Area (EEA).

Vine, a commercial and agricultural lending accelerator for banks and credit unions, today announced the launch of its AI Assistant, a new capability within the Vine platform designed to help lenders analyze borrower documents, compare the loan package to bank policies, surface insights, and prepare robust credit memos.

InvestiFi, an award winning provider of digital investment solutions for community financial institutions, has partnered with Summit Choice Credit Union to integrate its suite of digital investing tools directly into the credit union’s online and mobile banking platforms. This collaboration will enable members to invest from their checking accounts through a seamless and secure experience.

UK consumers are estimated to have received £3.5 billion in refunds through friendly fraud over the past 12 months

fmas returns to Cape Town on 26–27 May 2026, bringing Africa’s trading and fintech community together at the CTICC once again, for the largest trading summit on the continent.

Bitso, Latin America’s leading digital financial services company, today announced it has obtained a license from El Salvador's National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD) for Nvio Pagos El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. to act as issuer of the Mexican peso pegged stablecoin MXNB. The entity, authorized and regulated in El Salvador, now becomes responsible for the issuance and management of MXNB, which makes it the first Latin American currency-backed stablecoin to operate under CNAD regulation, in accordance with the highest standards of security and transparency for stablecoin issuance.

The Smarter Payments Summit provides an invaluable opportunity for senior payments and finance professionals, including Payments managers from Amazon, BBC, BP, COS, EasyJet, EQI Bank and many more are confirmed to join to interact with providers such as Go Cardless, Adyen, Truelayer, Telesign Corporation All pay, Checkout.com, Justt and many more to explore new services to improve their payments solutions.