Insurity, a leading provider of cloud-based software for the property and casualty insurance industry, today announced the launch of Insurity’s new Partner Program, an expanded partner program designed to deepen collaboration across Insurity’s network of more than 200 partners, including system integrator (SI), technology, and insurance content and service partners. Through this ecosystem, insurers gain access to one of the most comprehensive and capable partner ecosystems in the P&C market.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, today announced a new agreement with Nationwide Building Society, the world’s largest building society, to accelerate innovation and improve customer experiences for its over 17 million customers.

Paga, Nigeria’s pioneering fintech company, and PayPal, the global payments and commerce platform, today announced the availability of live account linking for customers in Nigeria. The integration enables users to access PayPal-supported cross-border payments directly through Paga’s digital wallet, allowing them to receive international payments and withdraw funds locally in Naira.

Club Employés, the leading French platform specialised in managing employee benefits for Comités sociaux et économiques, has chosen Mangopay to scale its operations across Europe with a more flexible payment infrastructure and to streamline how employee benefits are funded, distributed, and redeemed. 

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments provider, today announced the acquisition of Blue EMI, a regulated electronic money institution authorised to issue euro stablecoins. At the same time, the company is establishing a new technology centre in Lithuania, reinforcing its commitment to European innovation and creating high-skilled jobs in one of the EU’s leading fintech hubs.

As firms explore embedding artificial intelligence (AI) in investment research workflows, quantitative teams are also placing greater emphasis on sector-specific data to capture alpha that is concentrated within distinct industry verticals.

Interview by Tawney Kruger, Editor, Financial IT

Avelacom, the global provider of ultra-low latency network and infrastructure solutions, is expanding its presence in Argentina, enabling banks and other financial institutions to connect directly to Argentina’s equities and derivatives markets for real-time market data and order execution.

One in five small businesses (SMBs) would have dipped into their personal savings to keep operating without access to timely funding, according to recent research from Liberis, a leading embedded finance provider. 

The survey of more than 1.7k merchants across the UK and US, who received Liberis funding, found that 73% reported meaningful impact for their businesses by having access to capital at the moment they needed it most.