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Moneyhub, a financial data, categorisation and personalisation platform, today announced its strategic repositioning to concentrate exclusively on delivering enterprise-grade solutions for financial institutions (FIs). The move, unveiled alongside a vibrant new brand identity under the banner “Build for Real Life”, signals Moneyhub’s commitment to helping FIs truly understand and serve their customers.

BGC Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGC), a leading global brokerage and financial technology company, today announced the acquisition of Macro Hive Limited (“Macro Hive”), a leading provider of global macro market analytics and strategy.

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has once again had its long-term issuer credit rating of A3 affirmed by Moody’s Ratings, a rating first assigned in 2014 and consistently maintained for over a decade. Moody’s affirmed this rating with a stable outlook and affirmed AFC’s short-term issuer rating at P-2, underscoring the Corporation’s status as one of the highest-rated investment-grade institutions in Africa.

Advancing the preparation of a digital euro, the European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the conclusion of the framework agreements for each of the five digital euro negotiated procurement procedures (also see the notice view in the Official Journal of the EU). A cooperation between Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) partnering with Nexi and Capgemini has now been selected as the first ranked tenderer in the framework agreement to provide an end-to-end solution to make digital euro payments offline available to users and merchants across Europe. The ability to pay offline, with no third-party involvement, is a key feature of the digital euro, which would ensure privacy and resilience as only cash does today.

G2 Risk Solutions (G2RS) today announced the completion of its transaction with EverC, expanding G2RS’ global reach and adding proven AI-powered risk solutions to its product suite.

Tap Global Group plc (AIM: TAP), an innovative digital finance hub that brings money payments and crypto settlement services together in a single user-friendly app, is pleased to announce a landmark strategic partnership with Moorwand, a UK FCA regulated Electronic Money Institution (EMI). Through this partnership, Tap will integrate Moorwand's comprehensive Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform to provide customers with dedicated GBP accounts, complete with Sort Codes and Account Numbers, and EUR accounts with individual IBANs.