Black Dragon Capital℠ ("Black Dragon") – a global multi-phased investment firm focused on disruptive technologies in high growth industry segments – has acquired the entirety of GenAspire, the teen banking solution formerly known as Copper Banking.

Auquan, the leader in automating complex financial workflows with autonomous AI agents, today announced it has been named a Cool Vendor in the Gartner® report Cool Vendors™ for Agentic AI in Banking and Investment Services (05 Sept 2025, Jasleen Kaur Sindhu, Sudarshana Bhattacharya, Jeff Casey). Vendors selected for the Cool Vendors report are innovative, impactful and intriguing. The report notes, "by 2027, 40% of financial services institutions will have deployed at least one AI agent to automate workflows or augment decision making, up from fewer than 15% in early 2025."

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), the Kingdom’s leading fintech incubator and ecosystem builder which partners with government bodies and others to further accelerate the development and adoption of blockchain and digital assets technology in Bahrain.

Launching a digital bank has traditionally been a slow and expensive process, often taking years and millions in development and licensing. Nordic fintech Narvi believes it should be faster. The company has launched a no-code platform that allows partners to roll out fully branded digital banking experiences in just weeks, powered by Narvi’s licensed infrastructure, prebuilt interfaces, and proprietary core banking technology.

BGC Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGC), a leading global brokerage and financial technology company, today announced the acquisition of Macro Hive Limited (“Macro Hive”), a leading provider of global macro market analytics and strategy.

Advancing the preparation of a digital euro, the European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the conclusion of the framework agreements for each of the five digital euro negotiated procurement procedures (also see the notice view in the Official Journal of the EU). A cooperation between Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) partnering with Nexi and Capgemini has now been selected as the first ranked tenderer in the framework agreement to provide an end-to-end solution to make digital euro payments offline available to users and merchants across Europe. The ability to pay offline, with no third-party involvement, is a key feature of the digital euro, which would ensure privacy and resilience as only cash does today.

G2 Risk Solutions (G2RS) today announced the completion of its transaction with EverC, expanding G2RS’ global reach and adding proven AI-powered risk solutions to its product suite.

Tap Global Group plc (AIM: TAP), an innovative digital finance hub that brings money payments and crypto settlement services together in a single user-friendly app, is pleased to announce a landmark strategic partnership with Moorwand, a UK FCA regulated Electronic Money Institution (EMI). Through this partnership, Tap will integrate Moorwand's comprehensive Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform to provide customers with dedicated GBP accounts, complete with Sort Codes and Account Numbers, and EUR accounts with individual IBANs.

Eltropy, the leading AI-powered digital conversations platform for community financial institutions, announced today that First City Credit Union has selected its Unified Platform to improve how it communicates with members across all departments and channels. The partnership is a key step in the credit union's progress towards becoming a digital-first organization.

Bud Financial (“Bud”), the AI platform that turns banking data into actionable insights, today announced the release of the Bud MCP server, enabling rapid development of AI agents that benefit from a deep, real-time understanding of users’ finances. Bud’s MCP server lets AI applications integrate seamlessly with Bud’s platform so that banks can rapidly deploy AI internal and customer facing systems while safely leveraging their core customer data.

Almaviva, an Italian digital innovation Group, and Fabrick, a Sella Group company active in Open Finance at an international level, have been selected by the European Central Bank (ECB), as part of the Digital Euro project, to develop the mobile app and its technological infrastructure that will enable European citizens to use the European digital currency.

Attivo, a forward-thinking and rapidly growing independent financial advice firm, has implemented Recordsure’s predictive AI technology to enhance its ongoing advice compliance, ensure consistent and compliant service delivery, and reduce the cost of file reviews.

Crown Agents Bank (CAB) has collaborated with Aditya Birla Global Trading (formerly Swiss Singapore) to develop tailored financial solutions that support their strategic expansion across African markets.

SEI® (NASDAQ:SEIC) today announced a strategic partnership between SEI Investments (Europe) Limited (SIEL) and Graphene, a U.K.-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider, to power the growth of Graphene’s offering for wealth managers, family offices, and independent financial advisers. Additionally, SEI Ventures Inc., SEI’s venture capital program based in the U.S., made a strategic investment in Graphene.

Yavrio, a fast-growing Open Banking fintech enabling embedded payments and banking directly into ERPs, has been selected as one of CNBC’s Top UK Fintechs 2025.