The Black Friday season remains one of the peak periods for digital fraud, with statistics showing that 4.6% of all attempted e-commerce transactions during last year’s Cyber Five window were suspected to be fraudulent. In response to this escalating threat, VIALET and its financial crime prevention partner AMLYZE are joining forces by sharing intelligence, tracking industry signals, and equipping businesses with advanced tools to strengthen fraud prevention across the payments ecosystem.

Finom, the digital financial services platform for European SMEs, today announced the launch of Finom Prime, a subscription-based business card for European SMEs. The new card addresses a specific market gap: businesses that have outgrown basic card offerings but find existing premium cards overpriced.

Vaultz Capital plc (AQSE: V3TC | FRA: VJ2 | OTCQB: VZTCF), a digital asset operating company, is pleased to announce it has completed onboarding with Xapo Bank (“Xapo”), the Bitcoin-first financial institution, one of the world’s earliest and most established Bitcoin custodians and a fully licensed bank offering secure, growth-oriented financial services. The Company will utilise Xapo’s institutional-grade custody for the Company’s Bitcoin Treasury.

Pro Global (“Pro”), a leading trusted advisor for the specialist insurance sector, is pleased to announce the launch of its own Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) registered law firm, Pro Legal Solutions Ltd (“Pro Legal”), to streamline complex claims litigation.

Abhi Saudi, powered by Alraedah Digital Solutions, has announced a new partnership with Bayut KSA, one of the Kingdom’s leading real estate platforms, to enable Bayut KSA employees to instantly access a portion of their earned wages through Abhi’s Earned Wage Access (EWA) solution.

Bravura Solutions Limited (ASX:BVS) (Bravura): has expanded its partnership with Royal London, the UK’s largest mutual life and pensions provider, with the launch of a new ISA product in September. Now available to advisers and clients, the new ISA proposition runs on Bravura’s market-leading Sonata platform, an integrated wealth management system that simplifies and automates the administration of pensions, savings and investments using modern digital infrastructure.

CreditNirvana, a Perfios company and a leader in AI-driven debt management, today announced the launch of Maestro, an AI Agentic Platform that automates the entire debt-collection lifecycle. Maestro orchestrates digital outreach, voice-bot engagement, account allocation, call-center automation, field operations, payment settlements, legal workflows, and recoveries, all through a single intelligent layer.

Akurateco, a leading white-label payment software vendor with 600+ integrations worldwide, is pleased to announce a new integration with Rapyd, a global payments platform and acquirer known for its extensive portfolio of payment methods and processing features.

PayDo has announced the launch of a new type of International Bank Account Number (IBAN) created specifically for open banking consumer-to-business payments. This development marks a technical and operational step forward in how businesses receive and reconcile customer payments. The new IBAN provides instant settlement, full automation, and continuous reporting designed for open banking environments.

DNB and Tietoevry Banking have signed a new extended agreement to transition DNB’s domestic payments from the current RBS infrastructure to the unified Payment Initiation (PIN) platform. The decision follows a thorough evaluation and an ambition to simplify DNB’s payment infrastructure, enabling greater economy of scale, standardisation and future-proofed relevant capabilities.

Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM), a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, announced the launch of i.GreenFinance, an advanced sustainable lending platform designed to transform the origination, evaluation and management of green and sustainability-linked loans for financial institutions worldwide. Built on AWS’s secure, scalable, and Gen AI–powered cloud infrastructure, i.GreenFinance enables banks, investors, and global BFSI enterprises to deliver compliant, transparent, and data-driven green lending at scale.

Latin America is experiencing a breakthrough moment in crypto adoption, driven by rapid regulatory progress and expanding user participation across the region. A new report published by Coinchange, in collaboration with Bitso, reveals that digital asset usage in Latin America grew 116% in 2024, while crypto adoption increased an additional 63% between mid-2024 and mid-2025, surpassing 57 million users holding or transacting with cryptoassets.

Luma Financial Technologies (“Luma”), a global platform for structured products, annuities, and life insurance solutions, today announced a strategic integration with BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth platform. The integration enables the delivery of enhanced structured product data and analytics to Luma and Aladdin Wealth clients via the Aladdin Wealth platform.

MoonPay, the global leader in crypto payments, has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Zengo Wallet, the secure self-custodial crypto wallet trusted by millions. The collaboration enhances wallet usability, expands payments access and accelerates product innovation across Zengo’s ecosystem.

The Coalition for Financial Ecosystem Standards (CFES), an industry-led organization that sets audit-ready standards that promote safety and soundness within bank partnerships, today announced the release of its Lending Module accompanied with a Lending Checklist, establishing clear expectations for compliance, risk management, and model governance across the lending ecosystem. The Lending Standards and Checklists within the module bring needed clarity to bank–fintech partnerships at a moment of rapid technological change and shifting regulatory posture, reinforcing the importance of consistent, industry-driven guardrails.