Trustfull, the leading provider of frictionless fraud prevention technology, today announced the closing of a €6 million investment round led by Seaya Ventures and Elevator Ventures, with the participation of existing investor United Ventures. The funding will support Trustfull’s European expansion by strengthening its sales and marketing team and diversifying its product offering to help clients address emerging types of fraud.

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries worldwide, DataSnipper and Microsoft have announced a new collaboration that will introduce AI agents into the audit space, fundamentally changing the way professionals work.

Ant Group’s AI healthcare manager, AQ, which officially launched in June 2025, has gained 100 million users following public testing that began in September 2024.

DHF Capital S.A., the Luxembourg-based securitization company established in 2020 for well-informed investors, is pleased to announce today a new strategic collaboration with Tauro Markets, built by traders, for traders. This leading provider and international multi-asset investment platform was recently awarded Most Trusted Multi-Asset Trading Broker UAE 2024 by the International Business Magazine (IBM), and is among entities authorized by the Ministry of Commerce in Kuwait, by Saint Vincent & The Grenadines, and regulated by the FSC in Mauritius.

London-based cyber risk management firm DynaRisk has today announced a $4.7million funding round led by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) to accelerate product innovation and fuel international expansion.

FNZ, a leading end-to-end wealth management platform has today announced a global, five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to transform the wealth management industry through technology, innovation and AI-driven digital solutions.

Connect for Intermediaries is pleased to announce it has been selected as one of a limited number of mortgage packagers to partner with Afin Bank, a newly launched specialist lender focused on serving some of the UK’s most underserved borrower groups.

Lean Technologies (Lean), the MENA region’s leading financial infrastructure provider, has received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Central Bank of the UAE under the country’s newly introduced Open Finance Framework. The approval positions Lean as one of the leading providers of Open Finance services in the UAE, marking a key step toward full licensing and expanding access to secure, connected financial experiences for millions of customers.

Earnix, a global leader in AI-driven SaaS solutions for insurers and banks, is set to host its 14th annual Excelerate Conference, taking place September 24–25, 2025, at Convene Sancroft, St. Paul’s, London.

CE-Ventures, the corporate venture capital platform of Crescent Enterprises, has announced landmark investments in Plaid and Mesh, two companies building critical infrastructure for the next generation of financial services. CE-Ventures’ participation in the strategic funding rounds reflects the expectation that the future of finance will be open, programmable, and crypto-native — and that enduring, systemic value will be created by companies building the underlying rails and connectivity layers.

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) officially launched its 2025 Country Report on Cameroon in Yaoundé on 22 July 2025. The launch ceremony featured frank and wide-ranging discussions on the country's economic challenges.

Brickken, the institutional-grade platform powering compliant real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, has announced a new partnership with Credefi, a leading decentralized lending protocol bridging traditional finance and DeFi. Together, the two platforms are enabling a permissionless lending environment for tokenized real-world assets, starting with equity tokens created through Brickken’s infrastructure.

Zepz, the global payments group behind WorldRemit and Sendwave, joins forces with Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), a global financial technology company and stablecoin market leader, to transform cross-border payments with stablecoin technology.

Aave, the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, is now powering Stablecoin Earn on MetaMask, a feature that lets users earn yield and grow their assets directly inside their wallet. As MetaMask Earn’s DeFi lending partner, Aave gives millions of users direct access to USDC, USDT, and DAI stablecoin yield backed by its trusted infrastructure. The integration marks a step beyond MetaMask’s existing staking options, making DeFi earnings simpler and more accessible to everyday users.

SOL Strategies Inc. (CSE: HODL) (OTCQB: CYFRF) (formerly, Cypherpunk Holdings Inc, "Sol Strategies" or the "Company"), a publicly traded Canadian company dedicated to investing in and providing infrastructure for the Solana blockchain ecosystem, today announced that ARK Invest’s Digital Asset Revolutions Fund has selected SOL Strategies as its new Solana staking provider. ARK Invest (“ARK”) is the prominent investment management firm led by renowned investor Cathie Wood.