Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Wealth Management Technology Services for Investment Advisors 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US50734024, October 2025).

The IDC MarketScape evaluation analyzed 13 vendors against criteria relating to both present-day capabilities and future-oriented strategies.

While October’s full of tricks and treats, Visa’s new VAMP rules have merchants and acquirers wondering which one they’re about to get.

Cybrid, the leading platform for compliant stablecoins and fiat payment infrastructure, today announced it has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by the Growth Venture Fund at BDC Capital with participation from Golden Ventures, Luge Capital, and Panache Ventures. The funding will accelerate Cybrid’s mission to drive stablecoins as the preferred choice for financial institutions, cross-border remittances, and B2B payments.

Mako Financial Technologies, the industry-leading workflow platform for financial services, today announced a strategic partnership with Trulioo, the industry-leading identity platform for global person and business verification.

Sabre Direct Pay, the travel payments division of Sabre Corporation, is introducing a new service designed to help travel companies simplify and scale chargebacks, enabling dispute resolution more efficiently across both issuing and acquiring channels.

OpenPayd, a leading provider of financial infrastructure, today announced a significant expansion of its multi-currency account offering to global businesses. OpenPayd clients across all key verticals will now be able to access over 70 currencies across its banking and payments infrastructure. 

The Open Banking Expo Awards 2025 have unveiled this year’s winners – a celebration of the organisations and individuals driving excellence across Open Banking, Open Finance and payments.

Now in its fourth year, the Awards once again took centre stage at the end of day one of Open Banking Expo UK & Europe, held at London’s Business Design Centre. The event recognises outstanding contributions across 17 categories, from emerging talent to game-changing partnerships and pioneering product design.

PNC Bank, N.A., today announced it has expanded its instant payments capabilities by joining the Federal Reserve’s instant payments system, the FedNow Service. The FedNow Service is a real-time payment infrastructure developed by the Federal Reserve that enables participating U.S. financial institutions to send and receive instant payments 24/7, 365 days a year.

Today, Smarsh announced that Jefferies has selected the company’s flagship communications surveillance technology to address the growing challenge of monitoring vast and complex digital communications. Jefferies, a leading full-service global investment banking and capital markets firm, faced a need to scale its global electronic communications and sought a solution that was compatible with its existing infrastructure and that could enhance its surveillance and increase the efficiency of its compliance team.

ClearScore, a global leader in financial marketplaces, and the UK’s #1 credit score and report app, has today announced a multi-year deal to become an Official Partner of both the Emirates FA Cup and Adobe Women’s FA Cup.