XYB, the leading coreless banking platform, has strategically strengthened its lending proposition by welcoming a highly skilled team from Bankish, renowned for its innovative lending solutions. Hiring this team will significantly enhance XYB’s lending capabilities and accelerate the advancement of its next-generation lending engines.

Barclays today announces the appointment of Arnaud Bouyer as Head of Investment Banking for France BeLux. He will have overall responsibility for the French Investment Banking business, working closely with Francois Baroin, Chairman of Barclays in France and Raoul Salomon, France CEO, to accelerate the growth of our business in France.

Regulation plays a critical role in shaping the fintech landscape. From Consumer Duty and FCA annual risk reporting to APP fraud, the tectonic plates of the sector are shifting and whether you consider these regulations as benefiting or hindering the industry, businesses are struggling to keep up. 

DCS Innov, a subsidiary of DCS Fintech Holdings, today announced the acquisition of HolyWally, one of the world’s first Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform providers. This strategic move marks a significant milestone in DCS Innov’s global expansion plans, particularly into the US and European markets. 

FNZ, the leading end-to-end global wealth management platform, today announces that Adrian Durham, its founder, has decided to transition from his role as Group CEO to a non-executive role as Founding Director and Senior Advisor. Adrian will continue to sit on the Group Board and will remain a significant shareholder in the company.

Propel, a leading tech company for low-income Americans, celebrates its 10th anniversary with new initiatives funded by a $3.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This funding will support Propel's development of AI-powered tools to enhance safety net navigation.

10x Banking, the cloud-native core banking platform, has today announced a strategic partnership with SunTec Business Solutions, the world’s leading relationship-based pricing and billing provider, to enable banks to offer personalized and contextual products, services and offers to their customers, across Corporate, SME and Retail Banking.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Nasdaq Futures, Inc., formerly a designated contract market (DCM). The order finds Nasdaq Futures, Inc. failed to properly establish, monitor, or enforce rules related to an incentive program Nasdaq Futures, Inc. offered to certain traders on its DCM. The order also finds Nasdaq Futures, Inc.

PayJunction, a leading tech-focused payments company, announced today it has added Text to Pay capabilities to its No-code Payments Integration®, Virtual Terminal, and API. The new feature enables businesses to seamlessly and securely implement Text to Pay into current invoicing workflows, enabling them to accept customer payments via SMS Message. This helps businesses better meet customer expectations while improving collection rates, contributing to overall revenue growth.

Leading fintech Pine Labs and Visa, the global leader in global payments have come together to scale digital payments acceptance and further India’s vision of a digital economy by unveiling Pine Labs Mini, a soundbox-enabled device for QR, Near Field Communication (NFC) and card payments.