Spice Money (subsidiary of DiGiSPICE Technologies), India’s leading rural fintech building nanopreneurs for emerging India, announced its groundbreaking collaboration with NSDL Payments Bank, to make a significant impact in rural India by enabling the opening of zero balance accounts for its citizens. By leveraging this partnership, Spice Money aims to empower rural citizens with greater financial inclusion, offering them access to essential banking facilities and fostering economic growth in these regions.

Instant Financial, trailblazer and pioneer of earned wage access (EWA), electronic tips and paycard solutions, today announced the first phase of upgrades to its comprehensive employee payments platform.

Paystand, the fastest-growing, blockchain-enabled B2B payments platform, today announced its new integrated solution for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central portfolio of intelligent business applications.

Indonesia's Alami Group, a startup that offers Shariah-compliant peer-to-peer lending for small and medium-size enterprises. The firm, which counts online lender Alami and digibank Hijra Bank as subsidiaries, has secured an undisclosed amount of new funding in a round led by Intudo Ventures.

Silverbird, a global fintech company headquartered in the United Kingdom, has announced its expansion strategy, targeting new markets that include Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, the USA, China, and India.

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking payments network, has reached the milestone of processing 1 million variable recurring payment (VRP) transactions in a single month. This news comes just three months after TrueLayer announced it had processed 1 million VRP transactions in total.

Following the success in decarbonising the fashion industry, co-founder of pre-loved clothes marketplace Vinted, Mantas Mikuckas, invests 1M Eur to support the green transformation of agriculture. Debt capital will be deployed to small and medium sized farms through the climate tech specialist HeavyFinance. 

XBTO, a comprehensive platform for digital assets management and tailored investment solutions, today, with its partner company Stablehouse Ltd., introduced XBTO ProTrading (PT). This is a state of the art platform designed specifically for institutions and qualified investors. 

Azentio Software (“Azentio”), a Singapore-headquartered technology firm owned by funds advised by Apax Partners, today announced it has won awards in three categories at the recent Global BankTech Awards 2023.

Nigeria-based, global multi-asset broker Kwakol Markets, which won the ‘Most Innovative Broker – Africa’ at the UF AWARDS MEA 2023, has extended its innovative approach into providing lifelong educational resources, transforming beginners into investors while offering more experienced traders a Telegram community to discuss market trends and strategies.