Clearent by Xplor, a leading U.S.

At Rogo, our mission is clear and ambitious: to create Wall Street’s first AI analyst by building large language models that truly understand finance.

At Dinari, our mission is simple: make it easy for anyone, anywhere, to access the U.S. stock market—instantly, compliantly, and without unnecessary friction.

Ravio has raised a $12m Series A funding round led by Spark Capital (US) with participation from Blackbird (Australia) and Cherry Ventures (Europe) to modernise how companies manage compensation with real-time market data and decision making tools.

Ravio counts leading consumer brands like Just Eat Takeaway and Octopus Energy among its customers, alongside fintech leaders such as Wise, Adyen, and Mollie. Popular tech names like Zoopla and Skyscanner have also chosen Ravio to set their compensation strategies.

Monmouthshire Building Society has selected Phoebus to provide account servicing solutions to its 90,000 mortgage and savings members.

The partnership is announced following a market-wide vendor selection process lasting several months.

Vine Financial, a commercial lending accelerator for banks and credit unions, announced that Freedom Bank is using its commercial lending technology to better serve its local businesses and their financial needs.

Taxbit, the enterprise-grade tax and accounting compliance platform for digital assets, continues to expand globally by appointing six executives in Austria, Brazil, Italy, Norway, Spain, and the UK. The executives bring regulatory knowledge and policy development experience to Taxbit’s growing team of regional experts. 

Newfront, the tech-driven specialty insurance brokerage headquartered in San Francisco, announces that Andrew Hersh has joined the firm as National Security Practice Leader. Based in Philadelphia, Hersh will help strengthen the firm’s expertise in delivering tailored risk management solutions for clients in the national security sector and other industries facing evolving threats.

The systemic importance of high-value payments to banks’ operations and offering – and, by extension, the global economy – means they are almost always a key priority when exploring a new payments product or initiative.

So, what are the specific considerations and challenges that high-value payments present? And what capabilities must payments processing solutions possess to ensure secure and seamless transactions?