NMI®, a global leader in embedded payments infrastructure, announces a leadership transition designed to power its next wave of innovation and growth. After seven years at the helm, CEO Vijay Sondhi will step down, making way for seasoned fintech executive Steven Pinado to take the reins as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 2, 2025. To ensure a seamless transition, Sondhi will remain with the company as a strategic advisor through the end of the year.

Bank payment company GoCardless has announced the launch of a groundbreaking new feature to redefine same-day settlement for Direct Debit.

Tuum, the leading next-generation core banking provider, has been selected by Oliver Business Development (OBD) Holding to power its newly licensed e-banking services in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) called Uptex Bank. The partnership marks Tuum’s first customer in the Middle East and reinforces its strategy to support innovation-led financial institutions in fast-growing, regulated markets.

Bluechain, the B2B payment orchestration platform powering the next generation of business payments, today announced a partnership with Visa to modernise how UK businesses manage B2B payments. This collaboration delivers real-time visibility, end-to-end control, and universal payment flexibility through Bluechain’s intelligent network. 

Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, announced that AlRayan Bank, one of Qatar’s largest Islamic banks with an international footprint, has successfully gone live with Finastra Corporate Channels, enhancing and streamlining its corporate digital banking services. This next-generation platform enables the bank to offer a unified, secure, and consistent digital experience across all channels, while improving operational agility and customer satisfaction.

Affirm, the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced that it is expanding its collaboration with Google Pay and making its flexible, transparent payment options available via autofill on Chrome.

Today Brightwave, the agentic AI research platform built to help professionals understand the world’s most complex problems, introduced Research Agents, enabling users to control fleets of autonomous research agents from a single, unified control plane. This release launches state-of-the-art multi-agent research systems, transforming Brightwave into an IDE for information.

One Inc, the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, proudly announced its inclusion on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies. With an impressive 244% revenue growth in 2024 compared to 2021, One Inc continues to distinguish itself as the premier digital payments provider in the insurance industry.

Thredd, a leading next-generation global issuer processor, today announced it has become the first to offer its travel agency customers real time payment control through new flexible product codes made possible through the 

Nuvei today announced an expansion of its global money movement capabilities, enabling faster and more cost-effective payouts to bank accounts worldwide, including in emerging markets where traditional infrastructure often causes delays and inefficiencies.