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Deals•Mar 2, 2026
FundBank Acquires Irish Blockchain Startup Trrue Chain for €10M
FundBank, a US institutional banking firm, has completed the acquisition of Irish Layer‑1 blockchain startup Trrue Chain for €10 million (≈ $11 million). The deal, completed last week, will see the founders stay on as employees and supports FundBank’s expansion in European digital assets and crypto services.
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Deals•Feb 17, 2026
BridgeWise Acquires Context Analytics
BridgeWise announced the acquisition of Context Analytics, expanding its data analytics capabilities. The deal was disclosed on February 17, 2026, and the financial terms were not disclosed.
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Deals•Feb 17, 2026
Sphinx Raises $7.1M to Build Compliance Agent
Sphinx, a compliance technology startup, announced a $7.1 million fundraising round to develop its compliance agent platform. The funding was disclosed on Feb 17, 2026, and aims to accelerate product development and market expansion. Investor details were not disclosed.
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Deals•Feb 6, 2026
Visa Partners with Lendistry to Launch $100M Working‑capital Facility for US Small Businesses
Visa announced the launch of its Visa & Main platform, which includes a $100 million working‑capital facility in partnership with community lender Lendistry to improve financing access for U.S. small businesses. The program also offers marketing support tied to the upcoming FIFA World...
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Deals•Feb 6, 2026
Broadridge to Acquire CQG, Expanding Futures and Options Trading Capabilities
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced it will acquire CQG, a provider of futures and options trading, execution management, and market connectivity. The undisclosed deal will add CQG’s execution management, algorithmic trading, and analytics capabilities to Broadridge’s order management platform, creating an...
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
OneDome Raises $25M in Pre-Series C Funding Round
OneDome, a UK‑based housing and fintech platform, announced a $25 million Pre‑Series C funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $40 million. The new capital will support the company’s expansion of its digital mortgage and property‑management services.
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Lightyear Capital to Acquire PayByPhone From Corpay
Private equity firm Lightyear Capital has signed an agreement to acquire mobile parking payments provider PayByPhone from Corpay. The transaction, expected to close in Q2 2026, will see PayByPhone operate as a standalone business under Lightyear’s ownership.
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Neo Financial Raises C$68.5 Million to Fund Its Inaugural Securitisation Programme
Canadian fintech Neo Financial announced a C$68.5 million equity raise to launch a securitisation programme aimed at expanding its lending portfolio. The round was led by a syndicate of over 100 Canadian investors, with institutional participation from Alberta Investment Management Corporation...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Sumsub Achieves Travel Rule Compliance for Digital Assets with Fireblocks
Sumsub, the global compliance and fraud‑prevention platform, announced a partnership with Fireblocks, a leading digital‑asset infrastructure provider, to deliver end‑to‑end Travel Rule compliance. The integration leverages Fireblocks’ secure custody and transaction network to automatically collect, encrypt, and transmit required originator...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Taurus Selects Capco as Implementation Partner in Europe
Taurus SA, a leading provider of enterprise‑grade digital‑asset infrastructure, announced a strategic partnership with Capco, the global management and technology consultancy owned by Wipro. The alliance designates Capco as Taurus’s implementation partner for its European expansion, leveraging Capco’s consulting depth...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Basware Appoints Chief Marketing Officer
Basware announced the appointment of Kira Mondrus as its new Chief Marketing Officer, joining the executive team reporting to CEO Jason Kurtz. Mondrus brings over 20 years of B2B technology marketing experience, most recently scaling Tricentis from $13 million to more than $500 million in...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Shorooq and PayLater Sign MoU
Shorooq, a multi‑strategy investment firm, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PayLater, Qatar’s first QCB‑licensed Sharia‑compliant Buy‑Now‑Pay‑Later (BNPL) provider. The MOU aims to structure a scalable, institutional‑grade credit facility that will fund PayLater’s next growth stage. By combining Shorooq’s...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Oracle Unveils Agentic Platform for Financial Services
Oracle Financial Services announced a new agentic platform that bundles AI‑infused applications, design tools, development frameworks, and pre‑built AI agents for the banking sector. The suite is positioned as an enterprise‑class solution to accelerate digital transformation across retail, corporate, and...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Klarna Backs Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol
Swedish fintech Klarna announced its participation in Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open‑source standard that connects AI agents with commerce systems across the entire shopping journey. The move allows Klarna’s payment and checkout solutions to be accessed directly by...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
PayPal Appoints New CEO as Results Disappoint
PayPal announced Peter Lores, a former HP executive, as its new chief executive officer. The leadership change follows a quarterly earnings report that fell short of analysts' forecasts. Board members voiced concern that PayPal is losing ground to Big Tech...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Fingerprint Launches Ecosystem to Identify Authorised Agentic AI on the Web
