The Brink’s Company and NCR Atleos Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Brink’s will acquire NCR Atleos in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion, comprised of 13.3 million shares of Brink’s common stock and $2.2 billion in cash, plus the assumption of approximately $2.6 billion of NCR Atleos’ indebtedness.

Kueski, one of the largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer lenders in Latin America, today announced the appointment of Pablo Baragiola as Vice President of Fraud. The appointment reflects Kueski’s continued focus on strengthening core platform capabilities as it scales one of the most widely used digital financial ecosystems in Mexico. 

Domino Data Lab, provider of the leading enterprise AI platform trusted by the largest AI-driven companies, today announced a major new platform update creating the first fully governed end-to-end platform for operationalising agentic AI systems. This latest Winter Release equips organisations with a new agentic development lifecycle (ADLC) experience and underlying LLM hosting capabilities.

OpenPayd, a leading provider of financial infrastructure, has announced a partnership with LMAX Group (“LMAX”), the leading global cross-asset marketplace for FX and digital assets, to enhance settlement efficiency across its global operations.

Basis, the leading AI agent platform for accountants, has raised $100 million in Series B funding at a $1.15 billion valuation. The round was led by Accel (Miles Clements), along with GV (Google Ventures) and Lloyd Blankfein, and with Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois and Vinod Khosla) and other existing backers doubling down.

Onramper, the world’s leading fiat-to-crypto onramp aggregator, and Kraken, one of the world’s longest-standing, most liquid and secure cryptocurrency platforms, today announced the successful integration of Payward Ramp by Kraken into Onramper’s industry-leading aggregation platform. 

Citi has made a strategic investment in Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based AI R&D company.

The investment was made by the Markets Strategic Investments unit, which invests in innovative fintech and enterprise tech companies globally that are strategically aligned to Citi’s Markets division. The investment marks Citi’s first in Japan and is a testament to Sakana’s demonstrated strong commercial traction and advanced technical capabilities.