85% of UK small and medium-sized enterprises  (SMEs) would be willing to pay for a Digital Company ID service, according to research commissioned by the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT).  The findings demonstrate the strength of demand from SMEs for technologies that can drive efficiencies, reduce fraud risk and improve access to credit. They also serve to underline the commercial potential of the UK’s digital identity market.

BMLL, the leading, independent provider of harmonised, historical Level 3, 2 and 1 data and analytics across global equity, ETFs, futures and options markets, today announced the launch of its Trades Plus dataset, a groundbreaking new product that delivers deep execution insights, designed in collaboration with top global trading firms.

Safello, the leading cryptocurrency exchange in the Nordics, has entered into an agreement with SCRYPT, a Swiss licensed institutional partner for digital assets. The agreement will allow Safello to access SCRYPT’s deep liquidity, strengthen trade execution, maintain competitive pricing, and strengthen market access across its platform.

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Revolut, the global fintech with over 60 million customers globally, and hundreds of thousands of business customers, has today announced the launch of Pay by Bank as an option on the Revolut Gateway. This new feature enables businesses to accept fast and secure payments directly from a customer's bank account, providing a seamless experience for consumers and significant benefits for merchants.

dLocal, the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, and Western Union® (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border money transfers, today announced a strategic partnership to enable digital payment methods on Western Union’s online platforms in Latin America.

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WorkFusion, a pioneer in AI agents for financial crime compliance (FCC), today announced that Crown Agents Bank has deployed the company’s AI Agent, Tara, for transaction screening to create a scalable platform for growth while maintaining costs.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan have joined CTM’s automated tri-party matching workflow for prime brokers, which streamlines trade communications between Hedge Funds, Prime Brokers and Executing Brokers. The CTM workflow brings even greater levels of efficiency to the global markets as the UK, EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein prepare for the move to T+1 settlement by October 2027.

9fin, the leading AI-powered debt market intelligence platform, has launched comprehensive coverage of Latin America.

This expansion offers the same depth of coverage and data that has made 9fin indispensable to debt professionals across the US and Europe, tailored for the growing Latin American credit markets.