Fingerprint, known for device‑intelligence fraud solutions, unveiled an AI‑agent ecosystem designed to flag and verify authorised agentic AI on the web. The platform leverages its existing fingerprinting and behavioral analytics to distinguish legitimate AI services from rogue bots. Early adopters...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Incumbents’ Trap
Despite rapid growth, UK neobanks still control a small fraction of primary banking relationships, with incumbents holding roughly 94% of primary accounts. About half of UK adults now maintain at least one neobank account, up from 16% in 2018, and...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Conferma and Mesh Join Forces to Eliminate Fragmented Travel Payments
Conferma, a leader in virtual payment technology for corporate travel, has formed a strategic partnership with Mesh, a recognized travel and expense management innovator. The collaboration will embed Conferma’s virtual card platform directly into Mesh’s T&E solution, creating a unified...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Block Opens European Hub in Dublin
Block Inc., the global technology firm known for its financial services platforms, announced the opening of a new European hub in Dublin. The office will be situated at One Park Place, marking the company’s first dedicated office on the continent....
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News•Feb 3, 2026
FuturePay Connects with Paysafe for Latin American Market Entry
FuturePay Global Limited has entered a strategic partnership with payments platform Paysafe to launch its cross‑border payment solutions across Latin America. The alliance leverages Paysafe’s extensive regional network and regulatory expertise, while FuturePay contributes its technology and merchant onboarding capabilities....
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News•Feb 3, 2026
PRA and FCA Announce First Scale-Up Unit Cohort
The Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority have unveiled the inaugural cohort of their joint Scale‑up Unit, targeting banks and building societies that serve high‑growth companies. The first group will receive dedicated regulatory liaison, faster decision‑making pathways, and...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Lydian Enables Crypto Acceptance for Fiserv Clover Merchants
Lydian has partnered with Fiserv to integrate crypto and stablecoin payments into Clover point‑of‑sale terminals. The solution will let merchants using Clover accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and major stablecoins alongside traditional card payments. Rollout begins Q3 2024, with Lydian handling compliance...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
APP Reimbursement Rates Shoot up to Cover 88% of Claims
UK's Payment Systems Regulator announced that 88% of authorised push payment fraud losses, amounting to £173 million, have been reimbursed to victims. The reimbursement covers the majority of the £197 million total loss reported, signaling a significant recovery for consumers duped into...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Incard Raises £10m to Build 'Financial OS' For Digital Entrepreneurs
British fintech Incard has secured £10 million in a Series A round led by Smartfin to develop a comprehensive financial operating system for high‑growth digital companies. The platform will combine banking, payments, and accounting functionalities into a single API‑driven solution, aiming to...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
Varo Raises $123.9m
US digital‑bank Varo announced a $123.9 million Series G round, with Warburg Pincus and Coliseum Capital Management as lead investors. The capital infusion is earmarked for expanding Varo’s product suite, bolstering regulatory compliance, and scaling its loan‑and‑deposit platform. The round underscores Varo’s...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
Apax Spins Out Finastra Treasury and Capital Markets Business as Teciem
Apax Partners has completed the spin‑out of Finastra’s Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) division, launching the new standalone company Teciem. The transaction, announced in May 2025, transfers Finastra’s suite of treasury, risk‑management and capital‑markets software to Apax’s portfolio. Teciem begins...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
Building Operational Resilience in a Digital-First Financial Sector
Financial services are now fundamentally digital. Payments, lending, trading, onboarding, fraud d
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News•Feb 2, 2026
Deep Dive: Global Payments Merchant Solutions Strategy
Global Payments is reshaping its merchant solutions unit around a three‑pronged architecture that blends integrated payment processing, real‑time data analytics, and value‑added services. The company is accelerating omnichannel capabilities, expanding SaaS‑based pricing, and leveraging AI‑driven fraud tools to capture higher‑margin...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
TSB Warns of Spike in Romance Scams
TSB’s latest romance fraud report reveals a sharp rise in financial losses, with money sent to scammers jumping 37 percent over the past year. The bank also recorded a 15 percent increase in the number of reported cases during the...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
UK Fintech Startup Novum Scores UK Pension Fund Backing
London‑based fintech Novum Investment Management announced an equity injection from a UK local government pension fund. The capital will be used to launch and scale Doris, the company’s patent‑pending platform that helps savers transition into investors. Doris combines automated portfolio...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
Novum Investment Management Secures Equity Investment From UK Local Government Pension Fund
London-based fintech Novum Investment Management announced it has secured an equity investment from a UK local government pension fund to launch and scale its patent‑pending Doris platform, which aims to help savers transition to investing. The amount of the investment...
