Ageras, a leading software platform for accounting, admin and banking for small businesses in Europe, has acquired Dutch payroll software company Employes, marking its second acquisition in 2025 and its eighth to date. Ageras has already enhanced its local presence across other large European markets, for instance with the acquisition of Shine from Société Générale in 2024, and with the rollup of Employes, Ageras strengthens its position in the Netherlands by adding payroll software to its growing offering for Dutch small businesses.

Binance, the global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has launched Sharia Earn, a game-changing product in its mission to build a more inclusive financial future in line with Islamic principles. Officially certified by Amanie Advisors, a globally recognized Sharia advisory firm, Sharia Earn is the first multi-token staking service that meets the principles of Islamic finance, opening new doors for halal investing globally.

Eltropy, the leading digital conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), today announced that Eltropy Video Banking is now fully embedded within the company's Unified Conversations Platform. Eltropy’s platform-backed Video Banking allows CFIs to deliver secure, face-to-face banking services anytime, anywhere, turning any device into a virtual branch while maintaining the personal touch that sets community institutions apart.

HelloPrenup, the first-of-its-kind digital platform transforming how modern couples create prenuptial agreements, today announced a new strategic investment from The LegalTech Fund (TLTF)—the leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on legal technology. This milestone investment accelerates HelloPrenup's mission to make prenuptial agreements accessible, affordable, and a normalized part of healthy relationship planning.

Jack Henry™ (Nasdaq: JKHY) was named one of America’s best mid-size companies by TIME and Statista for the second consecutive year. This list recognizes U.S. companies with revenues between $100 million and $10 billion that have shown strong revenue growth, received positive feedback from employees, and demonstrated dedication to corporate responsibility.

Clearent by Xplor, a leader in embedded payment solutions, today announced it is rebranding to Xplor Pay. The rebrand aligns Xplor Technologies' U.S. payments division with the company's global brand.

Almond FinTech, the two-time CrossTech Innovation Award winner for "Crypto Payments Solution in Cross-Border Payments," announced today that Ample Transfers, a 27-year-old remittance provider based in Singapore, has partnered with Almond's proprietary technology to optimize its internal treasury and settlement operations for transfers from Singapore to Indonesia.

Pencil Finance, the student loan real-world-asset (RWA) protocol on EDU Chain that is co-incubated by Animoca Brands and HackQuest, today announced the successful issuance of student loan capital raised entirely on-chain via the Pencil Finance platform. This milestone marks the first time that capital for student loans has originated on-chain, and demonstrates how decentralized finance solutions can expand access to education.

Carey Olsen's corporate team in the Cayman Islands has advised Mexico-based digital bank Klar on its US$190 million Series C funding round, which values the company at over US$800 million.

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After being appointed the exclusive white paper provider for Bitstamp earlier this year, Crypto Risk Metrics wins Rotterdam's Bitcoin asset manager Blockrise as next client for their MiCAR white paper services.

Deutsche Bank has gone live with Swift’s Instant Cash Reporting (ICR) – a new, API-driven solution that enables large corporate and financial institutions to access real-time account and balance information with a single, standardized connection.

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global leader in payment services, has announced a strategic partnership with commercetools, the most versatile platform for enterprise commerce innovation. This partnership enables commercetools customers to seamlessly integrate Worldline’s comprehensive suite of payment services.

Ria Money Transfer (Ria), a global leader in the money transfer industry, and Xe, a global payments provider with 30 years of experience and trusted expertise moving money around the world — both business segments of Euronet (NASDAQ: EEFT) — announced today a collaboration with Google to make cross-border money transfers more accessible. The companies will work together to make it easier for Google users to find and conduct cross-border money transfers via Ria and Xe’s services.

MembersCap, a Bermuda-regulated investment manager, and Archax, the digital asset exchange, broker, and custodian, have launched the first tokenised institutional-grade reinsurance fund, MCM Fund I. MCM Fund I combines MembersCap's specialised reinsurance expertise with Archax's digital platform and aims to deliver uncorrelated, high yield returns through multi-blockchain deployment with dual fiat and digital currency subscriptions.