SPAYZ.io, a global payment service provider has expanded its payment network to four new countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, with new payment integrations in Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, and Tanzania. 

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. today announced the appointment of Lyn Alden to its Board of Directors. Lyn is an investor, best-selling author, and globally recognized macro strategist focused on the intersection of money and technology. Her appointment follows the recent addition of Mike Alfred and underscores Bakkt’s commitment to its ongoing transformation by strengthening governance and broadening strategic expertise at the board level.

Finery Markets, a leading provider of non-custodial ECN and SaaS trading solutions, has expanded its liquidity partnership with Sage Capital Management to provide institutional clients with enhanced access to deep liquidity and competitive spreads across 200+ assets, significantly improving capital efficiency in the fragmented crypto market.

Worldpay® , an industry leading payments technology company, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement to provide Kroger with comprehensive payment processing services for in-store, online and mobile transactions. Kroger is one of the world's largest food retailers and serves over 11 million customers daily through e-commerce and grocery stores under a variety of banner names.

Founded in 2022 by two renowned experts in the insurTech sphere, Guillaume Laurent and Nicolas Chabauty, Certificall has established itself as a trusted third party for visual evidence, offering insurers, brokers, and large industries a solution that is fast, certifying, and cost-effective. The start-up counts eight employees and supports more than 150 major accounts and 20,000 users with the certification of legally-standing photos and videos.

Investa, the UK’s first zero-commission options trading app (other fees may apply), will open early access to its second Crowdcube fundraise on Monday, 20th October.

Lolly, the UK-based hospitality technology specialist, has collaborated with Lloyds to develop an innovative Pay by Bank system, which will be showcased at the upcoming Open Banking Expo.

MoneyHash, the first and leading payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, has partnered with Tabby, the Saudi Arabia–headquartered financial services app. This collaboration offers merchants seamless access to flexible Tabby payments across the UAE and KSA through MoneyHash’s unified API.

Splitwise, a popular app for sharing bills and expenses, and Tink, A Visa Solution, have expanded their partnership across Europe.   

Building on strong momentum in the UK – where Splitwise has seen a 150% increase in Tink account checks and payment initiations (PIS) this year – the expansion means users in France, Germany and Austria can now send money to friends and family instantly and securely, directly within the Splitwise app using Pay by Bank, powered by Tink.