Checker, a global network that enables financial institutions to plug into stablecoins and digital asset liquidity, cross-border payments, treasury, and credit via a single API, announced today that it has raised $8M in funding from Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, and Framework Ventures. Additional participants include strategic financial institutions, such as Bitso and Airtm in Latin America, DFS Lab in Africa, and Onigiri Capital, SNZ Capital and Velocity in Asia. Additional investors include fintech operators from Stripe, Tala, Flutterwave, Mesh, ComplyAdvantage, Superstate, and more.

SBS, the global financial technology company that more than 1,500 financial institutions rely on to digitally transform the way they operate, has launched Digital Branch, a cloud-native, tablet-based branch servicing platform that replaces legacy teller systems for UK building societies and banks. Now, institutions can keep branches economically viable and regulatorily compliant at a time when more than 6,000 UK bank branches have closed since 2015.

Zip (ASX: ZIP), the digital financial services company offering innovative, people-centered products for everyday Americans, and InComm Payments, a global payments technology company, today announced a partnership that brings installment buying to the gift card category. Through the integration, eligible shoppers can purchase popular gift card brands directly in the Zip app.

The Huntington National Bank has joined the CHIPS® network, the largest private-sector U.S. dollar clearing and settlement system in the world, to clear and settle high-value domestic payments.

Wego, the number one travel app and the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has partnered with Triple-A, a global payment institution, to introduce stablecoin payments for travel bookings, further expanding the range of payment options available to travelers booking flights and other travel services.

iplicit, the leading cloud accounting platform purpose-built for the UK and Ireland mid-market, has today launched iplicit Insights, its AI-enabled analytics and reporting suite giving finance leaders visibility into their organisation's financial position.

Regnology, a leading provider at the intersection of regulatory, risk, and supervisory technology, today announced that KfW Bankengruppe (KfW) is advancing its long‑term partnership with the company by electing to migrate to the next-generation Regnology Reporting Hub (RRH). The solution will be delivered as a cloud-native service on Rcloud, Regnology’s high-performance cloud architecture layer.

Cashless payments innovators Marker Trax and Koin today announced the alignment of their organizations under a single, unified leadership structure, marking a significant new phase in the companies’ continued evolution. This combined leadership structure is designed to accelerate growth while enhancing operational focus and support the long-term opportunity ahead for both brands.

Historically, community banks have relied on relationship-driven in-branch visits to open complex accounts. However, this high-touch model naturally limits scaling velocity. By integrating MANTL’s omnichannel software directly into its core banking ledger, FVSBank can slash retail account opening times to under five minutes online and under ten minutes in-branch. This strategy removes geographic restrictions entirely, allowing the Wisconsin lender to cross-sell specialized and specialty deposit accounts across digital boundaries without expanding its physical branch footprint or scaling up operational headcount.

Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, has integrated xStocks, the leading standard for tokenized equities and ETFs, adding more than 130 new tokenized equities products and expanding its total RWA offering to over 300 assets for its more than 90 million users. Users can access tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, precious metals, and index-linked assets through a self-custodial trading experience alongside more than a million cryptocurrencies, with zero trading fees and gasless execution.

Axiology, the financial technology company specialising in distributed ledger technology (DLT) infrastructure for capital markets has registered a record-breaking digital bond, funded through the leading crowdfunding platform in Lithuania – Profitus. The bond was registered by Axiology and distributed through Profitus, closing at a final value of €3.4 million. It is secured by shares in companies owned by Lithuanian Shark Tank investor Gediminas Kvietkauskas.

Mifundo, a pan-European credit data platform, has integrated credit data from Equifax BoaVista, subsidiary of Equifax Inc. in Brazil, enabling European banks to access verified Brazilian credit information as part of their credit assessment processes.

SGX FX, a leading technology partner for the global institutional FX ecosystem, has adopted Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, to broaden access to its OTC FX data and support greater flexibility in how institutional participants consume trusted market information.

Triathlon Ireland, the national governing body of triathlon and multi-sport in Ireland, hosting 250+ events nationwide and supporting 20,000 athletes has automated its financial reporting with AccountsIQ’s cloud accounting software.

Souhoola, Egypt’s leading consumer finance company and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform, announced the opening of its new branch at City Stars on May 15, 2026, as part of the company’s expansion strategy aimed at strengthening its presence and reaching a broader customer base through key locations and major commercial hubs across Egypt.