We are delighted to welcome Alfonso Munoz as our newly appointed Chief Financial Officer at Neonomics!

Following the announcement of a recently completed US$300 million Series F funding round at a US$6.2 billion valuation, Australia-founded leading financial platform for modern businesses, Airwallex, today announced the newly-appointed board for Airwallex SVF Pty Ltd.

Proof Group, a leading digital asset and emerging technology investment firm and one of the most active participants in the Canton ecosystem, is proud to announce the launch of the first-ever block explorer for the Canton Network. This new tool provides unprecedented transparency into the network’s transactions, participants, and overall activity– marking a milestone for the ecosystem and a significant step toward broader accessibility and engagement.

Taskize, the leading investment operations collaboration platform and Euroclear-owned fintech, has appointed ex-EY, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Janus Henderson employee David Williams as chief financial officer, bolstering its leadership team.

Worldpay® and Early Warning Services have announced a new partnership at Worldpay’s annual client and partner event, Rethink, to enable Paze℠ as a checkout option available to its merchants. Paze is an online checkout solution developed by Early Warning Services that is offered by leading banks and credit unions in the U.S. The convenient Paze checkout experience enables consumers to pay online with their preferred credit and debit cards via added security through tokenization, and seamless digital authentication.

Blink Parametric, a B2B SaaS company and part of CPPGroup Plc, announces today the appointment of Brian Barter as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect.

AIFT and Shin Kong Life, under the leadership of Shin Kong Life Taiwan Chairman Mark Wei, are pleased to announce the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement today. This partnership signifies a joint commitment to transform Vietnam's digital insurance market through AIFT’s IXT modern digital insurance capabilities alongside Shin Kong Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Shin Kong Vietnam) and their robust local distribution channels and operational expertise, hence, creating a pioneering hybrid insurance ecosystem.

CurveBlock, a UK-based proptech start-up pioneering sustainable real estate investment, has secured a $400,000 grant (approximately £298,000 GBP) from Kadena, a leading Proof-of-Work L1 blockchain, as part of its $25 million RWA grant program. Launched earlier this year alongside Kadena’s RWA Token Standard, this grant program is dedicated to accelerating the adoption of compliant asset tokenization on Kadena’s blockchain infrastructure.

Kraken, one of the longest-standing, most liquid, and secure crypto platforms, has chosen Ivy as a new instant payment provider in Europe. Ivy’s payment platform is one of the de facto standards for European crypto leaders, offering crypto-native accounts, real-time deposits, withdrawals, and settlement in stablecoins.

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) announced today that its MineralTree business, which provides modern, secure, easy-to-use accounts payable (AP) and payment automation solutions, and Sage, a leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), launched a vendor payments solution built directly within Sage Intacct. The solution, Vendor Payments powered by MineralTree, gives finance teams a seamless way to pay vendor bills without ever leaving their Sage Intacct instance.

Post Office and Western Union have today (4 June) announced a long-term exclusive deal for cross-border money transfer services at Post Office branches.

According to new research, ‘Balancing the Books’, from leading payments platform Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), an overwhelming 96% of U.S. small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) accepting in-person transactions plan to upgrade their payments technology in the next 12 months. Despite some economic challenges, SMBs remain optimistic and view payment innovation, including e-commerce, as critical to their future growth as well as overcoming cash flow and fraud issues.

Data Zoo and Personr have announced a strategic partnership designed to deliver seamless compliance and identity verification

Money20/20, the world's leading fintech show and the place where money does business, held its anticipated Startup Media Session on June 4th at Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam. Eight startups took the spotlight on the Briefing Stage, each with a transformative solution poised to reshape industries—from emerging market payments and decentralized identity to climate tech investing and AI-powered risk management.

Mastercard and PayPal are teaming up to offer shoppers more choice and control over how they check out.