Monex Canada Inc. (“Monex Canada”), a subsidiary of the wider financial services group Monex S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Monex”), a global investment-grade financial services institution and one of the world’s leading commercial foreign exchange specialists, today announced the launch of its Toronto-based Digital Client Services (DCS) Desk. The new desk is dedicated to providing Monex Pay users with personalized, high-touch support for managing cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) trades.

Finery Markets, a leading provider of non-custodial crypto ECN and SaaS trading solutions, has partnered with Yield.xyz, a DeFi yield aggregation platform serving 25M clients, to simplify institutions’ access to a broad spectrum of native staking and DeFi opportunities.

Paysecure, an award-winning payment orchestration provider, has unveiled its dynamic cashier product - the most customisable checkout solution on the market, providing merchants with deep insights into user behaviour to improve conversion and reduce fraud.

Redington and Mastercard have entered a strategic partnership to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions to businesses in Azerbaijan. The collaboration will enable organizations to strengthen their resilience against growing cyber threats by combining Mastercard’s global expertise in cyber intelligence with Redington’s strong local network.

Amazon Pay and ICICI Bank today announced the renewal of their long-term partnership for the Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card, India's most-adopted co-branded credit card with over 5 million customers. Since its launch in 2018, the card has redefined digital payments through simple, transparent rewards and seamless convenience.

Propel Finance, the UK’s fastest-growing asset finance lender, will work with Apple’s channel partners to offer finance solutions to small and medium businesses investing in Apple devices. The programme will be launched with Select, an Apple Premium Partner.

Velexa, the embedded investing technology company, in partnership with CSB Investors Group, a diversified financial services and financial technology group, has announced a successful go-live of its multi-tenant enterprise investment platform, now powering four financial institutions across the UK, Malta, Mauritius, and the Cook Islands.

dLocal, (NASDAQ: DLO), a leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, announced today it has joined the Fireblocks Network for Payments to simplify how institutions access liquidity providers and on/off-ramp with over 2,400 participants.

Gradient AI, a leading enterprise software provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the insurance industry, today announced the release of its enhanced group health AI-powered Risk Management Life Cycle solution. The platform integrates Gradient AI’s SAIL™ for new business underwriting with its Renewal Analytics for existing clients, creating a unified, full-cycle underwriting and risk management solution for group health insurers.

21X, Europe’s first fully regulated Distributed Ledger Technology based trading and settlement system (DLT TSS), today announced the launch of 21X on the Stellar network as part of its multichain expansion. This collaboration was formally announced at Fireblocks SPARK’25 in Barcelona, an event which brought together leading financial institutions and technology partners - underscoring the growing momentum behind institutional adoption of on-chain finance.

Dash Solutions, the leader in payments enablement, today announced the expanded reach of its unified, enterprise-grade platform, which currently powers complex payment workflows for banking, government and other regulated industries. Building on this foundation, Dash Solutions is rapidly scaling in healthcare and clinical research, with the company on pace to grow its clinical trials business by 20% this year alone.

SIBS, a reputable European provider of payment and financial technology solutions, has signed a binding agreement to acquire ITCARD, a well-known Polish payment service operator, specializing in ATM services under the Planet Cash brand, electronic payment processing through the Planet Pay terminal network, as well as the issuance and maintenance of VISA and Mastercard cards. The transaction is subject to the customary regulatory approvals.

Black Manta Capital Partners (“BMCP”) - a MiFID II licenced broker-dealer, specializing in regulated asset tokenization across Europe and beyond - today announced two significant developments: it has become an official node operator for the Canton Network and has launched the first-of-its-kind real estate bond in Europe on the Canton blockchain. This premier issuance, a bond for storage service provider BoxDepo, is backed by a high-occupancy, unmanned storage facility in Italy, setting a new standard for bringing real-world assets onto institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure.

Aberdeen Adviser, provider of the UK’s second largest adviser platform by assets, has partnered with intelliflo and ZeroKey, announcing an integration that will improve efficiency and data integrity in the advice process.

Ondato, a global leader in identity and age verification, has partnered with VIALET, a licensed electronic money institution regulated by the Bank of Lithuania, to offer powerful, fully compliant onboarding and payment infrastructure tailored to regulated industries, especially online gaming and e-commerce.