Facephi, a global leader in digital identity verification and fraud prevention, announces its entry into Japan through Hancom, its exclusive partner in Asia-Pacific (APAC). 

Under an exclusivity agreement signed May 15, 2024, Hancom acquired 7% of Facephi’s capital (€5mm at €2.95/share) and secured a 3-year APAC licensing agreement.  

Confido, the embedded financial infrastructure platform purpose-built for law firms and legal technology, today announced it has raised $9 million in financing over two rounds, the latest of which was led by Aquiline Capital Partners.

The round also drew participation from The LegalTech Fund (TLTF), Breakwater Ventures, Live Oak Bank, and Context Ventures (who also led the initial round).

ThetaRay, a global leader in Cognitive AI financial crime compliance, and Matrix USA, a premier global service integrator of anti-money laundering (AML), financial crime and compliance systems, today announced a strategic partnership designed to help financial institutions modernize their transaction monitoring programs ahea

MoonPay and M0 today introduced PYUSDx*, a new offering that enables the creation of application-specific stablecoins backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD). PYUSDx is designed to help builders launch and scale application-specific stablecoins while significantly lowering the technical and operational overhead to get started.

Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, has launched a beta AI agent suite designed to connect large language models and automation tools directly to blockchain data and trading infrastructure. The release centers on Bitget Wallet Skill, which enables AI agents to retrieve onchain market data using natural language. The move reflects growing interest in agent-driven finance, where AI systems act as analytical and operational interfaces for digital asset markets.

Terminus Capital Partners (TCP), a growth‑oriented private equity firm focused on majority investments in B2B software companies, and Eventus, a leading provider of comprehensive, at-scale trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, announced today that TCP has made a majority investment in the firm, positioning Eventus for accelerated geographical expansion and growth in its product offerings. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Embat, the AI-powered treasury management platform, is experiencing rapid adoption among UK finance teams due to its seamless integration with Oracle NetSuite. 

The Brink’s Company and NCR Atleos Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Brink’s will acquire NCR Atleos in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion, comprised of 13.3 million shares of Brink’s common stock and $2.2 billion in cash, plus the assumption of approximately $2.6 billion of NCR Atleos’ indebtedness.

Kueski, one of the largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer lenders in Latin America, today announced the appointment of Pablo Baragiola as Vice President of Fraud. The appointment reflects Kueski’s continued focus on strengthening core platform capabilities as it scales one of the most widely used digital financial ecosystems in Mexico.