The Blockchain Security Standards Council (BSSC) is proud to announce the appointment of its inaugural board of directors, comprised of key leaders from its founding member organizations. This marks a significant step in BSSC's mission to establish globally recognized standards for blockchain security, ensuring a safer and more resilient blockchain ecosystem. 

Board officers: 

Eventus, a leading provider of comprehensive, at-scale trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, and Bitnomial, Inc. a digital asset derivatives exchange company that operates CFTC regulated exchange, clearinghouse and settlement businesses, today announced that Bitnomial Exchange has selected the Eventus Validus platform for all of its trade surveillance needs. Bitnomial sought a comprehensive, scalable trade surveillance solution as the firm has grown extensively and expanded into new products and business lines.

AutoRek, a leading automated financial controls platform, is delighted to announce that it has joined the Swift Partner Programme, to improve and simplify the consolidation and reconciliation of financial data.

Mercury is pleased to announce the successful securing of a $100 million credit warehouse with Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, a multinational financial institution. This achievement will support the expansion of Mercury’s corporate credit card business, particularly the IO World Elite Mastercard, which is issued by Patriot Bank, N.A., Member FDIC, under a license from Mastercard International.

Aleph, a leading ecosystem of global digital experts and technology-driven solutions that enables the growth of global digital marketing, today announced the acquisition of a controlling equity interest in Localpayment, a fast-growing Payment Service Provider (PSP) in Latin America, transforming the digital landscape by combining first-class digital advertising solutions with seamless local payment capabilities, creating a natural network effect.

Yaspa, a British fintech company specialising in instant bank payments through open banking, has announced a new partnership with global payment solutions provider, ASK Global. This collaboration will see Yaspa integrated into ASK Global's PINTO machines, which are widely used in some of the UK's largest and most popular land-based casinos and betting shops.

New research from Pay.UK, owner and operator of the Current Account Switch Service, reveals a gap between how much people say they understand about money and the reality. The research reveals 78% of UK adults consider themselves financially literate yet 71% of respondents don’t know how a savings account works.

Checkout.com, a leading digital payments provider, today announced a strategic partnership with Octopus, Hong Kong’s first homegrown global fintech, to enable online payment for customers of Hong Kong’s leading payment choice – becoming the first global payment service provider (PSP) to add Octopus as a payment option at check-out. 

 A new report from cross-border payments and FX fintech, Neo, has revealed that 95% of Payment Service Providers (PSPs) have experienced their bank accounts being closed or restricted by their banking partners.