Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today announced the release of The UEX Security Standard: From Proof to Protection, a joint research report authored with blockchain security firm BlockSec. The report outlines a system-level security framework designed for exchanges operating across crypto, tokenized assets, and traditional financial markets within unified account environments.

MoonPay, the leader in global crypto payments and stablecoin infrastructure, announced a new partnership with Deel, the all-in-one global payroll and HR platform. Together, MoonPay and Deel will further enhance stablecoin salary payouts for workers and expand these capabilities to employees around the world, offering a faster and more flexible way to get paid.

Ingenico, a global leader in payment solutions, today announced the launch of its next-generation AXIUM payment device family and Ingenico 360, a unified cloud platform designed to deliver consistent, enterprise-grade payment experiences while simplifying large-scale payment operations.

Akbank AG has gone live with a new core banking platform from Dutch core banking vendor Mambu and completed a parallel rebuild of its data warehouse and reporting capabilities, according to separate LinkedIn posts from project leads.

Anchorage Digital has secured a $100 million equity investment from stablecoin heavyweight Tether and has launched its first employee tender offer.

Duna, the identity fintech founded by two Stripe alumni, today announced a €30 Million Series A funding round led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent growth fund. Existing investors Index Ventures and Puzzle Ventures also participated in the round.

US wealth management start-up Alinea Invest has secured $22.5 million in user acquisition financing from PvX Partners, a Singapore-based financing firm.

Janata Sahakari Bank Pune has selected the TCS BaNCS™ Global Banking Platform to modernise its core and digital banking landscape, enhance efficiencies and provide a superior experience to its customers. Tata Consultancy Services, a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, will create a seamless, omnichannel banking experience for the Bank’s customers across web, mobile, and offline touchpoints, supported by TCS BaNCS’ modernised core and digital channels.

Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CQG, a leading provider of futures and options trading, execution management, and market connectivity. CQG will add complementary execution management, algorithmic trading, and analytics capabilities to Broadridge’s order management and client connectivity solutions, creating an end-to-end trading suite for global futures and options markets.

B2COPY, the copy trading and money management platform developed by B2BROKER, is designed to help brokers scale Copy Trading, MAM, and PAMM services across multiple regions, platforms, and client segments without building or maintaining custom infrastructure.

Gemini Payments UK, Ltd (GPUK) is authorised by the FCA to issue electronic money (e-money) and provide payment services.

Lüt, a new financial ecosystem built for accessibility, reliability and growth with a first-of-its-kind closed-loop digital payments platform for cannabis and other high-risk industries, has announced its new partnership with leading financial services provider Safe Harbor to address one of the cannabis industry’s most persistent challenges: compliant and reliable payments. Through the collaboration, Lüt becomes a Safe Harbor Advantage Partner in closed-loop payment, expanding access to compliant, guaranteed-funds digital payments for cannabis and specialty merchants.

Figure is expanding investor access to the On-Chain Public Equity Network (OPEN) through new integrations with moomoo and Keplr, extending the distribution of blockchain-native public equities across both regulated brokerage platforms and self-custody wallets. OPEN allows companies to issue their equity native on blockchain and enables investors worldwide to invest in U.S. public equities while accessing decentralized finance (DeFi) for borrowing against and lending out stock.

OneDome, the UK-based housing and fintech platform, has raised $25 million in a Pre-Series C funding round, taking total funding raised to date to $40 million.

intelliflo and Söderberg & Partners today announced a new strategic partnership designed to deliver greater efficiency, smarter workflows and an enhanced technology experience for financial advice firms.