ebankIT, a global provider of digital banking and omnichannel financial services platforms, today announced the appointment of Jerry Reese as Senior Solutions Engineer for North America, strengthening the company’s technical leadership as it accelerates its expansion across U.S. and Canada.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has submitted applications to the Nevada Financial Institutions Division and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) to establish Affirm Bank, a proposed Nevada-chartered industrial loan company.

Nexi Group, the European PayTech, today announced it has joined the Agentic Commerce Alliance (ACA), the world's only open initiative dedicated to ensuring agent-driven commerce remains accessible, secure, and beneficial for merchants of all sizes.

Fingular, a global fintech holding headquartered in Singapore, has closed its first external debt financing round, raising SGD 10 million credit line through the Kilde peer-to-peer investment platform. The financing marks an important milestone in the company’s growth strategy and will support further scaling in Malaysia.

KAST, the global financial platform built on stablecoin rails, today announces the launch of KAST Earn Vaults, a stablecoin yield product that allows users to earn on their stablecoin balance. The product is powered by Gauntlet as KAST adds high performance yield with institutional grade risk management for its users as it seeks to build an all-in-one neobank for the stablecoin era. 

Pave Finance, Inc. (“Pave”), the next-generation wealth management platform, has today announced its integration with Fidelity, one of the world’s largest registered investment advisory custodians and retail brokerage firms. Through this integration, registered investment advisors (RIAs) will be able to connect their Fidelity client accounts directly to Pave for automated portfolio construction, management, and trading, all without moving a single client asset.

Corefy, a global payment orchestration platform, has surpassed 600 integrations with payment providers and acquirers. The milestone expands Corefy's global payment coverage and reflects a year of product and operational improvements designed to help payment teams launch faster, reduce integration overhead, and maintain reliable performance as providers evolve.

For many organizations, collecting payments is one of the most time-consuming and frustrating parts of customer service. Agents spend hours chasing overdue balances, customers get stuck in queues, and inconsistent processes slow down revenue recovery.

Juspay, a global leader in payment infrastructure for enterprises and banks, today announced that it has secured $50 million in a Series D follow-on round, from WestBridge Capital. The transaction is a mix of Primary and Secondary investments, that values Juspay at $1.2 billion. 

Pomelo, a leading financial technology infrastructure platform for Latin America, today announced the closing of a new investment round co-led by Kaszek and Insight Partners, with participation from Index Ventures, Adams Street Partners, S32, Endeavor Catalyst, monashee, and TQ Ventures. Since its founding in 2021, Pomelo has raised a total of US$160 million, reflecting strong confidence from top-tier global investors in its modern payments infrastructure model.