Shieldpay, the market leader in secure digital payments, today announced its partnership with Western Union Business Solutions, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments to provide customers with secure online payments and Foreign Exchange (FX) capability when trading internationally or dealing with foreign currencies.

Episode Six, a leading payments technology company, today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with U.S.-based Mode Eleven. 

Ayoconnect, Southeast Asia's largest open finance platform, has launched an open finance API that provides Indonesian companies including non-banking financial institutions such as insurance companies and lenders, with recurring capabilities that can instantly debit from customers’ saving accounts across multiple banks.

Fintech startup Lightyear, which launched in the UK in 2021 and in 19 European countries in July 2022, has expanded its product suite with the launch of Price Alerts, a highly requested feature by customers.

Helicap Investments has listed its flagship fund, Helicap Fund I, on the private market exchange ADDX to improve financial inclusion for underserved individuals as well as micro- to small- and medium-sized enterprises in Southeast Asia, and to empower partner institutions to transform the way consumers and SMEs access credit. Since the launch of the fund in 2018, it has disbursed more than US$100 million and its historical performance has been around 10% in net annualised returns.

Reltime AS is pleased to announce a strategic investment partnership with GEM Digital Limited, a digital asset investment firm based in The Bahamas.

Relai, the bitcoin savings and investment app, will now provide the fastest access to bitcoin in Europe as it adds instant EUR trading to its platform. New and existing CHF and EUR users will be able to buy and sell bitcoin at superspeed as the company doubles down on customer experience and growth across the continent. 

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OKX, the world-leading cryptocurrency platform, has announced that it will bridge Tether’s USDT stablecoin, EURt Euro-

Monzo has been ordered to comply with banking rules after failing to send thousands of customers their historic financial transactions when leaving the digital bank.