CellPoint Digital announced a strategic partnership with Checkout.com to enable travel brands to streamline payment complexity

Finastra has partnered with TIM Corp to elevate treasury service challenges across the Philippines

Lagom Consulting has launched a new free online Marketing Maturity Index, helping financial services firms benchmark their marketing capabilities

Tenity and GFTN have signed a MoU to explore strategic collaboration across digital innovation and international scaling in financial technology

TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives markets, today announced a $25 million Series B investment led by Citadel Securities. BlackFin Tech and existing investors also participated. TransFICC has now raised $50 million to date from investors AlbionVC, BlackFin Tech, Citadel Securities, Citi, HSBC, Illuminate Financial, ING, and neosfer (the early-stage investor and innovation unit of Commerzbank Group).

Carefull, the first financial safety platform built specifically for older adults and their families, announces the launch of Carefull ScamCheck, an AI-powered scam detection tool designed to instantly detect, analyze, and prevent scams before they cause financial harm.

Amount, a leader in consumer and small business deposit account opening and loan origination software, has selected ValidiFI, the leading provider of predictive bank account and payment intelligence, to enhance its digital origination capabilities. By integrating ValidiFI’s cutting-edge solutions with Amount’s powerful SaaS platform, the partnership aims to provide financial institutions (FIs) with even more robust, cloud-first technology to improve lending decisions.

Farther, the intelligent wealth firm fusing proprietary technology with advisor expertise, welcomed Chief Investment Officer of Farther Asset Management Nick Panitsas and 29 premier advisors nationwide between January and March 2025. Their arrival marks a strong start to the year and reinforces Farther’s appeal as a modern RIA built for advisors and their clients, bringing the firm’s assets under management to nearly $6 billion.

Community financial institutions now have award-worthy technology to compete with the titans. DeepTarget Inc.'s AI-powered marketing platform has been named a Banking Tech Awards USA 2025 finalist in the "Best Personalization Solution" category, validating what CIOs and digital banking leaders have been discovering: digital banking real estate can become a powerful engagement and revenue-generating channel.

Episode Six (E6), a global provider of modern ledger and cards infrastructure, is continuing its growth in Canada through its partnership with Yoo Financial, a Canada-based financial institution with a principal issuing and acquiring license with Mastercard. Together, E6 and Yoo Financial will bring a new range of credit card offerings to the Canadian market.

Global AI and digital transformation company GFT is deepening its footprint in the insurance sector with the appointment of Frédéric Therrien to the newly created role, Global Head of Guidewire. Central to GFT’s work with Guidewire is transforming Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers’ legacy systems through migration to Guidewire Cloud. He will lead the business unit responsible from GFT’s Canadian headquarters in Quebec, where insurance projects currently make up 35% of GFT’s business with Canadian clients.

A new player has entered the UK’s mid-market lending space. CAPEDGE has officially launched, offering loans from £500,000 to £3,000,000 to mid-sized UK businesses seeking capital for growth, acquisitions, refinancing, bridging, and other strategic initiatives.

Cinch operates on a circular subscription model designed to maximize device longevity while minimizing environmental impact. Manufacturing accounts for 70-90% of the environmental impact of mobile phones.

Sharesight has identified the drawbacks of Australian accountants relying primarily on manual processes when preparing tax returns for clients with complex investment portfolios.

In a landmark development for the Foreign Exchange (FX) industry, 24 Exchange has officially gone live with FX swaps trading, leveraging CobaltFX's innovative Dynamic Credit process. This integration marks a significant step forward in optimising credit intermediation, reducing operational risk, and enhancing liquidity efficiency for market participants.