Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced a new partnership with Lavazza, a key player in the global coffee market. The partnership will unify the coffee brand’s digital payments ecosystem across international markets, while supporting the growth of B2B and B2C ecommerce and retail initiatives.

Building on recent announcements with Galaxy and Ondo Finance regarding governance solutions for issuer-sponsored and third party-sponsored tokenized securities, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced it is now extending its market-leading proxy voting and disclosure solutions to third party-custodied tokenized securities, effectively supporting governance across all security tokenization models outlined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As tokenization accelerates the convergence of traditional finance and digital markets globally, Broadridge is supporting adoption with a full suite of governance solutions including on-chain voting, a unified view for issuers of their on- and off-chain shares, and institutional grade reporting and controls.

After leading dozens of investments, primarily in the cybersecurity space that have so far generated 22 exits with a combined value of approximately $2.5 billion, Yaron Elad and Elik Etzion are embarking on a new path. Together with their US-based partner Gurinder Sidhu, they are launching AlphaDrive, a $100 million fund focusing on cybersecurity and AI, operating under a unique investment model.

Zoth, the privacy-first stablecoin neobank purpose-built for the Global South & the Agentic Economy, and Bakkt, Inc., a regulated digital asset infrastructure company, have signed an MOU establishing the framework for a strategic partnership. Bakkt’s participation runs through its licensed subsidiary Bakkt Financial Solutions I, LLC, which holds pan-US money transmitter licenses.

ETS Connect UK today announced an evolution of the support model for the UK bond Consolidated Tape (CT), announcing an open ecosystem that enables third-party providers to deliver enhanced support services to market participants.

With increasing volumes and growing operational pressure, FICO has identified a significant opportunity for artificial intelligence to transform collections strategies, improving efficiency, reducing costs and delivering better customer outcomes.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), global Fintech leader, today announced that its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) processed an average of $368 billion in daily repo transactions during April, with volumes totaling nearly $8 trillion. The daily average is a 268% increase year-over-year and a nearly 4% increase from March, reflecting sustained institutional adoption of tokenized real-asset settlement and the growing role of distributed ledger technology in modernizing funding and collateral markets.

Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show and the place where money does business, concluded three days of industry-shaping conversations, high-impact networking, and packed stages from April 21–23 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Token unlock events are becoming structural volatility triggers in digital asset markets. Unlocks worth $4.6 billion hit crypto markets from the 9th to the 16th of March, with WBT unlocking $4.34 billion, a massive 81.50 million tokens, which represented 27.77% of the current circulating supply.

Plus1, the Swedish debt consolidation fintech that helps consumers combine multiple loans into single, lower-cost repayments, has appointed ex-Klarna Director Rasmus Rolén as Chief Executive Officer to lead its European expansion.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), in collaboration with Emirates NBD, has closed a £121-million, five‑year club financing facility for Union Property to refinance the Pullman London St Pancras. This 50/50 club deal marks the second deal between the two financial institutions, strengthening their presence in the UK real estate market.

Waracle, a UK digital product consultancy, has agreed to acquire Inov8, an Edinburgh-based cloud and data services consultancy. The deal aligns with Waracle’s growth strategy to increase the percentage of revenue from its Data and AI in 2026.

Personal financial management fintech PocketSmith has created an Open Banking Hub to make secure data sharing easier for consumers to understand.

SUNRATE, the global payment and treasury management platform, announced that it has been granted a Class B licence under the Money Services Business Act 2011 by Bank Negara Malaysia, marking a significant milestone in the company’s continued expansion.

NUVA Digital, the software development company behind the RWA marketplace NUVA, today announced the successful closing of a US$5.2 million fundraising seed round led by Morgan Creek Digital. NUVA is the non-custodial, unified distribution layer for high-quality real-world asset (RWA) vaults. It offers users one-click access, enabling them to deposit stablecoins to mint liquid, composable tokens that deliver yield. NUVA ensures transparency and seamless DeFi composability with on-chain proof of reserves, without requiring minimum deposit requirements or lockups.