Fashion company Bonprix, part of the Otto Group, is taking a major step in its digital expansion by entering into a partnership with Trustly. Through this collaboration, Trustly's innovative Account-to-Account (A2A) payment solution will be implemented in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. This enables a faster, smoother, and more secure payment experience for Bonprix's Nordic customers.

Upvest, Europe’s leading investment infrastructure provider, is today announcing a milestone partnership with Webull UK, a leading online investment platform. Through this strategic partnership, Webull UK end users will be able to access fractional trading in UK stocks and ETFs for the first time via Upvest’s cutting-edge Investment API.

Payment Assist, the UK’s leading provider of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and retail finance solutions for the automotive sector, has announced the launch of a business lending division, expanding its offering to include merchant cash advance, business loans, invoice finance and business credit cards.

New research by YouGov commissioned by Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments platform, has found that merchants and financial institutions not offering ID verification and biometric payment authorisation are at risk of losing customer trust.

inDrive, a global mobility and urban services platform operating across 48 countries, has introduced seamless Pix via Open Finance payments for its ride-hailing and delivery services in Brazil. 

Stripe, a leading financial infrastructure platform for the Internet, today announced the acquisition of Privy, a provider of seamless wallet infrastructure powering over 75 million accounts across more than 1,000 development teams. The acquisition underscores Stripe’s commitment to enabling developers to build next-generation products where crypto and traditional finance converge.

Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced enhancements to its KTP treasury management software. The new functions enable corporate treasurers to execute front-to-back trades fully within the system, as opposed to needing to access multiple tools, driving greater efficiencies including faster time to market, simpler user experience, as well as error reduction.

Payrails, a global payment software company, today announced it has raised $32 million in Series A funding to further its mission of enabling enterprises to take control of their payment operations. The fresh funding will accelerate product innovation, product roadmap expansion and support commercial growth across EMEA to meet surging enterprise demand.