As compliance teams across financial services struggle to keep pace with exploding volumes of digital communications and intensifying regulatory scrutiny, Smarsh today announced the launch of its Noise Reduction Agent, an autonomous AI capability designed to dramatically reduce compliance alert volume up to 60% and eliminate thousands of hours of non-actionable review work each month.

The 6th Africa Fintech Forum officially announces a high-impact event featuring senior regulators, top banking executives, decision makers, fintech innovators and global technology partners, underscoring the Forum’s scale and strategic significance within the financial services ecosystem.

The International Center for Strategic Alliances (ICSA) proudly announces the 26th Edition of the Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 (East Africa Edition), scheduled to take place on 11 March 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya.

GradBridge, the fintech company focused exclusively on second-look private student lending, today announced the launch of its student lending program backed by Acorn Investment Partners, a portfolio company of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P. (“Oaktree”) and a sponsor-bank partnership with Hatch Bank. The fintech is now accepting applications for its private student loans program, offered through Hatch Bank, designed to help more students overcome financial barriers and continue their higher education. The launch follows the previously announced closing of a $20 million Series A funding round led by Acorn Investment Partners.

Navan (NASDAQ: NAVN), the global AI-powered business travel and expense platform, today launched Expense Chat, a new AI agent designed to eliminate manual out-of-pocket expense submissions. The agent brings the ‘swipe and done’ simplicity of Navan’s corporate card transactions to the messiest part of the expense process: situations that require business travelers to manually submit transactions.

Addepar, a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence, today announced the launch of Addison, its new native AI experience embedded within the platform. The release marks a pivotal step in Addepar’s strategy to deploy native AI, intelligent agents, and intuitive workflows across the investment lifecycle, enabling clients to achieve new levels of operating leverage and deliver more consistent, trusted outcomes at scale.

iDenfy, a global RegTech company that specializes in identity verification and fraud prevention services, announced the AI Company Reviewer, its smart Know Your Business (KYB) automation tool that acts as a virtual Data Verification Officer by cross-referencing company documents, government registry reports, and fraud signals against custom, easily configurable rules, helpingto approve, deny, or flag companies more easily. This built-in feature helps reduce what once took compliance teams hours to check to a matter of seconds, making KYB compliance a less complex task in various regulated industries.

Carta, the world’s first fully interconnected system for private capital, today announced it has acquired ListAlpha, the AI-powered CRM and relationship intelligence platform. The acquisition marks the launch of Carta CRM, a major expansion of the Carta ERP that further unifies front-to-back office workflows for the private markets.

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) (“Alkami”), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced it is a Nacha Preferred Partner, reinforcing Alkami’s commitment to delivering secure, compliant, and modern Automated Clearing House (ACH) solutions for financial institutions and their commercial clients.

Danish fintech company, Aryze, which builds payment infrastructure across bank rails and blockchain rails, has selected Muinmos to strengthen its compliance as it scales globally. Aryze selected Muinmos for its automated and advanced KYC and KYB capabilities.

Pulse, a leading embedded credit and SaaS company, has announced a new strategic partnership with Binq, a UK-based AI-powered business marketplace and app.

SaaScada, the 5th Generation cloud-native core banking platform, and Vacuumlabs, the highly experienced financial product development company, are teaming up to help banks and fintechs launch and modernise core-led products faster, with significantly less delivery risk.

Private equity firm Incore Invest has completed the acquisition of CoreOrchestration AB from Worldline. Upon closing, the previously announced carve-out has now been finalised and PaymentIQ has been established as an independent standalone company under Incore Invest’s ownership. The purchase price amounts to approximately SEK 1.75 billion.

Safra Sarasin Group, a global leader in private banking and wealth management, has completed its acquisition of the majority stake in Saxo Bank, a prominent international FinTech bank serving investors, traders, and institutional partners. This transaction marks a significant milestone for both companies, enabling enhanced global potential and strategic growth.

Happy Money, a leading consumer finance company dedicated to empowering people to achieve their goals through responsible lending, today announced the launch of its Partner-Branded Program, which includes partner-branded marketing and embedded delivery capabilities. This program enables financial institutions to offer personal loans to their members and reach new borrowers using the strength of their brand, while Happy Money manages marketing and the full lending lifecycle end-to-end.