Volt, the real-time, rail-agnostic money movement platform, today announces its new strategic partnership with BVNK, the l

xpate, the all-in-one payments and banking hub, has launched ScheduleFX, a new automation feature that allows merchants to schedule and automate currency conversion directly within their xpate wallet. The release extends xpate’s broader automation capabilities, following the recent launch of Scheduled Transfers, and gives merchants full control over how and when funds are converted after settlement.

Currensea, the market-leading payments technology platform for co-branded debit cards and the UK’s top-rated travel spending card, today announces the appointments of James Hickman as Commercial Director and George Head as Head of Business Development. The strategic hires both join from Ecospend, a UK market leader in Open Banking technology.

NatWest Group has opened applications for the second year of its Fintech Programme, targeting fintechs across the UK that are using AI to help redefine the future of customer experience in financial services.

Orange Poland, one of the leading telco providers in Poland today announced the launch of “Insure with Orange”, a new digital insurance comparison platform in Poland developed in partnership with bolttech, the global insurtech. The service is the first insurance comparison platform offered by a telecom operator in Poland, giving Orange customers a simple, fast, and transparent way to compare and buy insurance from multiple trusted insurers in one place.

FinTech Scotland is aiming to help address the growing link between people’s financial situation and their health in later life with the launch of a new initiative that will accelerate innovation through the development of new research, technologies, and services. 

PayTabs Egypt, MENA’s award-winning payments powerhouse, announced today a strategic partnership with Edita Trade as a subsidiary of Edita Food, a leader in the Egyptian packaged snack food market. This collaboration will integrate PayTabs Egypt's cash collection solution into Edita's operations, streamlining payments and cash collection between their representatives and end-point distributors.

Eltropy, the leading AI-powered conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), today announced the launch of E-Notary, allowing CFIs to complete secure, state-compliant electronic notarizations during live video banking sessions. The new capability addresses a critical operational bottleneck that delays loan closings by days or weeks and drives member abandonment.

Coinbase, the leading publicly-listed firm for digital assets, and Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, today announced the selection of Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive bridging solution for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets, enabling cross-chain transfers and expansion.

Coinbase Wrapped Assets, which include cbBTC, cbETH, cbDOGE, cbLTC, cbADA, and cbXRP, currently have an aggregate market cap of approximately $7B.

Standard Chartered and Coinbase announced today an expanded partnership on digital assets to explore the development of trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending solutions for institutional clients.