nbkc bank®, a leading provider of  banking-as-a-service (BaaS) sponsorships, today announced a strategic  partnership with Interchecks, a U.S.-based payments technology company  specializing in instant, compliant, and customizable payment experiences.  

bunq, Europe’s second-largest neobank, has been approved by FINRA to operate as a US broker-dealer – a move driven by users who live, work and invest across both Europe and the US. The approval marks bunq’s first step in bringing its user-centric products across the Atlantic.

As an approved broker-dealer, the mobile bank will be able to bring its US stocks offering to American users, giving them access to self-directed investing, including mutual funds and ETFs, as part of its wider product rollout.

The lines between fintech and legacy banking are blurring fast. As consumer expectations grow and e-commerce merchants demand more from their payment partners, the tug-of-war between digital-first financial services and established banking institutions intensifies.

The NexGen Banking Summit USA is a premier gathering of banking and financial services leaders, taking place on November 18–19, 2025, at Hotel Indigo Williamsburg, New York City (EST). The summit focuses on the transformative impact of AI, Data, and GenAI across the banking and fintech ecosystem — exploring how innovation is driving security, compliance, customer trust, and operational resilience.

Wayflyer, the leading financing platform for consumer brands, today announced the opening of its new U.S. headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. After deploying $5 billion in capital, growing the team to 300 employees and reaching over $100 million in global revenue, the company is continuing to invest to cement its position as the market leader for working capital.

Zip, the digital financial services company offering innovative, people-centered products for everyday Americans, today announced the next evolution of its partnership with Stripe, the programmable financial services business. Zip is now available through Stripe’s optimized checkout interfaces, including Elements, Checkout, and Payment Links, empowering US merchants to drive incremental sales while engaging with a broader, financially underestimated customer segment.

AML Ranger, one of the world’s first AI-powered assistant tools for anti-money laundering compliance, has officially launched and is currently available to use for free. To improve AML processes, it provides three assistants: PEP, sanctions, and adverse media that perform real-time checks.

Majesco, the insurance industry’s foremost innovator in cloud-native, AI-driven software, today announced the launch of the Majesco P&C CoreConnect’s MGA Model Office, an innovative, fully pre-configured MGA system that is production-ready, available on demand, and packed with leading third-party integrations and pre-built lines of business products for instant deployment.

IBM and Groq today announced a strategic go-to-market and technology partnership designed to give clients immediate access to Groq's inference technology, GroqCloud, on watsonx Orchestrate – providing clients high-speed AI inference capabilities at a cost that helps accelerate agentic AI deployment. As part of the partnership, Groq and IBM plan to integrate and enhance Red Hat open source vLLM technology with Groq's LPU architecture. IBM Granite models are also planned to be supported on GroqCloud for IBM clients.

Treasury Prime, the leading embedded banking operating system, announced today it has joined the U.S. Bank Connected Partnership Network. 

The U.S. Bank Connected Partnership Network is an award-winning online marketplace of fintech and other third-party payment and treasury solutions that are fully integrated with U.S. Bank systems. The Network helps corporate treasury teams easily identify and integrate technology already connected with the bank.