Banked, the leading global Pay by Bank provider, has partnered with Australia’s top retail pharmacy group Chemist Warehouse, and leading shopping, rewards, and payments platform ShopBack, to launch the country’s first in-store Pay by Bank experience that also allows consumers to earn Cashback and rewards.

Plaza Finance, the pioneering platform for on-chain bonds and leverage, is today launching its core protocol on Base, introducing the first programmable derivative tokens to the network: bondETH and levETH. These assets unlock novel strategies for yield generation and leveraged exposure to Ethereum within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), a leading asset servicing provider for financial institutions and asset managers, today announced that it has been appointed to provide custody and fund order services for Compañia de Seguros Confuturo SA, a leading Chilean insurance company with $2bn in assets abroad.

Camp Network announced today that it has raised a total of $30 million, including its latest Series A funding round co-led by 1kx and Blockchain Capital, with participation from dao5, Lattice, TrueBridge, Maven 11, Hypersphere, OKX, Paper Ventures, Protagonist and others. The raise supports Camp Network’s mission to scale its Layer 1 blockchain, which enables users to register and tokenize their IP onchain, train and deploy AI agents, and participate in distributions for the use of agents trained on their IP in a transparent, enforceable way.

Roots, creator of the agentic AI platform for insurance and InsurGPT™, the world's first generative AI model for insurance, today announced that Frontline Insurance has chosen Roots’ AI agents to enhance the efficiency of its claims and underwriting operations. Frontline is a leading multi-state Property & Casualty insurer delivering customizable solutions across the Southeastern United States.

Real-time payment provider Yaspa has been shortlisted for two prestigious gambling industry awards.

The British Business Bank has committed £7 million to a new platform enabling it to invest alongside five of the UK’s promising and emerging angel syndicates. The platform will be managed by Haatch, an existing partner of the Bank.

RDT (https://rdt.co.uk/), a leading UK insurance technology provider, has announced its integration with data intelligence specialist Percayso Inform. This strategic collaboration offers insurers seamless access to enriched data insights, empowering smarter decisions throughout the insurance lifecycle, from quote to claim.

OakNorth, the leading digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has provided a £25m loan to private equity-backed pension advice provider, My Pension Expert.

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, today announced the launch of face authentication, an AI-powered extension to its Identity Verification (IDV) solution.

Artis Partners, specialists in sell-side M&A and growth financing for technology companies, advised on three deals and expanded its breadth of services in its first quarter since formation. Across the period, the investment bank advised on StormFisher Hydrogen’s US$50 million commitment from Hy24’s Clean Hydrogen Infrastructure Fund, Worldpay's acquisition of AI-native fraud prevention fintech Ravelin, and IG Group's £160 million purchase of commission-free investing platform Freetrade.

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, reveals an accelerating push towards sophisticated, holistic Crypto-TradFi treasury management by its DLT foundation and corporate clients. The demand for advanced tools to manage multi-asset treasuries – on the same banking platform – has led to a doubling of clients trading traditional securities since 2023, and 400% average annual growth in trading volumes since 2020. This push towards more sophisticated, holistic Treasury Management has been accelerated by the uncertain macro-environment, US regulatory and market reforms and the need for more agile risk management.

Cornish Mutual, which has supported South West farms, families and rural businesses for more than 120 years, has chosen Genasys as its new policy administration platform partner, following a rigorous selection process.

GC Exchange Ltd. (GCEX UK), part of the GCEX Group, a leading regulated digital prime brokerage, has submitted its results for y/e 31 December 2024, reporting a turnover of £3.76 million – a 63% increase compared to the previous year.

Match the Cash Limited t/a Guarantor My Loan & Share My Loan – a peer-to-peer lender of loans to consumers, has launched a new product after adopting the MorganAsh customer vulnerability software, MARS (MorganAsh Resilience System).