inDrive, a mobility and urban services platform operating in 888 cities across 48 countries, is pleased to announce the launch of inDrive.Money in Peru. This marks the service’s fourth market of operation, aiming to drive greater financial inclusion for gig economy workers, including drivers and couriers.

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), the golden source of reference data for Over-the-Counter (OTC) derivatives, has released the schedule for the 2025 industry consultation relating to the OTC International Securities Identification Number (ISIN), Unique Product Identifier (UPI) and Classification Financial Instrument (CFI) service provisions. Areas of focus are the DSB cost recovery and fair allocation of cost principles.

A new report from Bitpanda Technology Solutions, produced together with zeb Consulting, shows that European financial institutions are significantly underestimating demand from business and private investors for access to cryptocurrency.

Hantec Markets is proud to announce the launch of InsightPro, an innovative trading intelligence tool for traders, developed in collaboration with Acuity Trading. The tool provides traders with real-time trends and AI-powered trading signals, enhancing their access to market insights.

iDenfy, a global leader in identity verification and fraud prevention, announced a new partnership with Coast, an innovative blockchain platform simplifying crypto-to-fiat transactions on PulseChain. This partnership will focus on enhancing security and streamlining KYC/AML compliance processes while boosting the platform’s security and addressing critical challenges in the blockchain ecosystem.

The Interledger Foundation has opened funding for fintech and web-based platform projects that will become part of its interoperable payments network via the Interledger Protocol (ILP)--to build out its vision for an open digital economy. With projects in 40 countries, the organization is already working with businesses to spearhead initiatives that reimagine existing financial infrastructure and introduce new money movement use cases. This year, the organization has earmarked $5M for selected projects to expand on this work. Organizations can apply to participate in this initiative at the Interledger Foundation website.

Crux KC has entered an exclusive partnership with Kansas City-based capital provider Novel Capital. The partnership offers B2B SaaS and tech companies a path to non-dilutive flexible financing for essential marketing services, removing a traditional financial hurdle to business growth.

Leading cashflow finance provider eCapital Commercial Finance (eCapital) has appointed Lisa Cleaver as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

As corporate spending evolves, TCB Pay is introducing a more efficient and secure approach to corporate card programs. Designed to meet the needs of today’s businesses, TCB Pay’s solutions provide greater control, improved visibility, and simplified management of company expenses.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the addition of four popular cryptocurrency tokens to its trading platform: Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Dogecoin (DOGE). These new tokens join Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), providing investors access to some of the most actively traded digital assets. SOL, ADA, XRP and DOGE are available to clients with an account at Zero Hash LLC, and SOL is available to clients with an account at Paxos Trust Company.

BMLL Technologies (BMLL), the leading, independent provider of harmonised, Level 3, 2 and 1 historical data and analytics to the world’s financial markets, and Exegy, the only firm delivering comprehensive, front-office solutions for market data and trading across the latency spectrum, today announced that it has expanded its partnership for historical OPRA options data.

In response to increasing demand for AI integration and faster, more accurate document processing in the insurance sector, Belgium-based document processing service provider, Input For You, partnered with Netcall, a leading provider of AI-powered automation and customer engagement solutions.

Backbase, the leader in engagement banking, announces Tirana Bank has chosen its Engagement Banking Platform to power an ambitious digital transformation that will reshape banking experiences for their new and existing customers. The partnership represents Tirana Bank's largest-ever technology investment, surpassing previous core banking implementations, and signals the bank's bold move to become the region's digital banking leader.

Admiral Group’s UK business, Admiral, has joined FinTech West as an InsurTech partner as they strive to develop further relationships and engagement within the South West.

Africa’s digital payments economy is set to grow from strength to strength according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics stating that the digital payments economy is expected to reach $1.5 trillion by 2030.