Artificial Labs, the fintech pioneer redefining how specialty and commercial insurance is traded, has announced a landmark $45 million Series B funding round. This infusion of capital signals a major shift in the insurance value chain, as carriers and brokers move away from legacy manual processes toward data-driven, algorithmic decision-making.

Payment provider Exactly.com has partnered with GP Solutions, a leading travel software development company, in a strategic move to reinforce its position in the tourism segment. The partnership is rooted in a shared mission: to create equal conditions for travel businesses of any size, offering fair fees, human-driven support, and proactive performance analysis that helps companies scale without scaling costs.

Noah, the financial infrastructure company, has partnered with Sumsub, a global leader in identity verification and fraud prevention, to bring faster, borderless and scalable onboarding to thousands of financial firms worldwide. 

Capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has secured €5 million in seed funding to introduce new tokenised securities capabilities under the EU DLT Pilot Regime. The new capital enables Axiology to expand its already operational system, bringing the full lifecycle of digital fixed-income instruments into one regulated environment and execute its go-to-market strategy.

LemFi, the global financial platform built for the underserved, is launching its remittance services in Australia after receiving approval from the country’s financial services regulatory unit. The approval marks a significant milestone in LemFi’s global expansion and enables the company to begin offering its remittance services to customers in Australia, one of the world’s fastest-growing and most important outbound remittance markets.

Global fintech SumUp has launched its latest innovation in the UK, the Solo Lite card reader, now available to merchants across Europe. 

Solo Lite empowers small businesses and entrepreneurs with a cost effective, portable, reliable, and easy-to-use payment solution. A one time device cost of £25 and a small fee for every transaction makes it an ideal starter device for entrepreneurs. 

Thredd, the leading next-generation global payments processor, today announced that Vault Payment Solutions, Australia’s leading provider of secure card payments, has selected Thredd to power its expansion into new regions on Mastercard’s global network. The partnership will support Vault’s launch of new prepaid, debit, and private-label card programmes in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Volante Technologies, the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced its recognition as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Banking Payment Hub Platforms, which evaluates vendors based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. In Volante’s view, Gartner positioned them as a Leader based on their capacity to support enterprise-scale payment processing in banks and financial institutions across multiple regions, deployment models, and operational environments.

PayPal Holdings Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Enrique Lores as President and CEO, effective March 1, 2026. Lores, who has served on the PayPal Board for nearly five years and as Board Chair since July 2024, succeeds Alex Chriss. To ensure a seamless transition, Jamie Miller, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, will serve as Interim CEO until Lores assumes the role. David W. Dorman has been appointed as Independent Board Chair, effective immediately.

Global management and technology consultancy Capco, a Wipro company, today announced a strategic partnership with Taurus SA, a leader in enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure. The new partnership will see Capco acting as Taurus’ implementation and integration partner in Continental Europe, supporting financial institutions as they deploy and integrate Taurus’ digital asset infrastructure within existing banking and capital markets environments.