Nium, the global leader in real-time cross-border payments, today announced two executive appointments that strengthen its leadership team and underscore the company's focus on driving efficient and responsible growth.

Cashmere, an AI-powered client acquisition platform for wealth management firms, has successfully completed a $3.6 million seed funding round. The investment will drive rapid product development and strategic hiring - including a newly-appointed Head of Machine Learning.

Northern Trust Corporation announced today a number of leadership changes, effective Oct. 1, 2024.

Huma, the first Payment Financing (PayFi) network, announced today that it has raised $38 million in funding. Distributed Global led the equity round, with significant participation from Hashkey Capital, Folius Ventures, the Stellar Development Foundation, and TIBAS Ventures, CVC arm of İşbank, the largest private bank in Turkiye. Part of this raise came as investments into high-yield real world assets (RWA) assets on platform.

Grasshopper, the client-first digital bank built for the business and innovation economy, today announced the addition of four key hires to its Digital Banking team: 

Tradu, the powerful multi-asset trading platform, has announced a strategic

Companies using Mastercard Business cards in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) region are set to benefit from a new value-added service – a business subscription management tool powered by technology partner Nuclei. The innovative feature will help small businesses streamline processes and reduce costs.

Nairobi is set to host the groundbreaking Africa Fintech Forum 2024 on September 25th, where global fintech pioneers will converge to share transformative insights and strategies shaping the future of finance and technology.

Gen Alpha, the cohort of young people born from 2010 onwards, is emerging as a generation of family ‘finfluencers’.

Global fintech Unlimit today announced a strategic partnership with the global AI-commerce technology company, Shoplazza. The partnership is focused on enhancing cross-border payment services for e-commerce merchants in APAC. Shoplazza merchants will be able to leverage Unlimit’s extensive portfolio of payment methods and robust payment infrastructure to expand their customer bases worldwide, bolster customer satisfaction, and improve customer retention.