TBC Uzbekistan, the leading digital banking ecosystem in Central Asia and part of London-listed TBC Bank Group, celebrates the five-year anniversary of its launch in Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous nation and one of the world’s fastest growing emerging markets.

Fenergo, the leading provider of client lifecycle management (CLM), Know your Customer (KYC) and transaction monitoring (TM) solutions today announces that Adepa, a leading provider of global asset servicing solutions, has deployed its software to streamline investor onboarding and enhance compliance across Adepa’s operations, starting in Luxembourg.

PAIR Finance, Europe’s leading digital debt collection platform, has announced its expansion into Italy. This market entry follows the company’s success in ten European countries and marks the highly anticipated launch in Italy. As part of this expansion, PAIR Finance has opened a branch office in Milan to ensure optimal support for Italian clients.

Grantd, an AI-powered equity compensation guidance and planning platform, has announced its acquisition of StockOpter, a company that has been at the forefront of equity compensation management for over 20 years. Through this acquisition, Grantd will combine StockOpter’s capabilities with its proprietary algorithm and institutional-grade AI features to produce a new platform that empowers financial advisors and their clients to make informed, confident decisions surrounding equity compensation grants.

Geojit Financial Services, a leading investment services company, has onboarded MoEngage, a leading Customer Data and Engagement Platform (CDEP), to supercharge customer engagement. This collaboration marks a significant step for Geojit in modernizing its Martech infrastructure. The brand wanted to move to an agile and AI-powered platform designed for superior customer experiences.

AMINA Bank AG ("AMINA"), a Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)-regulated crypto bank with global reach, today becomes the first regulated bank worldwide to offer staking services for POL, the native token securing the Polygon ecosystem. AMINA also becomes the first bank globally to offer boosted rewards to clients staking POL, providing up to 15% in rewards through a partnership with the Polygon Foundation. Expanding on the bank's POL custody and trading access, POL staking gives AMINA's institutional clients a regulated way to secure one of the most adopted networks in Web3 chosen by leading financial institutions like BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Franklin Templeton for their expansions into tokenisation and onchain finance.

For years, the finance function has been the last department big tech couldn’t crack. Now, a new wave of agentic AI technology is proving that even the most complex and nuanced function can benefit from AI agents – without sacrificing accuracy or compliance.

HYPE, the 100% Italian neobank that has been reshaping banking since 2015 to promote an increasingly mature, informed and peaceful relationship with money, and Cleafy, a company specialised in the design and development of software solutions for the identification and prevention of financial fraud, have signed a partnership agreement to improve the efficiency of financial fraud management with a view to further enhancing security standards in the field of digital banking.

AlphaSense, the AI platform redefining market intelligence for the business and financial world, today announced the launch of Financial Data, its newest innovation that provides financial and corporate professionals with a unified view of both quantitative analysis and qualitative research insights.

The Financial Health Network today released its first in an ongoing series of Industry Assessment Reports, this evaluation applying the FinHealth Standards for Spending Management Products to 20 widely used checking account products. The inaugural assessment, spanning large banks, mid-sized banks, credit unions, and digital-only providers, found systemic shortfalls in how checking accounts support financial health but also some encouraging innovations.

Black Dragon Capital℠ ("Black Dragon") – a global multi-phased investment firm focused on disruptive technologies in high growth industry segments – has acquired the entirety of GenAspire, the teen banking solution formerly known as Copper Banking.

Auquan, the leader in automating complex financial workflows with autonomous AI agents, today announced it has been named a Cool Vendor in the Gartner® report Cool Vendors™ for Agentic AI in Banking and Investment Services (05 Sept 2025, Jasleen Kaur Sindhu, Sudarshana Bhattacharya, Jeff Casey). Vendors selected for the Cool Vendors report are innovative, impactful and intriguing. The report notes, "by 2027, 40% of financial services institutions will have deployed at least one AI agent to automate workflows or augment decision making, up from fewer than 15% in early 2025."

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), the Kingdom’s leading fintech incubator and ecosystem builder which partners with government bodies and others to further accelerate the development and adoption of blockchain and digital assets technology in Bahrain.

Launching a digital bank has traditionally been a slow and expensive process, often taking years and millions in development and licensing. Nordic fintech Narvi believes it should be faster. The company has launched a no-code platform that allows partners to roll out fully branded digital banking experiences in just weeks, powered by Narvi’s licensed infrastructure, prebuilt interfaces, and proprietary core banking technology.

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.