Investors in today’s fast-moving markets face rigid wealth management models, limited access to tactical strategies, and a lack of transparency. These are barriers that often prevent them from capturing opportunities or preserving capital effectively. Elevate Financial Services LLC has launched in the UAE to help overcome these challenges, offering an unconventional, liquidity-focused approach designed for mass-affluent investors seeking institutional-grade strategies through a platform-agnostic, unbiased structure.

The Banking Scene has announced the return of #TBSCONF26BXL, its flagship annual event and Belgium’s Biggest Banking Conference, taking place on 28 May 2026 at Tour & Taxis, Brussels.

B2PRIME Group, a global financial services provider for institutional, professional and retail clients, is proud to announce aт expansion of its digital asset ecosystem. By introducing Crypto Spot and Crypto Perpetual Futures (PF), B2PRIME, through its Bahamas-based entity, regulated by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas under the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act (DARE) and the Securities Industry Act (SIA), now offers an unprecedented level of market access.

MoonPay, the leading global crypto payments network, launched the Open Wallet Standard (openwallet.sh), an open-source standard that gives AI agents a secure, universal way to hold value, sign transactions, and pay for services across every major blockchain, without ever exposing a private key. The standard is available today on GitHub, npm, and PyPI, with over 15 organizations contributing.

Carta, the world’s first fully interconnected system for private capital, today announced its solution for Fund of Funds, a new offering designed to help managers automate LP reporting, eliminate manual document processing, and gain clearer visibility into their underlying portfolio exposure. The product expands a critical link in Carta’s ERP for private capital, bringing LP investment data, fund accounting, and portfolio analytics onto a single platform, while more deeply connecting allocators with the GP ecosystem.

A property developer and landlord is advancing its growth strategy with the support of a relationship-led specialist lender that understands its business.

Fime, a global leader in payments, digital identity and smart mobility, today announced that its EMEA laboratory has received EMVCo recognition for the evaluation of fingerprint biometric sensors, helping organizations establish trust and bring solutions to market.

Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments, has partnered with The British Dental Industry Association (BDIA) to ensure operators have merchant services that are purpose-built for their needs.

Paysecure, a leading global payment orchestration platform, today announces a strategic agreement with Nucleus365 (N365) to provide its full orchestration suite as a white-label product. This partnership enables N365 to offer their clients a comprehensive, future-proof, intelligent payment technology platform.

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), marked the opening of the 2026 MotoGP™ season in Brazil with an on-site activation and the expansion of its Smarter Speed Challenge mini-game, blending trading concepts with motorsport experiences.

Global fintech SumUp today announces the launch of a new in-app investing feature, giving merchants a simple and accessible way to grow their business funds directly within the SumUp app. By partnering with Europe’s leading investment infrastructure provider Upvest, SumUp can now offer merchants a simple and accessible way to build wealth on the SumUp platform.

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and Talos today announced a partnership to connect Talos' digital asset infrastructure with Nasdaq's Calypso and Trade Surveillance platforms to develop an integrated solution for managing tokenized collateral. The partnership addresses structural barriers that have prevented widespread adoption of tokenized collateral in institutional markets, including the challenge of integrating digital assets into existing risk management and collateral workflows.

CMC Markets, a FTSE 250 company and global leader in online trading for retail, professional and institutional clients, has announced the launch of its new multi-asset platform.

DBS Bank India today announced the launch of its direct tax payment facility, following authorisation from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). The bank will now be able to collect direct tax payments on the TIN 2.0 platform, adding to its existing capability to collect Goods and Services Tax (GST) payments. Customers can conveniently make payments for Income Tax, Advance Tax, Self-Assessment Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Tax Deducted at Source (TDS), directly from their bank accounts.

Bank of Baroda, India’s International Bank, announced the launch of Overdraft (OD) Facility on Credit Line on UPI for verified women Self-Help Group (SHG) members holding Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts, becoming the first bank in the country to operationalise this digital credit innovation. This initiative enables seamless digital access to ₹5,000 overdraft facility, strengthening financial inclusion and women-led economic empowerment.