Komainu (Custodian), a regulated digital asset custody provider, has received the minimal viable product (MVP) licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). This is following the issuance of its provisional approval in July 2022.Komainu can now offer an approved range of virtual asset related services to institutional investors in Dubai within an internationally benchmarked legislative framework for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) following completion of its readiness requirements.

Personetics, the global leader in AI-powered Cognitive Banking, announced today that it collaborated with Meridian Credit Union on Meridian’s new advice experience, OnYourWay, which is designed to help Members feel more confident about their money. With AI-supported features from the Personetics platform, the mobile banking app is elevated to a source of intelligent financial guidance and support. Now live, the new experience empowers Members with a modern, intuitive user interface designed for effective financial management.  

imper.ai, a pioneer in real-time cyber impersonation prevention, today announced its public launch and $28 million in new funding from Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures, with participation from Maple VC, Vessy VC, and Cerca Partners. The company’s platform detects impersonation risk in real-time, ensuring privacy and accuracy across the most commonly used communication platforms such as  Zoom, Teams, Slack, and more.

Zafran Security, the pioneer in AI-native Threat Exposure Management, today announced a $60 million Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital and Cyberstarts, in addition to PSP Growth, Vintage Investment Partners, and Knollwood Investment. By launching Agentic Exposure Management, Zafran is now poised to complete the entire end-to-end lifecycle across asset inventory, vulnerability detection, risk assessment, and autonomous remediation workflows. 

Most middle-market business owners manage complex companies, significant personal assets, and multi-entity financial lives. Yet the tools available to them have historically been built for someone else: Either small businesses with basic needs, or large enterprises with deep operational teams.

That gap is where Flex has built its edge.

Quality Automotive Services, a franchisee of Valvoline Instant Oil Change, is celebrating continued employee retention improvement in its third year of partnership with DailyPay, the leader of On-Demand Pay and financial wellness solutions. 

PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, has today launched its third report, Faster, Fairer, Digital: The Pension Transfer Reset, calling for urgent Government and regulatory action to modernise the UK’s outdated pension transfer system.

Nuuvia, formerly Incent, the leading provider of youth banking solutions for community banks and credit unions, announced today that VyStar Credit Union and Desert Financial Credit Union have completed a combined $4 million investment into its Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO).

Klarna, the global digital bank and payments provider, has expanded its membership program with the introduction of Premium and Max plans for U.S. consumers, building on its existing Core and Plus plans and following successful launches in the UK and EU.