The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan have joined CTM’s automated tri-party matching workflow for prime brokers, which streamlines trade communications between Hedge Funds, Prime Brokers and Executing Brokers. The CTM workflow brings even greater levels of efficiency to the global markets as the UK, EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein prepare for the move to T+1 settlement by October 2027.

9fin, the leading AI-powered debt market intelligence platform, has launched comprehensive coverage of Latin America.

This expansion offers the same depth of coverage and data that has made 9fin indispensable to debt professionals across the US and Europe, tailored for the growing Latin American credit markets.

With regulatory demands on financial institutions reaching unprecedented levels in 2025 – including intensified scrutiny on market abuse and electronic communications surveillance – Regtech leader eflow Global has accelerated its growth by appointing strategic leadership hires and launching a series of AI-driven product enhancements.

Paytrie, a leading Canadian fintech specializing in stablecoin on/off-ramping and payment solutions, announced today that it has joined Circle Payments Network (CPN). This milestone strengthens Paytrie's ability to explore new opportunities in real-time, transparent, and compliant payments from Canada to the world. 

Payslip, the Global Payroll Control Platform trusted by multinational companies to standardize, automate, and scale payroll operations, today unveiled "Payslip Alpha", a suite of transformative AI features that redefine what's possible in global payroll technology.

Jack Henry™  announced a strategic alliance with Bits of Stock, enabling financial institutions to provide fractional shares of stock as rewards on everyday spending.

Judopay, wired in Fabrick, a leading UK payments platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Shift4, a global leader in integrated payment solutions.

Plaid today released its annual Fintech Effect report, revealing that while consumers in the U.S. and U.K. continue to feel the weight of inflation and economic uncertainty, fintech has become a trusted lifeline—helping people save, build confidence, and make smarter financial decisions.

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced an agreement with BBVA to provide its digital asset custody technology to the Spanish bank. The move supports BBVA’s recent announcement of its new crypto-asset trading and custody service for bitcoin and ether, which it has made available to retail customers in Spain.

Global data and technology company Experian has launched a new solution designed to help tackle the growing threat of financial crime, including money laundering, fraudulent account activity, and account misuse. 

A cornerstone of financial crime defence is the Know Your Customer (KYC) framework, which requires financial institutions to regularly verify customer information. However, these checks are resource-intensive and can divert attention from the most high-risk cases.