Happy Money, a leading consumer finance company dedicated to empowering individuals through responsible lending, today unveiled upgraded capabilities to its proprietary lending platform, Hive, which powers its borrower and funding partner ecosystem. Since enhancing the platform, Happy Money has driven faster credit decisions, reduced borrower friction and increased monthly loan originations more than 400% year to date.

Yendo, the company behind the first-ever vehicle-secured credit card, today announced a $50 million Series B funding round including investors Spice Expeditions, Autotech Ventures, FPV Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Mark Cuban, and Clocktower Technology Ventures, among others. The funding will accelerate Yendo’s expansion beyond secured lending as it builds an AI-powered digital bank for the millions of Americans underserved by traditional financial institutions.

Citi Ventures has announced a strategic investment in BVNK, the global stablecoin infrastructure platform. The move follows recent backing from Visa, Haun Ventures, Tiger Global and other top-tier investors highlighting the shift toward digital asset-based infrastructure.

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), the Kingdom’s leading fintech incubator and ecosystem builder which partners with government bodies and others to further accelerate the development and adoption of blockchain and digital assets technology in Bahrain.

Yapily – Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure provider – today announces its strategic collaboration with Google to support the rollout of Google's bank account verification service as an option for business customers in Europe.

Building on momentum

Trustfull, a leader in frictionless fraud prevention technology, today announced the release of Trustfull Session, a next-generation risk intelligence solution designed to detect and block malicious traffic - whether bot-driven or human-led - without slowing down legitimate users or trusted AI agents.

Launching a digital bank has traditionally been a slow and expensive process, often taking years and millions in development and licensing. Nordic fintech Narvi believes it should be faster. The company has launched a no-code platform that allows partners to roll out fully branded digital banking experiences in just weeks, powered by Narvi’s licensed infrastructure, prebuilt interfaces, and proprietary core banking technology.

Falcon Finance, the next-generation synthetic dollar protocol, today announced a comprehensive $10 million strategic investment from M2 Capital Limited (M2 Capital), the proprietary investment arm of M2 Group (M2), which is a UAE-headquartered conglomerate with a diversified portfolio in digital asset solutions. The partnership marks a major milestone in Falcon’s mission to redefine stability and capital efficiency in decentralized finance.