Australian digital wallet provider and payment startup Stables has today announced the launch of international remittances for its thousands of users (focusing on the AU-PH Corridor). From today, Stables users in over 130 countries can send Australian Dollars or Philippine Pesos to over 140 million people across Australia and the Philippines, all powered by stablecoins.

Swift has announced the findings of the second phase of industry-wide sandbox testing on its central bank digital currency (CBDC) interlinking solution, with the results showing that its connector can enable financial institutions to carry out a wide range of financial transactions using CBDCs and other forms of digital tokens, easily incorporating them into their business practices.

La Banque Postale and JCB today announced the signature of a partnership aimed at facilitating easy and seamless payment transactions for JCB cardmembers throughout France. This long-term collaboration will be rolled out in several major phases.

Deriv,  a market leader in the FX space, has announced its Elite sponsorship of the inaugural iFX EXPO LATAM 2024. The event will take place in Mexico City, Mexico, from 9-11th April 2024. The company’s sponsorship of the iFX EXPO marks its intent to bring its award-winning platforms to more traders in the rapidly growing Latin American trading community.

Unlimit, a leading global fintech company, today announced it has partnered with Xiaomi, one of the world’s leading consumer electronics and smart manufacturing companies, to strengthen the expansion of Xiaomi’s GetApps, the company’s app distribution platform for international markets in Brazil. By providing PIX, Unlimit will greatly simplify the payment process for GetApps’ local customers, and support GetApps’ development goals in the region.

The business technology company, Teya, announced today its latest product called the Business Account, a wallet and debit card offering designed for Teya members. In collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, the Business Account will allow Teya members to receive settlements directly in a Teya account and spend with a Visa Platinum Business Debit Card. 

FundGuard, the industry’s first fully cloud-native, AI-powered, multi-asset class investment accounting platform for asset managers, asset owners, custodian banks, and fund administrators today announced the successful closure of its Series C funding round, amounting to $100 million.

Digital payments expert PayPoint today reveals it been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Open Banking Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework, used by all public sector buyers seeking official suppliers of Open Banking services.

PayPoint has experienced rapid growth of its Open Banking services since its £3 million investment in OBConnect, a leading Open Banking 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) business in 2022.

Danske Bank has signed a mult-iyear agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As part of their Forward’ 28 strategy, Danske Bank are offering their customers new digital solutions, more self-service options, and easy and quick access to daily banking needs, while becoming a more efficient bank. Additional investments in digitalisation and cloud technology are one means of achieving this strategic goal.

Euroclear and IZNES today announce that Euroclear will acquire a stake in IZNES, a pan-European funds marketplace based on blockchain technology. The transaction will be subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Financial terms will not be disclosed.