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News•Feb 1, 2026
From Rails to Reasoning: Stablecoins in the Next Payments Stack
The article argues that stablecoins are transitioning from niche cross‑border use cases to becoming a foundational layer in the broader payments ecosystem. It outlines how new technical standards, such as tokenized rails and on‑chain reasoning protocols, are enabling real‑time settlement...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
Revolut's Storonsky Switches Residency Back to UK After Filing Mistake
Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky corrected a Companies House filing that mistakenly listed his residence in the United Arab Emirates, reverting it to the United Kingdom. The error sparked concern among UK regulators, prompting Revolut to provide assurances while the fintech...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
Fico and Tech Mahindra Team on AI-Driven Decisioning and Core Banking Transformation
FICO announced a global partnership with Tech Mahindra to create a dedicated Centre of Excellence for the FICO Platform. The CoE will deliver consulting, implementation and managed services that embed AI‑driven decisioning into core banking systems. By combining FICO’s analytics...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
AXA Hong Kong and Macau Introduces AI Paltform
AXA Hong Kong and Macau has launched Quest, an AI‑driven platform designed to support its financial consultants. The tool leverages generative AI to deliver clearer, more consistent, insight‑led advice on insurance and wealth products. By integrating real‑time policy data, Quest...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Launches IDVerse for Insurance
LexisNexis Risk Solutions launched IDVerse for Insurance, an AI‑powered document authentication and identity verification platform targeting U.S. personal lines insurers. The solution uses biometric face matching, liveness checks, and proprietary neural‑network models to verify IDs and digital identities within seconds...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
Euronext Expands SaaS Offering in France
Euronext has rolled out Admincontrol’s governance and secure collaboration SaaS suite across France, following its May 2025 acquisition of the platform. The offering, part of the Euronext Corporate Solutions portfolio, targets listed and private companies seeking stronger board oversight, data sovereignty,...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
Volt Partners with ClearBank to Enhance Open Banking Offerings
Volt, the rail‑agnostic real‑time money movement platform, announced a strategic partnership with ClearBank, the UK’s first clearing bank offering embedded banking services. The collaboration integrates ClearBank’s real‑time clearing capabilities into Volt’s account‑based cash management suite. This enhancement targets customers across...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
EBAday Fintech Zone Winners: Where Are They Now?
EBAday’s Fintech Zone returned for its sixth year, showcasing early‑stage startups that aim to partner with banks. The accelerator highlighted a cohort of winners whose solutions span payments, compliance, and digital identity. Follow‑up reporting now tracks each winner’s progress, noting...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
Nationwide Tops UK Current Account Switching Table
Over a million Britons switched banks in the past year, with the Current Account Switch Service processing 1,054,521 transfers for the third consecutive million‑plus period. Nationwide led Q3 net gains, adding 41,450 accounts thanks to a £175 incentive and profit‑sharing...
