Casca, the first AI-native loan origination platform, today announced it raised $29 million in its Series A, bringing its total in funding to-date to $33 million.

SyFu, a pioneering project in the DePIN (Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Network) × GameFi space, has partnered with Salt Edge, a leading global open banking platform, to integrate card payment data from more than 5,000 banks in over 50 countries directly into the SyFu app – transforming users’ real-world spending into digital assets.

Leading digital payments provider Peach Payments has launched real-time clearance (RTC) payouts for all merchants on its platform in South Africa. The new payouts solution lets merchants top up their float and disburse payments in just minutes.

Amid ongoing debate by Australian legislators and regulators on the future of financial advice, including how to restore advisor numbers and meet the needs of a growing demographic nearing retirement, the role of technology is both central and critical.

Juspay, a global payments technology platform serving enterprises & banks, today announced a strategic partnership with Outpayce from Amadeus – one of the world’s largest travel technology companies. As a part of this partnership, Juspay’s platform will be integrated in the marketplace of Outpayce Xchange Payment Platform (XPP).

Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments, has achieved a surge in demand for its flexible, pre-approved business funding product, Cashflows Advance. The product has delivered millions in funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in less than 18 months.

iCapital, the global fintech company shaping the future of investing, is expanding its partnership with Apollo by making a series of evergreen private markets solutions available to eligible investors.

A whopping 85% of UAE-based retail investors are currently invested in local stocks, and many are buying even more in response to global trade tensions, based on the latest edition of the UAE Retail Investor Beat by trading and investing platform eToro.

Backed, the leading issuer of tokenized stocks, today announced that global cryptocurrency exchange BitMart has joined the xStocks Alliance – a network of infrastructure, exchanges, and platforms set to shape the next era of onchain capital markets.

The merger between UniCredit Bank S.A. (UniCredit Bank in Romania) and Alpha Bank România S.A. (Alpha Bank Romania) has been successfully completed. The combined UniCredit Bank strengthens the market position of the UniCredit Group in the country in both corporate and retail segments.

Rectangle Health, a recognized leader in healthcare technology solutions, today announced a partnership with ECHO Health, Inc. (ECHO®), a payments company focused on removing complexity, costs, and fraud risk from payment processing. This collaboration grants healthcare organizations unprecedented access to automated claims payment processing, Explanations of Payments (EOPs), and posting via the industry’s most comprehensive digital payment network.

Alchemy Pay, the world-leading fiat-crypto payment gateway, is proud to announce its collaboration with Sumsub, a global leader in verification, to integrate its leading Travel Rule solution across Alchemy Pay’s entire product suite. This integration marks a significant milestone in reinforcing regulatory compliance, transactional transparency, and user security, further aligning Alchemy Pay with the vision of building a secure, compliant, and accessible bridge between traditional finance and the crypto economy.

Heartland businesses are enjoying bigger gains from the recently launched DBS/POSB PayLah! SG60 cashback initiative, as more customers are choosing to scan to pay at heartland shops, wet markets and hawker stalls. Participating merchants have seen their average Saturday earnings increase by 50% since the bank brought back the popular cashback rewards programme last month – surpassing the 40% growth recorded during a similar cashback campaign last year. This surge reflects sustained customer demand for digital payment options and growing support for neighbourhood merchants.

Noda, the open banking platform redefining how businesses get paid, has expanded its reach to over 2,000 banks across 28 countries — enabling merchants to connect with more than 100 million bank account holders in Europe.

eToro, the trading and investing platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Sahab School, an Emirati-owned financial education institution based in Dubai, to integrate eToro as the official trading platform of the school’s academic curriculum through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).