cleversoft, a leading provider of cloud-based RegTech services, and Fineksus, an expert in financial messaging and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions, will be making their first joint appearance at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt / Main (September 29 – October 2 2025). Following the acquisition of Fineksus by cleversoft group at the beginning of this year, the two companies are now combining their expertise into a powerful financial messaging suite with integrated AI – for more effective fraud prevention and compliance in real time.

Backed by a group of reputed strategic investors, the RM 10 million round will fuel Cashku’s mission to scale its digital financial planning platform across Malaysia

Deus X Pay, a licensed provider of stablecoin payment solutions, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Phenix Jet Cayman, a leader in bespoke private aviation services recognised for its exceptional offerings. This collaboration will enable Phenix Jet Cayman to accept cryptocurrency payments, thereby enhancing the convenience and security of transactions for its elite clients.

Airwallex, the Australia-founded leading financial platform for modern businesses, has declared an end to ‘clunky’ business banking, with a new brand campaign urging businesses to ditch outdated systems and embrace the Future of Finance.

Delivery platform Bolt Food has partnered with financial infrastructure innovator finmid to launch Bolt Food Finance – a program aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses quickly and easily access funds they need to grow.

Traze, a pioneering global financial institution dedicated to fostering financial education and technological innovation around investing solutions, today announced its participation in Money Expo India 2025. The event will take place on August 23rd and 24th, 2025, at Mumbai’s Jio World Convention Centre, bringing together India's foremost financial minds and a diverse audience of investors and enthusiasts.

Zimperium’s zLabs research team has identified a new variant of the notorious Hook Android banking trojan, now equipped with some of the most advanced capabilities seen in mobile malware to date. Dubbed Hook v3, this variant expands its arsenal to 107 remote commands, including 38 newly added, enabling attackers to steal data, hijack sessions, and bypass device defenses with unprecedented sophistication.

New research from BVI Finance reveals a growing global consensus that decentralised models will shape the next era of financial innovation, marking a transformative shift for the financial services sector. The survey of 451 global fintech leaders for the Destination Digital report also identifies the global trends set to have the biggest impact on the industry in the next five years.

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Qatar’s largest Islamic bank, has announced the successful closure of its 3-years, $1Bn unsecured, Dual-tranche Term Murabaha Financing Facility. The Facility was substantially oversubscribed (2 times) at competitive all-in pricing and upsized from its initial launch amount of $600Mn, due to strong demand from the financial markets.

Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, today announced the launch of the industry’s first RWA (Real-World Asset) Index Perpetual Contract. This pioneering product, set to go live on August 20, introduces a new way for users to trade tokenized traditional assets, starting with selected RWA products including TSLAUSDT (RWA), NVDAUSDT (RWA), and CRCLUSDT (RWA).

Narmi, a digital banking technology developer, and Grasshopper Bank, a client-first, full-service digital bank, have launched a first-of-its-kind Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that will allow Grasshopper's Business Banking clients to access personalized financial analysis and insights through Claude, Anthropic's advanced artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. While Claude is the first integration, this groundbreaking infrastructure sets the stage for seamless connectivity with other leading Large Language Models (LLMs) in the future.

ZIGChain, the purpose built Layer 1 blockchain for wealth generation, has been selected as one of the lead blockchains in a new strategic partnership with Valereum Plc (AQSE: VLRM) and white-label tokenisation provider DigiShares.

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) today announced the continuation of its comprehensive asset servicing relationship with Morningstar Investment Management, supporting nine multi-managed registered mutual funds with approximately $5 billion in assets under management.

Kraken and Backed Announce Strategic Partnership with the TRON DAO to Broaden Access to Tokenized Equities

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the launch of Connections, a powerful new tool that helps investors uncover trading ideas and evaluate investment opportunities by highlighting connected investment ideas across the global market. Built directly into the IBKR platform, Connections enables users to explore related stocks, ETFs, options, economic indicators and other products from one centralized location.