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News•Jan 30, 2026
Banks Reduce Reliance on OpenAI
Evident’s AI Index shows the world’s largest banks are cutting back on OpenAI, with its share of disclosed AI projects dropping from roughly 50% to about one‑third by the end of 2025. Banks are increasingly turning to Anthropic and Google...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Bolt Partners with Aethir to Power Open-Web Checkout for Games
Bolt announced a partnership with Aethir, the leading distributed GPU cloud provider, to deliver open‑web checkout for games hosted outside traditional app stores. The deal makes Bolt the preferred payments provider for studios on Aethir’s platform, enabling one‑click, browser‑based purchases...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Aleo, Toku and Paxos Labs Launch Private Stablecoin Payroll Solution
Aleo, Toku, and Paxos Labs have launched the first fully private stablecoin payroll solution. The platform lets enterprises pay employees with USAD, a Paxos‑backed stablecoin, while zero‑knowledge proofs keep transaction details hidden. Integration with Toku’s API connects to HR systems...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
OnePay Names Patrick O’Connell CFO
OnePay announced the appointment of Patrick O’Connell as its new chief financial officer. O’Connell, who most recently served as EVP and CFO of AMC Networks, will oversee finance, strategy, and long‑term planning. The hire comes as OnePay, a consumer fintech,...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
The Five Forces Evolving the Insurance Industry in 2026 (and One Prediction for Each)
In 2026 insurers confront five converging forces: under‑scaled AI agents that risk rogue behavior, chronic data‑quality challenges, a consumer shift toward AI‑driven insurance shopping that slashes organic web traffic, a surge in AI‑generated fraud, and mounting climate‑related losses that could...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Dosh and One NZ Turn Everyday Spend Into Phone Reward
New Zealand telecom operator One NZ has teamed up with cash‑back platform Dosh to let customers convert everyday spending into points that can be applied toward phone upgrades. The partnership embeds Dosh’s reward engine into One NZ’s billing system, automatically...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Convera Appoints Meaghan Riley Chief Commercial Officer
Convera announced the appointment of Meaghan Riley as its new Chief Commercial Officer, bringing extensive experience from Google Cloud, DocuSign and SAP. Riley will oversee global go‑to‑market strategy, aiming to unify sales teams and accelerate revenue across regions. The company...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Payoneer Expands Capabilities in Mexico and Indonesia
Payoneer announced new local collection capabilities in Indonesia and an expanded Mexican peso collection service, allowing SMBs to receive payments from regional marketplaces faster and cheaper. The enhancements target the world’s largest Southeast Asian ecommerce market and the rapidly growing...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
GFT and Ozone API Partner to Guide Canadian Institutions Through Open Banking Transition
GFT and Ozone API announced a partnership to deliver an end‑to‑end open‑banking solution for Canadian financial institutions. The collaboration leverages GFT’s 35‑year banking expertise and Ozone’s global open‑API platform, aiming to simplify regulatory compliance, security and data‑consent challenges. With the...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
How Regulatory Convergence Is Reshaping Affordability Assessments
Regulators across the UK are converging on a new affordability paradigm that relies on real‑time transaction data rather than static income multiples. The FCA’s July 2025 expansion of the Modified Affordability Assessment widens mortgage eligibility, while the CP25/23 rules bring BNPL...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Sunrate Acquires Payments Team and Technology for Move Into Acquiring
Sunrate announced the acquisition of a seasoned payments team and its proven acquiring platform, officially launching a global acquiring business line. The move adds a scalable technology stack, risk‑compliant framework, and multi‑currency support to Sunrate’s end‑to‑end payments suite. The newly...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
FCA Launches Pop-Up ATM to Warn Customers of Investment Scams
The FCA installed a pop‑up ATM at London Waterloo featuring its mascot, Emil the Seal, to highlight investment‑scam risks. The stunt promotes the new Firm Checker tool that lets consumers verify a firm’s FCA authorisation instantly. In the year to...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Unlimit Appoints Pedro Azevedo as Head Off EU Sales
