Eltropy, the leading AI-powered digital conversations platform for community financial institutions, announced today that First City Credit Union has selected its Unified Platform to improve how it communicates with members across all departments and channels. The partnership is a key step in the credit union's progress towards becoming a digital-first organization.

Checkout.com, a leading digital payments provider, today announced that the State of Georgia Department of Banking and Finance has officially accepted its application for a Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) charter. This reinforces the company’s commitment to deliver a powerful payments platform specifically designed for US enterprise merchants. 

 Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, today announced Snowflake Cortex AI for Financial Services, a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities and partnerships that empower financial services companies to unify their financial data ecosystem and securely deploy AI models, apps, and agents with that data — while offering rigorous security and compliance controls required in regulated industries.

Aeropay, a leading provider of pay by bank solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with MVB Bank, a trusted leader in financial services. Together, Aeropay and MVB are building solutions designed to power compliant bank to bank payments.

A new research report from global payments infrastructure platform Mercuryo and Web3 research firm Protocol Theory shows that while cryptowallet adoption is accelerating among affluent users, lower-income groups face costly access points and risk being excluded.

MAPFRE AM, the MAPFRE Group’s asset manager, has appointed Ismael García Puente as the new Deputy Director of Investment Strategy, a newly created position in which he will be involved in the development and communication of the MAPFRE Group’s investment strategy, overseeing the management of specialist funds, market analysis, and asset allocation. He will also continue to assume responsibility for managing the wealth manager networks and life insurance portfolios as well as liaising with customers.