Wildwood, NJ-based Crest Savings Bank has selected Vine’s AI-powered commercial lending platform to support its commercial lending business.

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) ("Alkami"), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced that Red Rocks Credit Union (Red Rocks) has expanded its relationship with Alkami, adding the company's Digital Banking Solution and Data & Marketing Solution to its existing Onboarding & Account Opening Solution.

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, and Securitize, the leading platform for tokenizing real-world assets, today announced a smart contract that would allow holders of BlackRock’s BUIDL and VanEck’s VBILL to exchange their shares to Ripple for Ripple USD (RLUSD). This smart contract adds an additional stablecoin off ramp for BUIDL and VBILL tokenized short term treasury funds.

Investec Bank plc, a leading international financial services provider, today announces the appointment of William Boddy as Head of Fixed Income and ETFs and Ben Goodchild as Deputy Head of Fixed Income Trading and ETFs.

Digital asset prime brokerage Sage Capital Management has formed a strategic partnership with EDXM International, a digital asset trading venue offering institutional access to perpetual futures.

Orbit Financial Technology today announced a new monthly membership system for Orbit Insight, its flagship research and analysis platform already used by leading asset managers and hedge funds. The change opens access to smaller firms, boutique funds, and independent researchers, giving them the same institutional-grade tools trusted by global investment houses.

Zycus, the pioneer in Agentic AI powered Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions today announced the launch of Zycus Pay, a new payment solution powered by TransferMate, the world’s leading provider of embedded B2B payments infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Zycus Pay enables clients to seamlessly execute and manage B2B payments directly within the Zycus platform.

TBC Bank Uzbekistan (TBC UZ), the country’s leading digital bank and part of the wider TBC Uzbekistan digital banking ecosystem, announces that it has expanded access to its services to non-residents in Uzbekistan.

Otala.Markets (“Otala”), a specialist investment bank with a 10-year track record of creating and developing structured investment products, today announces its launch into the UK market.

Gradient AI, a leading enterprise software provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the insurance industry, today announced that Community Health Options has successfully adopted its integrated Risk Management Life Cycle solution.

The CfC St. Moritz, a highly curated digital assets conference for investors and decision-makers, has partnered with Sygnum Bank to establish a Bitcoin reserve as part of its long-term treasury strategy. This move reflects the conference’s ongoing belief in Bitcoin’s role as a foundational digital asset and its commitment to building a sustainable future for the event and its global community.

STOCKHOLM. Sweden has long exported ideas that shape everyday life. The latest is focused not on lifestyle but on preparedness: a handbook for managing money in crisis, linking personal finances to national resilience. Northmill Bank, one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs, has released the Handbook for Financial Resilience, the first to place household finances within the architecture of crisis preparedness.

ZILO™, the Global Technology and Innovation Leader specialising in asset and wealth management software, is pleased to announce that it has raised $27 million in a Series A2 funding round.

Multi-region broker GO Markets announced a strategic partnership with Acuity Trading today. The partnership will bring Acuity’s AnalysisIQ trade-ideas product to GO Markets’ clients under the brand name Signal Centre. The integration delivers curated, analyst-verified trading opportunities directly inside MetaTrader 4/5, Telegram, Dynamic Email updates, and the GO Markets Client Portal, helping traders to make more informed trading decisions.

ARK Invest Europe announced today it has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) across its European fund ranges, having started 2025 at $446m. The milestone comes exactly two years after ARK Investment Management LLC acquired Rize ETF in September 2023 and subsequently launched 3 ARK ETFs in April 2024. Surpassing this milestone underscores the growing demand from European allocators for active, high-conviction exposure to disruptive innovation.