May 26, 2025 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from MillTechFX reveals finance professionals at corporates are increasing their FX hedge ratios and lengths to “protect their finances from tariff-driven volatility.” The most common changes to FX hedging programs in light of tariff-driven volatility are “increasing hedge lengths (54%) and increasing hedge ratios… Read More

May 26, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US banks have been exploring the launch of a joint stablecoin initiative. Greg Waisman, Chief Operating Officer at Mercuryo, a payment infrastructure platform in the digital token space has noted: “The prospect of a consortium of leading US banks entering the cryptocurrency market with a… Read More

May 26, 2025 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking Circle S.A., the technology-led payments bank, announced a strategic partnership with Visa, a global leader in digital payments. The partnership provides Visa Direct with access “to Banking Circle’s extensive local clearing rails across the world, further strengthening the business’s global payment reach for its… Read More

May 26, 2025 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Growth Protocol has officially launched its purpose-built Layer-1 blockchain, backed by Nazara Technologies and Lysto. The platform is designed to propel the future of advertising on-chain, “with real-time engagement through tokenizing digital advertising campaigns.” Growth Protocol is signaling a shift in how global brands connect… Read More

May 26, 2025 @ 1:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Curve, a digital wallet provider, announced the launch of Curve Pay on iOS, marking a watershed moment in mobile payments. Curve Pay becomes the first payment solution to leverage the accessible iPhone NFC interface after Apple’s “acceptance of the European Commission’s ruling on competition concerns,… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LoanTube, the UK’s digital credit marketplace for underserved consumers and small businesses, has partnered with Gain Credit, the non-prime lending specialist behind Drafty and Lending Stream, to expand its platform offering. The collaboration introduces Gain Credit’s products to LoanTube’s platform, delivering “greater choice and flexibility… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stratyfy, a company specializing in credit decisioning, and Parlay Finance, a loan intelligence system, announced a partnership aimed at transforming how financial institutions lend small businesses the capital they need to thrive. The collab unites AI-powered technologies to deliver a frictionless intake and underwriting experience… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BoomFi, a payment suite bridging crypto and fiat currencies, announced a  partnership with Paytiko, a payment orchestration platform. This collaboration aims to provide merchants “with access to cryptocurrency payment options, enhancing flexibility and expanding customer reach.” Founded in 2020, Paytiko has established itself as a… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBA CLEARING announced that over 55 RT1 and STEP2 Participants across 14 countries are preparing to adopt its Fraud Pattern and Anomaly Detection (FPAD) Verification of Payee (VOP) solution to deliver VOP checks in compliance with the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR). These participants will connect… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vouched, the enabler of AI-powered identity verification, announced the launch of several initiatives to ensure the coming ecosystem of AI Software Agents is built on “a foundation of strong identity and trust.” These include Agent Reputation Directory, a solution designed “to address the gap in… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arena Investors, LP , a global institutional asset manager, announced the final close of Arena Special Opportunities Partners Fund III and associated vehicles, inclusive of co-investments and programmatic capital, with $1.091 billion of commitments. Arena’s flagship reportedly strategy has a “track record of generating alpha… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nakamoto Holdings Inc., Kindly MD, Inc. (NASDAQ: KDLY), and Anchorage Digital announced a partnership to advance the future of corporate Bitcoin adoption. Through this partnership, Anchorage Digital, home to the only U.S. federally chartered digital asset bank, will “provide custody and trading services to KindlyMD… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mantle, the “sustainable” hub for on-chain finance with over $3 billion in Total Value Locked (TVL), announced a partnership with Republic Technologies, the Ethereum (ETH) treasury of publicly listed Canadian company Beyond Medical Technologies Inc. This partnership marks a milestone “in institutional cryptocurrency adoption, positioning… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 2:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KAYAK, the world’s travel search engine, and Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced the expansion of their exclusive partnership into Canada. This builds on the companies’ collaboration in the U.S., which has empowered consumers “to… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OP Financial Group, the largest banking group of Finland, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have expanded their existing partnership to modernize OP’s non-life insurance business division, Pohjola Insurance. The collaboration builds on the firms’ work together in the banking sector and will “transform OP’s insurance business… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

areeba, a global enabler of payment infrastructure, has partnered with Foo, a provider of digital banking and fintech solutions, to introduce a fully integrated – program for digital services. This bundled offering enables banks and fintechs to “build their own secure and scalable card programs… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken, a technology platform built on crypto that unlocks access and reduces inefficiencies to drive financial freedom, today announced a strategic partnership with Backed, the issuer of tokenized stocks, and the Solana Foundation to bring tokenized U.S. equities to investors worldwide. Announced at Solana Accelerate,… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Two Prime, an SEC-registered bitcoin investment advisor, announced today that it has expanded its partnership with MARA, an  energy technology company. MARA will allocate an initial 500 BTC to the firm’s “managed yield strategies as part of the deepened relationship.” This builds on an existing… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 12:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca has launched 24/5 trading for Broker API, helping deliver global access to US markets. Bridging the existing gap for international partners and retail investors capital markets are said to be “evolving—and fast.” Global retail investors have more “access to US markets than ever before.”… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced the launch of natively tokenised Money Market fund shares, testing cross-border transactions based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), in collaboration with Allfunds Blockchain as tech provider and BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business as transfer agent and fund dealing… Read More