Dubai Century Financial, a leader in the UAE's financial services sector with over 35 years of national presence, has expanded to new locations in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. This strategic move reinforces the company's long-standing commitment to improving accessibility, offering bespoke client services, and fostering deeper local engagement within these key emirates.

Arboris Capital Limited, a financial services firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), announced today the launch of CapGain® within the DIFC. CapGain® is a technology-driven platform designed to provide a structured digital environment for Professional Clients and Market Counterparties to evaluate and access private market opportunities such as private equity, private credit or infrastructure.

Fipto has partnered with Avenia, a leading financial infrastructure provider in Brazil, to launch a dedicated, two-way stablecoin corridor for EUR / BRL flows.

Uptiq, the AI platform purpose-built for financial services, today announced it has raised $25 million in Series B funding from a group of leading strategic and financial investors across banking, fintech, and enterprise software. The round was led by Curql, with participation from Silverton Partners, 645 Ventures, Broadridge, Green Visor Capital, Live Oak Ventures, First Capital, Epic Ventures, Tau Ventures, and Evolution VC.

One Inc, the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced that GAINSCO Auto Insurance®, a property and casualty insurance company specializing in minimum-limits personal auto insurance, has extended its relationship with One Inc and upgraded to the latest version of ClaimsPay®, One Inc’s outbound payments solution.

KAST, the global financial platform built on stablecoin rails, today announces a partnership with Pudgy Penguins to launch an IP-backed stablecoin card – a product that brings Web3 culture into everyday, real world spending.

Mastercard, a long-standing sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, has collaborated with the National Bank of Egypt, in a landmark moment highlighted by the presence of the iconic UEFA Champions League trophy in Egypt – offering Egyptian football fans with a priceless opportunity to see one of the world’s most celebrated sporting symbols up close. This milestone underscores the enduring value of the UEFA Champions League Mastercard Credit Card, issued by the National Bank of Egypt – an exclusive offering that seamlessly combines the passion of world-class football with the convenience of everyday digital payments.

New research from Avalara, Inc., the agentic tax and compliance leader, has found that UK businesses surveyed remain committed to international growth, despite rising uncertainty and mounting friction with Europe making cross-border expansion more difficult.

Aveni, the AI fintech, has completed a pilot of its Agent Assure solution in the Financial Conduct Authority’s inaugural Supercharged Sandbox. Aveni has demonstrated how end-to-end assurance — spanning pre-deployment stress testing and post-production monitoring — can unlock safe deployment of agentic AI in regulated environments.

One Inc, the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced that GAINSCO Auto Insurance®, a property and casualty insurance company specializing in minimum-limits personal auto insurance, has extended its relationship with One Inc and upgraded to the latest version of ClaimsPay®, One Inc’s outbound payments solution.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), global Fintech leader, today announced that its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform processed an average of $365 billion in daily repo transactions during January, with volumes totaling $7.3 trillion. The daily average is a 508% increase year over year during the same month in 2025, underscoring the continued institutional adoption of tokenized real-asset settlement at scale as the platform sustains momentum from a breakout year.

Bracket, a leading FX, treasury and cash management platform for mid-market businesses, has raised $7 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets business and Blackfinch Ventures, with participation from existing investor Failup Ventures.

MineSec and BSD Enterprise have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture company in Mexico dedicated to delivering next-generation, mobile-first payment acceptance across Latin America. This collaboration brings together MineSec’s globally proven SoftPOS capabilities and BSD Enterprise’s strong regional expertise to create a unified platform tailored for the needs of the LATAM market.

In the home of UPI, the world’s most-used instant payment system and the backbone of how Indians shop online, the fastest-growing e-commerce payment method is credit cards. Led by domestic networks like RuPay, local cards are expected to expand at a CAGR of 23% through 2028, outpacing UPI itself (15%) and international cards (6%).

Rezolve Ai (NASDAQ: RZLV), a global provider of AI-driven commerce and payments infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of 100% of Reward Loyalty UK Limited (“Reward”) for US$230 million, payable entirely in cash from existing resources, strengthening Rezolve Ai’s core AI-commerce platform with profitable, self-financing growth at scale, supported by Reward’s live enterprise deployments across banking and retail.