MANTL, an Alkami solution team and leading provider of loan and deposit account opening technology, today announced that it is the first fintech to resell and offer Plaid Layer, Plaid's instant onboarding technology used by the most innovative neobanks.

Fruition, the financial empowerment platform dedicated to bringing clarity to personal finance, has partnered with transaction enrichment and insights and analytics specialist Bud Financial (“Bud”) to provide more richly personalized financial experiences for their members.

Leading cloud-native digital banking provider, Lumin Digital, today announced it has been selected by Frankfort, KY-based Commonwealth Credit Union as its new digital banking provider.

Finix, the full-stack payment processor enabling businesses to accept and send payments online and in-store, today announced the launch of its official plugin for 

Circle Internet Group, Inc. and OKX have partnered to deepen liquidity for both USD-to-USDC and USDC-to-USD conversions, making USDC more accessible to OKX’s 60+ million global customers. Through this partnership, customers will be able to easily convert between USD into USDC and back on a 1:1 basis across OKX products and services.

Alpaca, a self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure API, today announced its intended acquisition of WealthKernel, a wealthtech firm specializing in digital investment infrastructure and tax-advantaged products. This strategic acquisition will bring WealthKernel’s UK and EU licensed brokerage infrastructure to Alpaca, supporting their rapid global expansion to achieve its mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet.

Worldline, a global leader in payment services, has announced a strategic partnership with commercetools, the most versatile platform for enterprise commerce innovation. This partnership enables commercetools customers to seamlessly integrate Worldline’s comprehensive suite of payment services.

Paysafe, a leading payments platform, is expanding its presence in Peru by evolving PagoEfectivo, its locally successful eCash brand, into a digital wallet. The PagoEfectivo wallet, the brand’s first in Latin America, enables users to instantly load funds, make online purchases, receive immediate payouts from participating merchants, transfer money to others, and pay using a code (CIP). 

Flagstone, the UK’s largest savings platform, is pledging its commitment to Cash ISA savers with plans to launch as many as ten Cash ISA products for savers in time for the 2025/26 ISA season (running January to 5 April 2026). 

Flagstone’s announcement comes as new research** shows that: 

Deutsche Bank has gone live with Swift’s Instant Cash Reporting (ICR) – a new, API-driven  solution that enables large corporate and financial institutions to access real-time account  and balance information with a single, standardized connection.