To create a better proxy voting experience and further extend the proxy voting process in South Africa, global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR), and Strate, South Africa's principal central securities depository and central collateral platform, have completed the integration of their respective end-to-end vote processing solutions.

Fluro has surveyed over 2,000 Brits with a bank account to reveal how happy they are with their provider’s services and what areas are most important when choosing a bank. They have also created a ranking of the best banks around the world for customer satisfaction, analysing Trustpilot reviews to reveal which are providing the best service overall.

Single.Earth, the greentech company offering the world’s first nature-backed currency, has partnered with Salv, the regtech company founded by Wise and Skype employees to combat financial crime. Salv provides client screening and risk-scoring solutions to mitigate the risk of onboarding users and landowners whose background doesn’t align with the risk parameters.

Phos, the global leader in software point of sale (

Banking Circle Group is pleased to announce that Jim Snabe will become the Chairperson of its Advisory Board. Jim Snabe will work closely with Banking Circle Group CEO & Co-founder, Anders la Cour, and the majority shareholder EQT VIII, to continue the rapid profitable growth of Banking Circle Group.

Appital, the equity markets technology solution, today announced that Matthew Jefford, an experienced equity markets specialist, has been appointed as Business Development Executive. He will help accelerate Appital’s growth strategy, specifically working with the asset management community to deepen platform liquidity and support the firm’s mission to bring innovation and automation to equity markets. 

Ten more companies have joined the 2025 Fintech Pledge (pledge2025.org) that was launched in September to help tackle the UK’s cost-of-living crisis.

The second wave of expansion comes off a period of growth, with the new member base doubling to 22 since the last expansion announcement in late October.

The 10 new members are (alphabetically):

Mumbai-based Private Equity Fund Xponentia Capital announces investment in Fintech start-up Zype mentored by industry veteran Vivek Vig.

Axerve, Payment Partner to Grow and a specialist in developing accessible and frictionless payment solutions, and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global leader in mission-critical,