Unlimit has appointed Pedro Azevedo as Head of Sales for the European Union, operating from Lisbon. Azevedo will steer the company’s commercial strategy, scaling its enterprise sales organization and deepening partnerships with merchants, banks and digital platforms across Europe. His...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
HSBC Teams with Sage to Help Businesses Get Ahead of Incoming Digital Tax Rules
HSBC UK has launched My Business Finances, a new tool that embeds Sage’s accounting technology directly into its business banking platform. The service enables eligible sole traders and landlords to manage bookkeeping, invoicing, and submit Making Tax Digital (MTD) Income...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Standard Chartered Applies AI to Transaction Banking Services
Standard Chartered has launched an AI‑powered platform for its transaction banking division. The solution enables bankers to quickly retrieve, customize, and deliver transaction banking services to corporate and institutional clients. By leveraging real‑time analytics and automation, the platform aims to...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Lloyds to Go Deeper Into AI After Totting up Financial Value of Current Deployments
Lloyds Banking Group reported that by 2025 it had deployed more than 50 generative AI solutions across its operations, ranging from an AI‑powered internal search assistant to a GitHub Copilot‑style tool for engineers. The bank highlighted productivity gains such as...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Santander to Shut 44 More Branches
Santander announced the closure of an additional 44 UK branches, putting 291 jobs at risk. The bank cites a dramatic shift to digital banking, with 96% of transactions now conducted online and over 80% of new accounts opened digitally. Mobile‑app...
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Deals•Jan 29, 2026
WealthAi Raises $800k Pre‑seed Round Led by Fuel Ventures and Founders Factory
WealthAi, an AI‑driven operating system for wealth managers, family offices and private banks, announced an $800k pre‑seed funding round. The round was led by venture firms Fuel Ventures and Founders Factory, providing capital to accelerate product development and market rollout.
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Deals•Jan 29, 2026
Sunrate Acquires Payments Team to Launch Global Acquiring Services
Sunrate announced the acquisition of an experienced payments team and its acquiring technology, marking the launch of its global acquiring business line. The deal expands Sunrate's end‑to‑end payment capabilities across merchants in eCommerce, SaaS, travel and other sectors. Deal value...
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Deals•Jan 28, 2026
Ripple Acquires GTreasury to Launch Unified Treasury Platform
Ripple announced it has acquired GTreasury, integrating the firm’s treasury management technology into the newly launched Ripple Treasury platform. The combined solution gives CFOs and treasury teams unified control over traditional cash and digital assets, leveraging Ripple’s blockchain infrastructure. Financial...
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Deals•Jan 26, 2026
Vennre Secures $9.6M in Pre-Series A Funding Round
Wealth creation platform Vennre announced the close of its Pre-Series A funding round, raising $9.6 million through a hybrid equity and debt structure. The capital will support its mission to provide high‑earning individuals access to private market opportunities.
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Deals•Jan 23, 2026
Juspay Raises $50M in Series D Round From WestBridge Capital
Juspay announced a $50 million Series D follow‑on round led by WestBridge Capital, mixing primary and secondary investments and valuing the company at $1.2 billion. The funding provides liquidity to early investors and employees and supports its global payments platform expansion.
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
PayPal Acquires Cymbio to Boost Agentic Commerce Offering
PayPal announced it will acquire Tel‑Aviv‑based multi‑channel orchestration platform Cymbio, enhancing its agentic commerce capabilities across AI surfaces such as Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition will integrate Cymbio’s technology into PayPal’s Store Sync service,...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
LendInvest Secures £250m Debt Funding From Castlelake
LendInvest announced a new funding agreement with Castlelake, under which the asset manager will purchase up to £250 million of loans. The partnership expands LendInvest’s bridging loan capacity and offers greater flexibility for UK property borrowers. The deal highlights strong institutional...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
ZBD Secures $40M Series C Funding From Blockstream Capital Partners
ZBD, a payments innovator for games, announced a $40 million Series C financing round led by Blockstream Capital Partners. The capital will accelerate its real‑time Bitcoin payment platform, expand licensing, and grow its global footprint across gaming publishers.
