GAIB, the economic layer transforming AI infrastructure investment, has announced the launch of AID Alpha: The Spice Harvest, a liquidity-bootstrapping campaign, where stablecoin deposits earn yield from a blend of real-world GPU financing deals and U.S. Treasury bills. Users can now deposit USDT, USDC, and other stablecoins across supported chains to earn Spice points. AID Alpha will later convert into AID, GAIB’s AI synthetic dollar.

A survey of 400 senior accounting and advisory professionals from the UK and US, undertaken by document automation leader UpSlide, reveals an increasingly competitive landscape with firms looking to capitalise on every opportunity for advantage.

At its FICO® World conference today, global analytics software leader, FICO announced that the Santander US Auto business, one of the largest auto lenders in the U.S., has won a 2025 FICO® Decisions Award for its use of machine learning. The business has transformed its credit risk assessment processes using FICO® Platform and its applied analytics and machine learning capabilities. Santander, which manages a $60 billion asset portfolio and serves over three million customers, is using FICO Platform to streamline model development, improve governance, and enhance predictive analytics in response to evolving market conditions.

Clearent by Xplor, a leading U.S. payment processor under Xplor Technologies, has today announced the launch of Xplor Capital, an innovative embedded financing solution for software providers and their merchants. This new offering is made possible through a strategic partnership with Parafin, a "capital as a service platform" specializing in capital solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Following the successful launch of Xplor Capital for small businesses, this extension allows Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers to integrate merchant financing capabilities directly into their software ecosystems.

Model ML, the AI platform taking the world’s financial centres by storm, has launched in Hong Kong as titans of the banking and corporate world accelerate an arms race for the best AI tools.

Eventus, a leading provider of comprehensive, at-scale trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, announced that Wealthsimple is among its newest clients deploying the firm’s Validus platform for trade surveillance across asset classes. Wealthsimple is one of Canada’s fastest growing financial services platforms, serving more than three million clients, with $50+ billion in assets across trading, saving and investing.

S64, the global alternatives fintech and solutions partner to the wealth management industry, today announced its partnership with Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a global technology investor that specializes in enterprise software, to launch VistaOne (Lux) (“VistaOne” or the “Fund”) for the wealth management industry in EMEA and APAC.

KlariVis, a leading provider of data analytics solutions for financial institutions, is expanding its sales team to meet the increasing demand for simplified, actionable data insights among community banks nationwide. To support this growth, the company has welcomed six new Sales Executives — Graham Waldrop, Meaghan Kincaid, Heather Knight, Martin Horak, Nathan Neblung and Taylor Hamm — who will strengthen KlariVis’ presence across the U.S.

Digital banking provider Tyfone today announced Caro Federal Credit Union (Caro FCU) selected the nFinia® Digital Banking Platform as its digital experience provider.

Plumery, a digital banking experience platform for customer-centric banking and Aequilibrium, a Canadian leader in digital transformation, today announced a strategic partnership to support small to medium Canadian credit unions facing the closure of Central 1’s digital banking platforms.

Next generation Digital Prime Broker Sage Capital Management has appointed Chris Mills as Head of Digital Assets.

Komainu, a regulated digital asset services provider and custodian, backed by Laser Digital and Blockstream, announces the appointment of Jonathan Patterson as Chief Operating Officer, EMEA. The appointment comes as Komainu continues its international expansion.

Saxo, the leader in online trading and investment, today announces the appointment of Michelle West as UK Head of Compliance. In her role, Michelle will focus on further enhancing Saxo’s risk and compliance functions, ensuring Saxo maintains the highest standards of operational integrity.

Associated Credit Union of Texas (ACU of Texas) has entered into a strategic partnership with Crux Analytics to enhance the credit union's business banking services and strengthen relationships with local small businesses. This collaboration aims to leverage Crux's small business intelligence platform to empower ACU of Texas's business team with data-driven insights and tools to better serve their business members.

allO – the all-in-one, fast-growing restaurant software platform – has partnered with finmid, the financial infrastructure innovator, to bring instant, bespoke capital to restaurants and foodservice SMEs across the hospitality industry.