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Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments provider, today announced the acquisition of Blue EMI, a regulated electronic money institution authorised to issue euro stablecoins. At the same time, the company is establishing a new technology centre in Lithuania, reinforcing its commitment to European innovation and creating high-skilled jobs in one of the EU’s leading fintech…
GITEX AI VIETNAM will take place from 1-2 October 2026 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Inaugural Vietnamese Edition of GITEX GLOBAL, The Largest Tech Show In The World, GITEX AI VIETNAM will be organized in partnership with National Innovation Center (NIC) and Suported by Tony Blair Institure for Global Change. VIETNAM IS THE NEXT TECH POWERHOUSE!…
RAIDS AI, the AI safety monitoring platform, has announced its commercial launch. Following a successful beta testing phase launched in October 2025, the platform is now live to support all organizations deploying or using AI. Co-founded by Nik Kairinos and Brett Stonefield, the RAIDS AI platform detects and alerts rogue AI behaviour in real time….
Corefy, a global payment orchestration platform, has announced that it now supports 600 integrations with payment providers and acquirers, significantly expanding global payment coverage for payment institutions and online businesses. As payment ecosystems become increasingly fragmented, adding new providers or local payment methods often highlights structural limitations in existing payment stacks. Each new integration can…
KAST, the global financial platform built on stablecoin rails, today announces the launch of KAST Earn Vaults, a stablecoin yield product that allows users to earn on their stablecoin balance. The product is powered by Gauntlet as KAST adds high performance yield with institutional grade risk management for its users as it seeks to build…
Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brex, in a combination of stock and cash transaction valued at $5.15 billion. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260122016437/en/ Brex is a modern, AI-native software platform offering intelligent finance solutions that make it easy for businesses to…
Juspay, a global leader in payment infrastructure for enterprises and banks, today announced that it has secured $50 million in a Series D follow-on round, from WestBridge Capital. The transaction is a mix of Primary and Secondary investments, that values Juspay at $1.2 billion. The secondary component provides liquidity to early investors and employees holding…
Heligan today announces the merger of its portfolio companies, Scanwel and Projectina, bringing the two businesses together as the Scanwel Group.The merger creates a specialist engineering, manufacturing and technology group serving the scientific, forensic and industrial markets. The combination of Scanwel and Projectina strengthens the group’s technical capabilities, international footprint and long-term growth potential, positioning the Scanwel…
Armalytix, the multi-award-winning intelligence firm delivering precision client information for AML, affordability and more, has announced an expansion beyond conveyancing to support the wider property market in 2026, working more closely with estate agents, brokers, and lenders to bring greater clarity and consistency to financial verification earlier in the transaction. By broadening its focus across…
A new name has arrived in UK banking.[Thisbank.co.uk]thisbank has officially launched as a British bank, transforming from a new entrant to one of the UK’s most trusted savings providers in less than 12 months. It has grown assets under management 12x, now looking forward to moving significantly north of its billion-pound balance sheet and achieving profitability…
Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, has announced a new partnership with Freenow by Lyft, the European taxi app, to deliver reliable and high-performing digital payments across all nine of its European markets. Operating in more than 180 cities across Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Greece, Austria and Ireland, Freenow offers…
Volante Technologies, the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced the launch of its premium Multi-cloud Resiliency Service, engineered to keep financial institutions’ payment operations running seamlessly during major cloud provider outages. Built on Volante’s proven cloud-native payments platform, the service provides true cross-cloud continuity, eliminating single-cloud/provider dependency for the payments layer….
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