Mastercard, the global technology company in the payments industry, has released its latest research report, SMEs: The Digital Payments Adoption Landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean.  The study reveals how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are leveraging digital payme

Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, has today announced a major regulatory milestone, securing approval of its Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence and Cryptoasset Registration from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). These permissions allow Ripple to expand its licenced payments platform, giving UK institutions the ability to send cross-border payments, using digital assets, seamlessly and efficiently.

Covr Financial Technologies, an award-winning provider of digital insurance solutions, today announced the appointment of two senior executives to its leadership team: Sam Barnett as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Bob Klein as Chief Distribution Officer (CDO). Barnett and Klein founded VIBE Insurance Services together, and their VIBE team will be acqui-hired by Covr as part of the leadership transition.

Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, a leader in AI-powered observability. With this acquisition, Snowflake will deliver the next generation of AI-powered observability, built on open standards and designed for the scale, complexity, and economics required by modern AI-driven enterprises.

Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS), the premier independent provider of institutional debt administration services, has completed their acquisition of Loan Agency Services (LAS), Italy’s leading debt administration provider.  

This marks GLAS’ fifth European and tenth global jurisdiction, with complementary transactions in France, Hong Kong and Singapore taking place in the last 18 months.

Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, today announced a $250 million Series C funding round led by ICONIQ, with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst. The round values Rain at $1.95 billion, brings the company's total funding to over $338 million, and comes just four months after its Series B and 10 months after its Series A.

HabitTrade has completed a Series A funding round of nearly $10 million, led by Newborn Town Inc., with participation from Bright Venture Capital, StableStock, and other investors. The proceeds will be used to strengthen brokerage services, enhance compliance and risk-control capabilities, and support global market expansion.

Majesco, a leader in cloud-native and AI-native insurance technology for the P&C and L&AH markets, today announced the close of its previously announced acquisition of Vitech, a provider of cloud-native pension and benefits administration solutions. The transaction expands Majesco’s leadership into the Group & Benefits and Pension & Retirement segments and strengthens its position as the category leader for next-generation core platforms.

Zodia Custody, the institution-first digital assets platform with shareholders and investors including Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD, today announced that it is the first global custodian to offer custody support for AUDM, the Australian dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Macropod – Australia’s first licensed stablecoin issuer.