Stream, the Saudi-born platform streamlining modern billing and payments for businesses in the MENA region; starting with Saudi Arabia, has announced a $4M seed funding to scale its mission to remove friction from getting paid. The round was led by early-stage investment firm Outliers VC and amassed a strong investor base, adding to a cap table that includes BYLD Ventures and prominent angel investors such as Abdullah Elyas, Co-founder of Careem.

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global leader in payment services, and Fipto, a European fintech providing stablecoin payment infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership to explore how stablecoins can enhance settlement and payment services across Europe. Through collaboration and innovation, Worldline and Fipto are helping build the payment infrastructure Europe needs for the digital economy ahead.

ISH today announced the acquisition of ProSpend, a Sydney-headquartered spend management software company. The deal marks the launch of ISH’s new Fintech track, expanding the firm’s portfolio beyond worktech and compliance. It creates a platform for ProSpend to establish itself as a leading solution provider in Australia and New Zealand, while scaling its ambitions across the UK & Ireland.

Stablecoins, tokenized payments, and other digital money systems move billions across the world each day. But the more finance becomes digital, the more we see how much it still depends on human oversight and robust infrastructure. Recent events, like Paxos accidentally minting $300 trillion in stablecoin, have shown how a small technical mistake can cause a major problem. These moments remind the industry that the systems running digital money must be built with the same care and discipline as traditional finance.

Datactics, the leading provider of data quality and governance solutions, has achieved certification for the ISO/IEC 27001:2025 standard, the globally recognised benchmark for information security management.

SEI® (NASDAQ:SEIC) today announced that Clermont Trust USA, an independent trust company serving family offices and high-net-worth individuals globally, is live on the SEI Wealth PlatformSM (SWP), leveraging an optimized configuration of SWP and a streamlined implementation model designed for regional and community banks and trust companies managing less than $1 billion in assets.

Neutrinos, a leader in AI-powered intelligent automation for insurers, announced that it has been recognized as a Major Contender on a global scale by the Everest Group in its 2025 Low-code Application Development Platforms PEAK Matrix® Assessment report. The annual report offers an objective, data-driven assessment of tech and tech services providers, evaluating their vision, capability, and market impact.

Viamericas, a leading provider of remittance and international money transfer services, has partnered with Dong Phuong Money Transfer to expand access to reliable and convenient remittance options across Vietnam. The partnership enhances the delivery of funds directly to recipients’ homes and local cash pickup points, offering senders greater flexibility and convenience in how they support their families.

iDenfy, a global RegTech company specializing in identity verification and fraud prevention, has announced a new partnership with J Forex Money Transfer, one of Australia’s leading international remittance service providers. The collaboration focuses on improving user onboarding with the use of iDenfy’s Know Your Customer (KYC) technology, to ensure faster, more secure, and fully compliant clients’ onboarding experience for users looking for efficient money transfer across the globe.

Salt Edge has partnered with Finlayer, a Romanian financial management platform helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) manage their finances more easily. The platform acts as a financial layer on top of existing banking systems, letting companies handle all their operations without changing banks.

Marketnode, Asia-Pacific’s trusted and neutral digital market infrastructure operator, today announced a strategic collaboration with Maybank Asset Management Singapore to bring its Money Market Fund (MMF) on-chain — marking a significant step in enhancing the accessibility, utility and transferability of such funds as the financial industry explores the promise of tokenisation. BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business will serve as the transfer agent, underscoring how tokenisation can seamlessly integrate into existing capital markets infrastructure.

Unlimit, the global fintech company, today announced that Apple Pay is now available for disbursements. Unlimit's platform enables its business partners across Europe to provide their retail customers the ability to seamlessly convert their crypto into fiat — a major step in Web3’s pursuit of increased accessibility and mass consumer adoption. By integrating the Apple Pay Transfer Funds API into the Unlimit platform, retail customers using Unlimit can seamlessly transfer their fiat funds to eligible Apple Pay cards.

Vine, a commercial lending accelerator for banks and credit unions, has partnered with Alogent, a leading provider of software solutions for financial institutions. The collaboration integrates Vine’s AI-powered lending platform with Alogent’s AccuAccount loan management system, creating a unified document workflow that spans from application to post-close.

Rectangle Health, a recognized leader in healthcare technology solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with Netsmart, an industry-leading platform company delivering solutions and services for community-based care providers. Rectangle Health’s flagship platform, Practice Management Bridge®, is now the embedded payments engine within Netsmart TheraOffice®, the innovative physical therapy and outpatient rehabilitation electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management system.

Trading and investing platform eToro, today celebrated 15 years of pioneering social investing at its annual Investor Summit. Bringing together more than 200 of its top investors from around the world, the event honoured eToro’s community and unveiled new initiatives that herald the next era of investing.