Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, hosted its third annual Americas Lending Day in New York on September 18, bringing together industry leaders, clients, and technology innovators to explore the future of lending.

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Absa Bank to provide digital asset custody to the bank’s customers in South Africa. Through the partnership, Absa will leverage Ripple’s institutional-grade digital asset custody technology to deliver scalable and secure storage for tokenized assets, including cryptocurrencies.

Telcoin, a blockchain-based financial services company set to become the first regulated blockchain bank in the United States, announced it has raised $25 million as part of an ongoing pre-series A round to capitalize Telcoin Digital Asset Bank—which is set to open later this year. The funding enables Telcoin to meet capital requirements for its conditionally approved Nebraska Digital Asset Depository Institution charter, positioning the company to bridge the $4 trillion blockchain economy with traditional banking. 

seQura, an innovator in commerce technology and flexible payments, has launched optiQa – a subscription service for eyewear – in partnership with Trustly, a global leader in Pay by Bank.

optiQa aims to transform the way people pay for eyewear, by giving them the option to make affordable, monthly payments. The new model is designed to help drive customer loyalty across the optics sector.

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital ant

PT Krom Bank Indonesia Tbk (“Krom”), a leading digital bank and subsidiary of Kredivo Group, has renewed its partnership with global SaaS cloud banking platform Mambu for five years after a successful collaboration on the launch of the Krom digital banking app in 2024.

Crown Agents Bank (CAB) is proud to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Angard as its new Chief Executive Officer for the Americas. Jeff will become the Chief Representative of Crown Agents Bank in New York.

The late payment problem continues to weigh heavily on UK small businesses, with new research from accounting software company FreeAgent showing that almost two-thirds (62.6%) of invoices sent by SMEs in the last year were paid late. 

Late payment hotspots across the UK