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Fuel Ventures Leads £1.6 Million Investment in Allocation Strategy
Allocation Strategy, a provider of asset allocation analytics for institutional investors, announced a £1.6 million funding round led by Fuel Ventures, with participation from angel investors and industry experts. The capital will be used to expand R&D, scale the business and...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Luxembourg Stock Exchange Acquires Tetrao International's ESG Data Analytics Unit
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) announced it will acquire Tetrao International’s ESG data‑analytics business line, bolstering its sustainable‑bond data offering. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of February 2026, will integrate Tetrao’s AI‑driven data‑collection team into the LuxSE...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Pomelo Raises $55M in Series C Funding Round
Argentinian payments infrastructure firm Pomelo announced a $55 million Series C funding round co‑led by Kaszek and Insight Partners, with participation from Index Ventures, Adams Street Partners, S32, Endeavor Catalyst, monashee and TQ Ventures. The round brings Pomelo’s total funding to $160 million...
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Deals•Jan 19, 2026
Sinpex Raises €10M in Series A Round
Sinpex, an AI-powered KYB/KYC lifecycle management platform, announced a €10 million Series A financing round to accelerate product development and market expansion.
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Deals•Jan 19, 2026
AAZZUR Closes £2 Million Funding Round Led by Haatch Ventures
AAZZUR Ltd. announced the closing of a £2 million funding round, completed in October 2025, to expand its fintech orchestration platform. The round was led by Haatch Ventures with participation from Alert Venture Foundry, Alumni Ventures, Great Stuff Ventures, Tyr Ventures, Tenity...
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Deals•Jan 19, 2026
Defaqto Acquires Pearson Ham Group’s Market Pricing Business for £11M
Defaqto, via its parent Fintel plc, announced the acquisition of Pearson Ham Group’s Market Pricing Business for £11 million. The deal expands Defaqto’s data and technology offerings for the UK retail financial services and insurance sectors, adding pricing data across motor, home,...
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Deals•Jan 19, 2026
CheckSig Secures €3.5M in Series A Extension to Fuel European Expansion
Italian fintech CheckSig announced the closing of a €3.5 million Series A extension, bringing its post‑money valuation to €33.5 million. The round, backed by a pool of strategic private investors and selected companies, will be used to accelerate growth in Italy and abroad,...
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Deals•Jan 16, 2026
Portage Acquires Management of Point72 Ventures' Fintech Assets in $280M Deal
Canadian investment firm Portage announced a deal to take over the management of fintech assets owned by US venture capital firm Point72 Ventures. The transaction is structured through a $280 million continuation vehicle, funded by Goldman Sachs Alternatives and other secondary...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
SmartSearch Acquires Credas Technologies to Expand Digital Compliance Offering
UK digital compliance specialist SmartSearch announced the acquisition of identity verification provider Credas Technologies. The deal, reported on Jan 7, 2026, aims to strengthen SmartSearch's anti‑money‑laundering and digital compliance capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
PicPay Files for US IPO
Brazilian digital banking and payments platform PicPay has filed for a US initial public offering, its second attempt after a 2021 filing was withdrawn. Citigroup, BofA Securities and RBC Capital Markets will act as joint global coordinators, and the company...
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Deals•Jan 6, 2026
Broadridge Completes Acquisition of Acolin to Boost Fund Distribution Capabilities
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced the completion of its acquisition of Acolin, a Zurich‑based provider of cross‑border fund distribution and regulatory services. The deal expands Broadridge’s distribution solutions for asset managers, adding access to over 3,000 distributors across 30+ countries and...
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Deals•Jan 6, 2026
Pluto Financial Technologies Raises $8.6M Seed Round to Build AI‑powered Lending Platform
Pluto Financial Technologies announced a seed round of $8.6 million to develop its AI‑powered credit infrastructure for private‑market assets. The round was backed by Motive Ventures, Portage, Apollo Global Management, Hamilton Lane, Tectonic Ventures and Broadhaven Ventures. The funding will support...
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Deals•Dec 30, 2025
Citigroup Approves Sale of AO Citibank to Renaissance Capital
Citigroup's board has approved the sale of its remaining Russian business unit, AO Citibank, to investment bank Renaissance Capital. The transaction is expected to generate a pre‑tax loss of about $1.2 billion and is slated to close in the first half...
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