LemFi and BVNK Partner to Rebuild the Rails of the Diaspora Economy with Stablecoin Settlement
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Cryptocurrencies
LemFi, the financial platform for people living and working across borders, has partnered with BVNK, an enterprise-grade stablecoin payments infrastructure company, to rebuild the rails beneath the diaspora economy. The partnership moves LemFi's cross-border settlement onto BVNK's regulated stablecoin payment infrastructure, delivering near-instant value transfers between markets at a fraction of the cost, without changing anything about how...
TerraPay Partners with TPBank to Enable Real-Time Cross-Border Payments from Vietnam
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Payments
TerraPay, a global money movement company, has partnered with TPBank, one of Vietnam’s most innovative and digitally focused banks, to offer customers real-time outbound cross-border payment capabilities to destinations worldwide. Vietnam recorded 17.7 billion non-cash transactions in 2024, up 56% year-on-year, and by the first nine months of 2025 alone that figure had already reached nearly 18 billion — surpassing the full-year 2024 total.
Lightning Reach Acquired by European Technology Group to Accelerate Access to Financial Support Across the UK
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Infrastructure
Lightning Reach, the award-winning fintech-for-good platform helping people access financial support through a single digital journey, has been acquired by European Technology Group (“ETG”), a mission-aligned GovTech group and long-term investor.
JAGGAER and Conferma Launch Embedded Virtual Card Payments to Simplify Supplier and Employee Spend
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Payments
JAGGAER, a global leader in source-to-pay and supplier collaboration, today announced a new partnership with Conferma, the global leader in virtual payments, to simplify payments for long-tail spend. The partnership enables organizations to generate virtual cards within JAGGAER to pay vendors at the point of order and issue cards to employees for purchases and travel. This integration delivers a more connected procurement and payments experience...
Zilch Partners with Rezolve Ai to Accelerate Intelligent Commerce Retailer Growth
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Zilch, the intelligent payments platform, has partnered with Rezolve Ai, the global leader in AI-powered commerce and engagement, enabling customers to access flexible, fee-free ways to pay across an extensive network of leading UK retailers in-store and online.
Bank of Maldives to Transform Core Banking with Finastra
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Core Banking
Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced that the Bank of Maldives (BML) has selected Finastra Essence to modernize its core banking operations and support its long-term digital transformation strategy. The agreement will enable the bank to accelerate product innovation, enhance operational efficiency, and deliver seamless banking experiences across both conventional and Islamic banking services.
Basware Customers Go Live on France’s E-Invoicing Mandate, Two Months Ahead of the September 1 Deadline
- 1 month 3 days ago
- e-Invoicing
With less than nine weeks remaining before France's e-invoicing and e-reporting mandate takes effect on September 1, Basware, the global leader in Invoice Lifecycle Management, today confirmed that enterprises are already live and exchanging invoices on its platform under the new regime.
Two-Thirds of Brits Feel Pressured to Spend on Summer Socialising as the Cost of Living Bites
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Personal Finance
New research from the Current Account Switch Service has found that summer socialising is putting pressure on household finances, with almost two-thirds (62%) of UK adults saying they have felt pressured to spend to take part in social plans with friends.
Expensify Expands Collaboration with Marqeta to Bring Its Card Offering into Europe
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Payments
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Payhawk Releases Financial Controller Agent That Gathers Vendor Invoices 12 Times Faster Than Humans
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Payhawk, the AI-native spend management platform, today released new data showing that its Financial Controller Agent has reduced expense submission times for vendor invoices by 46% since the beginning of the year. The company is also making Agent Fetch available to all customers, enabling the agent to move from reminding employees to retrieving invoices itself up to 12 times faster than humans.
G.H. Financials Deploys Baton’s Liquidity Management Platform to Unify Real-Time Cash, Margin and Collateral Visibility
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Liquidity
G.H. Financials, the independent clearing partner for professional traders processing over 800 million futures contracts annually, is now live with Baton Systems' intraday liquidity management platform. The deployment brings together Baton’s Balance Manager and Exposure Manager capabilities to provide a single, near-real-time view of cash balances, margin requirements and collateral on deposit across more than 100 nostro, CCP and carry broker...
Half of Businesses Overpay by Up to 20% on Cross-Border Payments as Fragmentation Drives Consolidation
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Payments
PayDo analysis finds that one in two business clients arrives overpaying by as much as 20% on the total cost of moving money across borders, while two in three technology businesses joining the platform cite fragmentation rather than pricing as the primary reason for consolidating providers.
Ant International Secures US$1.2B to Advance Cross-Border Payments
- 1 month 3 days ago
- Fundraising News
Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, today announced the successful closing of its Series A equity financing of approximately US$1.2 billion. Existing investors including Ant Group and Alibaba Group participated in this round, as well as other renowned international investment institutions.
HSBC Innovation Banking UK and Oxbridge AI X Partner to Support the Next Generation of AI Founders
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Artificial Intelligence
HSBC Innovation Banking UK and Oxbridge AI X have entered into a partnership to support AI founders emerging from Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, three of the world's leading universities and a powerful source of UK technology and AI innovation.
iFAST Global Bank Expands Worldwide Scan & Pay to China with 1% Cashback
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Banking
iFAST Global Bank today announced the expansion of its Worldwide Scan & Pay service to support payments in China. This expansion provides a seamless way for customers to make cross-border QR code payments through Alipay+, the unified wallet gateway of Ant International.
