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Cyclops raises $20m to fix stablecoin gap in payments

Cyclops, a stablecoin infrastructure company built solely for the payments industry, has secured $20m in Series A funding to help payments firms launch stablecoin...
AMINA becomes first regulated bank to integrate Mesh

AMINA becomes first regulated bank to integrate Mesh

AMINA Bank AG, a Swiss crypto bank regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), has become the first regulated bank to integrate...
Payments firm Triple-A secures VARA IPA in Dubai

Payments firm Triple-A secures VARA IPA in Dubai

Triple-A, a global payment institution, has been awarded In-Principle Approval (IPA) from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for the provision of Broker-Dealer services. The...
JetBlue and ClarityPay unveil loyalty-linked pay later scheme

JetBlue and ClarityPay unveil loyalty-linked pay later scheme

JetBlue, the New York-based airline, has teamed up with ClarityPay, a specialist in customised point-of-sale credit, to roll out a pay later programme that...
Visa and Thredd move closer to the age of agentic commerce

Visa and Thredd move closer to the age of agentic commerce

Thredd has joined Visa’s Agentic Ready programme, allowing European issuers using its processing platform to prepare for AI agent-initiated payments without replacing existing payments...
Sage and GoCardless bring Pay by Bank to small businesses

Sage and GoCardless bring Pay by Bank to small businesses

GoCardless, a bank payment company, has deepened its multi-year strategic alliance with Sage, a global provider of accounting, financial, HR and payroll software for...
Weecover pushes banks towards embedded insurance growth

Weecover pushes banks towards embedded insurance growth

Weecover, an InsurTech insurance distribution platform, is expanding its focus on banks and financial institutions with technology designed to help organisations modernise, manage and...
Cardless strengthens executive team for next growth phase

Cardless strengthens executive team for next growth phase

Cardless, an AI-powered financial services platform that enables brands to launch and manage co-branded card programmes, has appointed Mark Troianovski as chief business officer...
Infinia bags $13.5m to link banks with digital assets

Infinia bags $13.5m to link banks with digital assets

Infinia, a digital finance infrastructure company that connects conventional banking systems with digital asset rails, has secured $13.5m in a Series A funding round. The...
Mangopay expands Virtual Accounts to 24 currencies

Mangopay expands Virtual Accounts to 24 currencies

Mangopay, a leading global wallet infrastructure provider, has broadened its Virtual Accounts product, more than tripling its currency coverage from seven currencies to 24. With...

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TPG-backed Third Wave accelerates insurance roll-up

TPG-backed Third Wave accelerates insurance roll-up

Third Wave Insurance, the retail insurance brokerage platform backed by global alternative asset manager TPG, has agreed to acquire five insurance and advisory firms...
Freehand raises $75m to automate enterprise spending

Freehand raises $75m to automate enterprise spending

Freehand, a San Francisco-based AI company building autonomous agents for enterprise spending and financial operations, has raised $75m as businesses look to automate procurement,...
AI

The 60-25-15 rule reshaping AI compliance pilots

Compliance teams across banks and payment providers are being squeezed from both directions. Boards and C-suites are pressing for rapid AI adoption to slash...
World Cup 2026

World Cup 2026 exposes the compliance gap firms can’t ignore

Spain have lifted the trophy, sealing the final through substitute Ferran Torres deep into extra time, while Argentina failed to register a single shot...
regulatory reporting

EBA, ESMA and EIOPA reshape regulatory reporting

European supervisors are quietly dismantling the template-driven reporting model that has defined compliance for decades, and firms that fail to grasp the scale of...

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