Payoneer Global, a global FinTech company powering cross-border business growth, has announced an expansion of its global payment platform with new and enhanced local collection capabilities in Indonesia and Mexico. The expansion introduces allows Payoneer customers to transact with local buyers and ecommerce platforms more quickly and cost-effectively. By strengthening its local collection infrastructure, Payoneer is seeking to deepen support for...

dLocal, a cross-border payments platform focused on emerging markets, has partnered with Amway, a direct selling company, to deliver locally optimised online payment capabilities for its operations across Latin America. Through its collaboration with dLocal, Amway now operates with local acquiring and domestic payment rails in Colombia. This allows the company to accept payments in local currency using local card...

Global investment in InsurTech firms surpassed $420m in January, as investors continued to back artificial intelligence-driven platforms. Funding was led by two US-based insurers that each raised more than $100m, reinforcing the United States’ position as the dominant market for InsurTech investment at the start of 2026. Corgi, an AI-native insurer focused on startups, raised $108m after securing regulatory approval to...

Digital engagement has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges facing modern healthcare systems. Providers, policymakers and patients broadly agree on its promise, from improved treatment adherence and better outcomes to stronger trust and more resilient healthcare models. However, despite years of sustained investment in digital health solutions, meaningful patient engagement continues to lag behind expectations. Drawing on academic...

ESMA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) aimed at strengthening supervisory cooperation and enabling the exchange of information linked to the recognition of Indian CCPs overseen by the RBI. ESMA said the agreement is designed to help restore access for EU clearing members to Indian CCPs, describing it as a notable step...

Behind the badge is the latest episode in RelyComply’s Laundered series, featuring a former City of London Police detective sharing what it really looks like to investigate fraud, money laundering, and organised financial crime in the UK today. In Episode 3, the conversation offers an insider view of how modern financial crime has evolved and why the job of stopping...

GenStar, a provider of excess and surplus specialty property and casualty insurance, has partnered with ZestyAI, an InsurTech specialising in artificial intelligence-driven property risk analytics, to strengthen how hail, wind and severe convective storm risk is underwritten across GenStar’s commercial property portfolio. The partnership has been formed to give GenStar more precise, property-level insight into weather-related risks, particularly for complex,...

Sixfold, an AI underwriting InsurTech company focused on modernising insurance decision-making, has secured fresh capital as it looks to deepen its footprint with insurers around the world. The New York-based firm has raised $30m in a Series B funding round led by Brewer Lane, with strategic backing from Guidewire. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures also participated in the...

Cardamon, a RegTech focused on bringing secure AI into regulated operations and compliance workflows, and Microsoft have collaborated through Microsoft’s AI Partnership Program. The companies said the collaboration is designed to help organisations in highly regulated environments adopt AI with stronger safeguards, combining Cardamon’s delivery pace with Microsoft’s infrastructure, security and scalability so businesses can deploy AI more safely and...

London-based Plum FinTech, a consumer money management and savings app, has partnered with Qover, an embedded insurance and InsurTech provider, to introduce worldwide travel protection for its users as part of a broader push to become a more holistic financial platform. The partnership has been formed to expand Plum’s subscription proposition and add real-world protection alongside its existing financial management...