Zand, an AI-driven fintech and financial services group, has partnered with Chainlink Labs, a primary contributing developer of Chainlink, an oracle technology provider.

Access Bank Kenya, together with the National Bank of Kenya (NBK), has announced a strategic service integration, enabling customers to benefit from in-branch banking solutions across both financial institutions.

TBC Bank Uzbekistan has announced that it has expanded access to its services to non-residents in the region of Uzbekistan.

FIS has finalised its acquisition of Amount, a provider of digital account origination and decisioning platforms for banks, credit unions and other financial institutions.

Financial services software provider Finastra has announced the introduction of its modern ACH payment solution, aiming to better serve the needs of the US market.

HALA, a fintech and embedded financial services provider for SMEs, has raised USD 157 million in a Series B investment round to support Saudi SMEs.

AI-powered Progress Software has announced the launch of Progress Agentic RAG, a SaaS Retrieval-Augmented Generation platform for UK financial services.

Programmable financial services company Stripe has announced the launch of Stripe Capital for customers and partners in the region of Australia.

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).

US Bank has introduced a set of services designed to help firms in the United States manage cash across borders during a period of financial uncertainty.