Tangible, a fintech platform that enables hardtech companies to access and manage debt financing, has raised a $4.3M seed round led by Pale Blue Dot, with participation from MMC, Future Positive Capital, Unruly, SDAC, Prototype Capital, and Aperture.

SWIAT GmbH, a German  fintech company specialising in the development of blockchain software  and a tokenisation platform for an open, decentralised financial market  infrastructure, has supported Bank of Greece in “Project Sovereign”, a  simulation of a digital sovereign bond issuance on the SWIAT blockchain. 

Transaction Network Services (TNS) today announced an upgrade to its TNS Data Usage Optimizer (DUO) with the launch of an interactive customer portal.

Medius, a leading provider of AP Automation and wider Spend Management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Adyen, ​​the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, ​​to introduce corporate expense cards integrated with its expense management solution Expensya by

New research from FIS suggests that digital currencies, such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, are firmly on the radar of younger consumers, but limited understanding and concerns around transparency continue to hold back wider adoption across the UK.

While the FCA recently confirmed that stablecoin payments are a 2026 priority, the data shows a clear knowledge gap among UK consumers, alongside uncertainty about how the technology works in practice and how it is regulated.

Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, today announced that Bank of Beirut UK Ltd, has successfully gone live with Temenos Core Banking and Payments. This strategic transformation positions Bank of Beirut UK to expand its corporate banking operations and strengthen its role as a trusted partner for businesses and correspondent banks across the UK, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

A new global study released today by BVNK reveals that stablecoins are no longer niche, but are becoming a practical, everyday form of money being used around the world for everything from getting paid to buying goods and services. 

Over the past year, we analysed 672 businesses worldwide to understand how payment stacks evolve as companies scale. The result is our latest research, The state of payment maturity 2025 — a global study built to help teams benchmark how they structure, manage, and optimise payments today.

Backbase, the leader in AI-powered banking, announces a partnership with Plaid, a data network that serves as the analytics layer for financial services. Together they solve one of banking's biggest challenges: data fragmentation that slows innovation and limits customer experience. 

Franklin Templeton, a global investment leader and Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and users, today announced a new institutional off-exchange collateral program, making digital markets more secure and capital-efficient. Now live, eligible clients can use tokenized money market fund shares issued through Franklin Templeton’s Benji Technology Platform as off-exchange collateral when trading on Binance.