Fintech Fringe Festival, the UK’s largest event dedicated to scaling fintechs, will return on 9-10 September 2025 in London with its most ambitious programme to date - bringing founders, investors, banks, regulators, and industry heavyweights together to tackle the sector’s biggest growth opportunities and toughest challenges.

Trust Wallet, the world’s leading self-custody Web3 wallet with over 200 million users, today announced the launch of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs)—unlocking seamless access to tokenized versions of U.S. stocks and ETFs for users around the globe*.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a world leader in transforming the way people bank and shop, announced today that Eurasian Bank, a leading financial institution in Kazakhstan, is the first to implement VCP-Lite 7, part of the company's latest generation multi-vendor self-service software family (Vynamic® Connection Points). The successful pilot was implemented on a DN Series® 450V cash recycler operating Microsoft® Windows 11®. Installation and services for this implementation were provided by BS/2, Diebold Nixdorf's licensed partner in the Central Asia region.

Zest AI, a leader in AI lending technology, announced today that Rodney E. Hood, who previously served as Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has rejoined Zest AI’s Board of Directors. Hood, who previously served on Zest AI's board, returns at a pivotal moment as the company accelerates efforts to modernize America's lending infrastructure through responsible AI innovation.

PXP the omnichannel global payment platform, today announces a new partnership with Zeal, an innovative fintech disrupting the retail payments experience. The partnership brings together seamless payment technology and intelligent loyalty solutions in a collaboration that will benefit merchants and customers alike.

Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. (“Figure”) today announced the launch of its initial public offering of 26,315,789 shares of its Class A common stock, of which 21,461,085 shares are being offered by Figure and 4,854,704 shares are being offered by certain selling stockholders. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $18.00 and $20.00 per share. Figure will not receive any proceeds from any sale of shares by the selling stockholders. Figure expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,947,368 shares of its Class A common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

Quavo, Inc. (“Quavo”), a leading disputes technology partner and trusted advisor for financial institutions, today announced that USAA Savings Bank has selected Quavo to simplify and modernize its fraud and dispute operations. USAA’s selection of Quavo reinforces the company’s accelerating momentum in dispute resolution technology. In a distinct demonstration of confidence, Spectrum Equity also announced their $300 million growth investment in Quavo.

dtcpay, a licensed global payment solutions provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the People’s Committee of Da Nang during Vietnam Blockchain Day 2025. The agreement marks a significant step in strengthening cooperation between the public and private sectors to advance blockchain applications and accelerate digital transformation in Vietnam.

Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) has won the public auction for the acquisition of an 80% stake in Moldasig S.A. Through this transaction, VIG becomes the market leader in the Republic of Moldova, with an estimated market share of around 30%.

Kraken and Backed expand access to tokenized equities on the Ethereum Mainnet, the world’s largest blockchain.

The Hashgraph Group (THG) has today announced the launch of TransAct – a pioneering and breakthrough solution that enables enterprises to build on the Hedera network without the need to touch cryptocurrency.

The “Design Your Future (DYF)” initiative and Mastercard hosted the “Mastercard Financial Inclusion Workshop” as part of the initiative’s activities in Manama.

Zain Cash announced a collaboration with Mastercard to advance the adoption of digital payments and develop the fintech’s card portfolio in Jordan. The fintech company will implement value-added services and platforms to deliver innovative payment solutions, offering fast, seamless and secure payments solutions in the Kingdom.

BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 AI company, today announced the WLFI Listing Carnival, an exclusive campaign to celebrate the spot listing of WLFI, the governance token of World Liberty Financial.

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