Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications, hosted leaders from community banks and credit unions across the United States to discuss trends and innovation in consumer, commercial and mortgage lending. The User Connect series, open to current Finastra lending customers, took place in Chicago, Illinois; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Orlando, Florida.

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group who recently announced its expanded EU market entry, is further enhancing its B2B platform offering via a collaboration with Societe Generale-FORGE, the digital asset subsidiary of one of Europe’s largest financial services groups, Société Générale. The EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), a MiCA regulated stablecoin, will be the first Societe Generale-FORGE product made available to Sygnum’s 20+ partner banks in Q1 2025.

One Inc, a leading payments network and software platform for the insurance industry, today announced it has appointed insurance technology industry veteran Scott G. Stephenson Chairman of the Board of Directors.

MoonPay, the leading global crypto payments company, announced today the launch of recurring buys, a new feature that enables users to schedule regular crypto purchases. Recurring buys offer consumers a simple, automatic, and convenient way to grow their crypto holdings while eliminating the need for constant management or market monitoring.

One of the UK’s leading payroll software providers, PayCaptain, has recently launched a new feature in its app to help employed people become more financially resilient.

Pension-finding platform, Raindrop reveals a year of strong growth with £251m recovered in lost pension pots for customers in 2024.

This marks a 61% increase in the number of lost pension pots the Raindrop solution located in 2023, when it traced £156 million. Since launch, Raindrop has found over £460 million in lost pots.

Inclusive global payments platform, Ecommpay, has added Swedish banking app, Swish, to its growing list of Alternative Payment Methods (APMs). The app, which boasts a 39%+ share of checkout in Sweden, is the Swedish consumers’ preferred way to pay. By adding it to the Ecommpay payment platform for payments in SEK, merchants targeting the Swedish market will be able to optimise checkout performance.

Since it was established in 2014, the British Business Bank has delivered more than £32bn in combined public and private sector funding, supporting 209,000 smaller businesses which are expected to create 250,000 additional jobs and sustain almost 2.3 million existing positions, cementing its role as a critical driver of growth and employment in the UK since its inception.

Breakthrough payment orchestration provider 

Marqeta , the global modern card issuing platform that enables embedded finance solutions for the world’s innovators, today announced it is powering Trading 212’s launch into 20 countries in continental Europe.