bunq Focuses on Italy With the Launch of the Italian IBAN
- 1 month 2 days ago
- Digital banking
bunq, Europe’s second largest neobank, is opening its first branch in Italy and introducing local IBANs for its users.
Visa Redefines Its Role in Travel With the Global Launch of Visa Destinations
- 1 month 2 days ago
- Payments
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced the launch of Visa Destinations, a passion-led travel platform live in 10 major locations around the world, as the company redefines its role in the rapidly growing experience-driven travel economy.
Runlayer Raises $30M Series A to Help Enterprises Go All In on AI
- 1 month 2 days ago
- Fundraising News
Runlayer, the platform helping companies become AI-native, today announced a $30 million Series A led by Felicis, with participation from Khosla Ventures. This brings Runlayer's total capital raised to $42 million.
Airwallex Secures $320 Million in Series H Funding, Valuation Hits $11 Billion
- 1 month 2 days ago
- Fundraising News
Airwallex, a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, today announced it has raised $320 million in Series H funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $11 billion, up from its $8 billion valuation in December 2025. The round was led by returning investor Addition, with participation from Baillie Gifford, Hummingbird, QED Investors, T. Rowe Price, Hedosophia, Haun Ventures, Washington University in St. Louis and...
Europe’s Next Generation of Deep-Tech Pioneers Head to GITEX AI EUROPE 2026
- 1 month 4 days ago
- FinTech StartUps
Fifteen companies backed by the European Innovation Council (EIC) will exhibit at GITEX AI EUROPE 2026 in Berlin next week, as part of a dedicated pavilion bringing together European deep-tech startups and scaleups at the event’s second edition.
Smarsh Collaborates With AWS to Reduce Compliance Review Workload by ~77%, Accelerating Safe Enterprise AI Adoption Through Multi-Year Strategic Agreement
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Compliance
Today, Smarsh, a global leader in digital communications compliance and intelligence, announced breakthrough results from its strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS), delivering a new standard for compliant AI adoption in regulated industries.
Regions Institutional Services Names Melissa Hancock as Corporate Trust Client Services Executive
- 1 month 4 days ago
- People Moves
Regions Bank on Wednesday announced the appointment of Melissa Hancock as Corporate Trust Client Services Executive in the Institutional Services division of Regions Wealth Management. Hancock’s move to Regions Bank is part of the company’s strategy for building more Wealth Management growth while consistently enhancing client service. What will Melissa Hancock lead at Regions Bank?
Akemona Launches CapMark™ AI Agent as Part of Its AI Investment Banker Platform
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Akemona today announced the launch of CapMark™ AI Agent, an AI-powered product that helps investment banks, asset managers, broker-dealers, and businesses create and organize digital asset offerings for raising funds and issuing tokenized products such as fractionalized stocks, tokenized funds, and options. CapMark AI Agent is available as part of Akemona's AI Investment Banker for Digital Assets platform, which Akemona provides to financial...
U.S. Bank and GigSafe Team Up to Advance Payment Infrastructure for the Logistics Industry
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Payments
U.S. Bank today announced a collaboration with , a compliance and payments platform built for regulated delivery and logistics operators, to enhance the way workers using GigSafe get paid.
The Path to the Next-Generation Monetary and Financial System Lies in Safeguarding Trust in Money: BIS
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Payments
The path to the next-generation monetary and financial system lies in leveraging innovation to improve today's two-tier financial infrastructure, while safeguarding trust in money, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said today. A special chapter of the BIS's Annual Economic Report 2026 assesses evolving forms of financial architectures based on programmable platforms and different instruments that provide money-like functions.
XTransfer Deepens Latin America Cross-Border Payments Strategy with Bank Partnership and Active Showcase
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Payments
XTransfer, the world’s leading B2B cross-border trade payment platform, announced a significant step forward in its Latin America strategy, combining a new partnership framework with BBVA and on-the-ground momentum from Expo Eléctrica International 2026 in Mexico City.
Daloopa Expands Financial Data Access with New MCP Connector for Microsoft 365 Copilot Integration, Bringing Trusted Financial Data Directly into AI Workflows
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Daloopa, the essential data infrastructure for AI and agentic workflows in financial services, today announced a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector with Microsoft 365 Copilot. The integration will significantly enhance investors' financial workflows by delivering structured, source-linked data, allowing Copilot users to move faster and focus on more meaningful work. It also enables Copilot users to create content in Microsoft Word, Excel...
hyperexponential Powers Allianz Commercial's Global Pricing and Underwriting Transformation
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Insurtech
hyperexponential (hx), the AI-native pricing and underwriting platform, has been deployed across Allianz Commercial's priority lines of business as part of a multi-year pricing and underwriting transformation.
BILL Names Jonathan Leaf as Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Growth and Elevate Customer Experience
- 1 month 4 days ago
- People Moves
BILL, the intelligent financial operations platform trusted by nearly half a million businesses to manage, move, and maximize their money, today announced Jonathan Leaf will join BILL as Chief Revenue Officer on July 6th. In this newly expanded role, Leaf will lead BILL's global revenue organization, spanning sales, marketing, embedded partnerships, and customer experience. Leaf will join the executive leadership team, and report directly to CEO...
GrailPay Raises $10.5M Series A to Scale Risk Decisioning Infrastructure for the Future of Instant, Agentic Payments
- 1 month 4 days ago
- Fundraising News
GrailPay, the risk and data network for B2B payments, today announced a $10.5 million Series A led by MissionOG, with participation from EJF Ventures, Counterpart Ventures, Construct Capital, Commerce Ventures, and SSC Venture Partners. The funding will accelerate expansion of GrailPay’s Payments Identity Network, the trust layer for bank account risk in the future of agentic and instant business payments.
