Bold Penguin recently announced a partnership with Adaptive Insurance, expanding coverage options available through the Bold Penguin Placement Desk. Adaptive is pioneering the path to resilience in the face of emerging climate risks, starting with their GridProtect parametric power outage coverage.

Worldpay® has announced an expanded partnership with ClubManager, a leading software provider to health and fitness clubs, to power the company’s embedded payments as they continue to grow in the United Kingdom. Since launching in 2008, ClubManager has rapidly expanded its footprint, bringing its intuitive club management platform to over 950 sports and fitness clubs. As part of its UK growth strategy, ClubManager has integrated Worldpay for Platforms’ embedded payments to deliver secure, scalable payment experiences directly within its software.

The 2025 Jem HR Deskless Worker Pulse report paints a stark picture of the "two economies" operating within South African businesses. Based on deep research into the lives of the country's frontline workforce, it reveals a demographic defined by resilience and ambition, yet crippled by spatial apartheid, dangerous commutes, and financial fragility.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved financing of €25 million to help Cameroon’s Crédit Communautaire d'Afrique-Bank (CCA-Bank) expand its trade finance offerings to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other businesses.

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has closed a landmark US$524 million equivalent dual-currency Samurai term loan facility.

Onstage at the FT Global Banking Summit, OpenAI today shared how demand across the financial services sector is accelerating as major financial services and insurance companies increase AI adoption.

Fi911, sister brand of Chargebacks911, today announced the launch of its latest product ResolveLab, a first-of-its-kind smart-connection hub built exclusively for payment facilitators (payfacs). Leveraging Ethoca’s Consumer ClarityTM and Ethoca Alerts by Mastercard, ResolveLab empowers payfacs and their customers to proactively prevent chargebacks before they occur.

Community financial institutions (FI) can now reach account holders proactively - without waiting for them to open their mobile banking app - through a new integration between DeepTarget and Larky. By combining DeepTarget's predictive audience intelligence with Larky's nudge® push notification platform, banks and credit unions can deliver timely, personalized product offers and service updates directly to account holders' mobile devices. This enhanced capability strengthens digital relationships, increases product adoption and transforms everyday engagement into measurable growth.

Vestmark, Inc., a leading provider of wealth management software and services, today announced a strategic partnership with VanEck to deliver custom model portfolios to registered investment advisors (RIAs), broker-dealer representatives, and other advisory professionals.

ZestyAI, the Risk and Decision Intelligence Platform for the insurance industry, today announced that its non-weather water risk model, Z-WATER™, has been reviewed and accepted for use in underwriting and rating in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, and Wisconsin.

London-listed TBC Bank Group (TBCG), which operates the leading financial services group in Georgia and one of the largest digital banking ecosystems in Uzbekistan, was a key participant at this year’s Global Banking Summit by the Financial Times, speaking on a main stage panel looking ahead to the shape of the banking sector in 2030.

Stockholm-based investment firm, Incore Invest, has raised €15 million in a second closing of its Incore Invest II, bringing total committed capital to €40 million. The additional capital will further fuel the firm’s mission to support the growth of high-potential SaaS and fintech companies across Europe.

McGill and Partners, the independent global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, and AEGIS London, a top-quartile Lloyd’s syndicate, today announced a strategic initiative to transform the way risk is placed, harnessing a digital-first approach.

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance and anti-money-laundering (AML) solutions, expands its partnership with Twenty7Tec, a leading UK-based advice tech businesses, to deliver faster, more secure and smarter client verification for advisers, lenders and providers across mortgages, protection and wealth.

Neema, a leading global cross-border payments platform catering to financial institutions, today announced Neema Request-to-Pay, a payment collection method for businesses and fintechs available through the company’s platform. The move reinforces Neema’s role as a leader in the broader shift away from card-based payments toward faster, more cost-efficient account-to-account (A2A) transactions.