ShopMate is proud to announce its partnership with DNA Payments, a leading provider of advanced payment solutions.

Affinity Africa announces it has raised US$8 million in an oversubscribed Seed Round led by Grazia Equity and BACKED VC to accelerate its mission of delivering affordable and accessible financial services to the underserved and unbanked communities.

Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has obtained a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency. The official licensing now enables Bitget to offer a comprehensive suite of crypto services within Bulgaria, including the exchange, trading, transfer, custody, and public offering of crypto assets, as well as wallet services.

Mastercard today officially announced the launch of TRACE (Trace Financial Crime) in Asia Pacific, a sophisticated network-level solution that harnesses artificial intelligence to identify and prevent money laundering and financial crime. Powered by timely and large-scale payments data from multiple financial institutions, TRACE provides holistic intelligence beyond an individual financial institution’s siloed view, enabling tracing of financial crime across a payments network.

Recent research by Aqua revealed that nearly one-third of Brits (30%) say that financial mistakes have caused increased stress, and that 41% of Brits feel negatively about their financial situation. With a challenging financial backdrop in the UK, it’s more important than ever to ensure that people receive financial information from trusted sources.

Pipe, a fintech company partnering with software platforms to deliver embedded financial solutions for SMBs, today announced its expansion to Canada through a partnership with Housecall Pro, the go-to software platform for over 45,000 home service companies.

ATTUNE today announced a partnership with Finastra, built on their successful collaboration in transforming digital lending for financial institutions. The companies have seamlessly integrated Finastra’s LaserPro loan document management and MortgagebotLOS loan origination solutions with ATTUNE’s full-stack engagement banking platform.

dLocal,  a leading cross-border payment platform, and AZA Finance,  a prominent fintech company specializing in payments and foreign exchange in Africa, have entered into a strategic partnership that expands the service offering capabilities of both partners through mutual cross selling .

Standard Chartered Bank  Limited is pleased to announce that it is supporting China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited  to launch the first tokenised retail money market fund in Asia Pacific  tentatively by the end of February as its digital asset service provider, with Standard  Chartered Trustee (Hong Kong) Limited acting as the Open-Ended Fund Company  custodian for the fund.