Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending Community Interest Company (Global PSSL CIC) is thrilled to welcome Isaac Al-Araimy to the Secretariat as an Independent Fintech Counsel.

Qonto, the leading European business finance solution for SMEs and freelancers, and Mollie, one of Europe’s fastest-growing financial service providers, today announced a two-way strategic partnership to enhance integrated financial services for businesses across Europe.

ION, a global leader in trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporates, has enhanced its XTP Risk JANUS solution with AI to optimize pre-trade risk management. This innovation improves the accuracy of CME’s SPAN2 Approximation, enabling traders to obtain faster and more precise margin estimates for better decision-making and risk control.

Trustly, the world’s industry leader in Account-to-Account (A2A) payments, announces the signing of a strategic partnership with Paytweak, a French fintech specialising in modern payment links.

Nexi Group, the European PayTech, and Planet, a leading global provider of integrated payments and technology solutions for retail and hospitality customers, have signed a letter of intent to enter a strategic partnership.

Bankly, a Nigerian fintech company and licensed microfinance bank, has announced the full acquisition of its Nigeria operations by C-One Ventures. The deal will see Bankly’s services, licenses and talent integrated with complementary offerings from other companies within the C-One Ventures portfolio.

Origo Dashboard Connector (ODC) has fully connected to the government’s pensions dashboards ecosystem ahead of the 30 April guidance date.

Bitget, the world’s leading crypto exchange and web3 company announced a strategic collaboration with Avalanche®, the fastest and most reliable smart contracts platform in the world. Bitget and Avalanche are leaders in the field of digital asset trading and blockchain technology respectively and the partnership is aimed at leveraging the combined strength of both global brands to enable grassroots adoption of web3 technology.

Panax, a leading AI-driven cash management platform, has partnered with Airwallex, a leading global payments and financial platform for growing businesses, to streamline global money movement. Powered by Airwallex’s global financial infrastructure and payments capabilities, Panax customers can now directly execute cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) transactions within the Panax platform.

Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity), a leading provider of bespoke technology, analytics, and research to the financial services sector, is excited to announce the launch of a market leading, deep domain specific Agentic AI platform - Agent Fleet for Banks, Asset Managers, and Private Equity houses.

The Fintech and Innovation Summit, held recently organized by Mawarid Finance at the Palazzo Versace Hotel in Dubai under the theme "Empowering Innovation in Finance," spotlighted pioneering expertise in the digital transformation of financial services and innovations in core banking solutions. The summit also explored the promising future of Islamic fintech in the UAE.

The UK’s SME lending market needs a full reboot, according to new research by the UK’s fastest growing fintech Allica Bank.

MetaWealth, a leading tokenised real estate investment platform, today announced that it has incorporated MetaWealth UAB, a registered financial institution in Lithuania. MetaWealth UAV has been granted a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from the Bank of Lithuania, enabling MetaWealth to expand the features of its platform.

Next Generation, a Paris-based fintech innovator has anaunced the succeseful completion of its $5 million seed funding round, backed by a consortium of international investors including two Cyprus-based firms, an Austrian enterprise, and a prominent European entrepreneur.

Following Tapcheck’s recent announcement of raising $225 million through combined equity and debt funding, the company has revealed a strategic partnership with Viventium, who offers an industry-leading payroll, HR, and compliance platform purpose-built for healthcare providers. Tapcheck, a leader in on-demand pay services, will integrate its earned wage access (EWA) feature directly into Viventium's robust payroll and HR platform, enabling seamless access to Tapcheck’s pay benefits for a swiftly growing healthcare workforce of more than 500,000.