FinTech Wales is proud to announce its newly appointed Advisory Panel – a group of exceptional industry leaders selected to provide expert guidance, strategic insight, and hands-on support to fintech businesses across Wales.

The Panel is made up of FinTech Wales members and key stakeholders from across the wider Welsh fintech ecosystem, ensuring deep understanding, strong community ties, and sector-wide representation.

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform services provider, today announced that Bowmoor Capital, a London-based global macro investment advisor, and SummerHaven Investment Management, a Connecticut-based commodity-focused asset management firm, have deployed the new TT Futures TCA solution to inform their trade execution and algorithmic trading strategies and ensure they are achieving best execution on behalf of their clients.

Iress today announces it has entered into a binding share sale and purchase agreement to divest its European headquartered low-latency market data business, QuantHouse, to BAHA Tech Holding AG (BAHA). BAHA is a privately-owned, Vienna-based market data provider founded in 1995. It provides real-time market data, financial news, technology and solutions for the financial services industry covering over 12 million financial instruments on more than 150 exchanges. 

U.S. Bank today announced that it has united its Global Fund Services and Global Corporate Trust teams into a single Investment Services division led by Jay Martin.

As president of Investment Services, Martin leads a global team that offers customized services to middle market, large corporate, government and institutional clients, including fund administration, custody, investor servicing, trustee services and corporate escrow. Martin has led Global Fund Services since joining the bank in 2023.

Sapiens International Corporation, a global leader in intelligent insurance software solutions today announced the acquisition of Candela, a leading intelligent automation company servicing blue-chip, APAC-based insurance clients. This strategic move aims to enhance Sapiens' life product portfolio and expand its presence in the APAC region. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and expected to close during the second quarter of 2025.

Atoa today announced Family Law Cafe as a new customer in a strategic move to drive frictionless payments in the legal sector through open banking.

Today, programmable financial services company Stripe announced a set of payments updates for Japanese businesses and businesses looking to expand into Japan.

Inclusive global payments platform, Ecommpay, has appointed payments industry expert, Roy Blokker, in a new role as head of Strategic Sales. The appointment underpins the company’s ambitions to grow its footprint across Europe.