This is the domain of the French office of this European leader in digital banking. Xavier Delaroue has been appointed as its new General Manager – an expert with more than 20 years of experience in banking loyalty, progressing through various technical, project, and commercial roles.

GCC Exchange, a leading name in remittance and foreign exchange services across the region, has announced a strategic partnership with Abhi Middle East Limited, one of the MENAP region’s neobanks of the future and SME-lending fintech, backed by Hub71 and Abu Dhabi Investment Office. This collaboration is designed to enable UAE-based workers with real-time access to their earned wages, alongside efficient and reliable cross-border remittance services.

Narmi, a leading digital banking platform provider for banks and credit unions, today announced that CTBC Bank USA has selected Narmi to support the bank's future digital banking initiatives.

Clear Street ("Clear Street" or "the Company"), a cloud-native financial infrastructure technology firm on a mission to give every sophisticated investor access to every asset in every market, today announced it has received authorization from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) to operate as an investment firm. The authorization marks a significant milestone in Clear Street's global expansion and establishes a licensed operating presence in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), which represents 27 European Union countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. This effort complements the Company's existing operations in the United Kingdom.

Proximus Global, the leading international communications enabler, has partnered with Vilja, the cloud‑native core banking platform, to deliver embedded WhatsApp capabilities to emerging banks across Southeast Asia. The collaboration aims to help rural and cooperative banks expand access to digital financial services across Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Nivo has launched a new market proposition featuring AI agents for lenders and brokers that work 24/7 over email to gather information and documents, check what comes back, chase missing items, and help teams get to a packaged case right first time.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, has become the first bank in the UAE to be licensed as a Third‑Party Provider (TPP) or Open Finance Provider under the UAE Central Bank Open Finance AlTareq initiative. This milestone marks a significant step in ADIB’s transformation journey and 2035 vision to build the bank of the future.

Houston-based PrimeWay Federal Credit Union, will become the first credit union to implement Vine’s AI-powered lending platform.

Juniper Square, the operations partner to more than 2,000 GPs, today announced the acquisition of Sightglass, an AI-native due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) automation company. The acquisition reinforces Juniper Square's position as the all-in-one provider capable of helping finance and investor relations teams unify their data across workflows and adopt purpose-built AI.

Backbase, the leader in AI-native banking technology, and Ninth Wave, a leading provider of secure Open Finance connectivity, announced a strategic partnership today that will enable banks to offer a seamless connection between their business clients’ ERP and accounting systems and their banking data. The partnership will improve customer experience by providing greater cash flow visibility, cleaner reconciliation, faster payment execution, and overall increased efficiency in banking activities.

CMC Markets (“CMC”), a FTSE 250 company and global multi-asset broker, has launched a new Junior Cash Individual Savings Account (JISA) under its CMC Invest platform, helping parents take the first step in building their children’s financial future.

Slate, a leading fully customizable front-end and trading platform, has been chosen by UniCredit as its wealthtech partner to deliver a state-of-the-art investment platform in Poland. The platform combines brokerage and robo-advisory solutions, enhancing the trading and investing experience for clients across the country and supporting the continued evolution of digital investment services.

Addepar, a global data and AI platform for investment professionals, today announced the opening of its Singapore office, establishing the city-state as its Asia-Pacific (APAC) hub and reinforcing the company’s long-term commitment to the region

Rimes, a leading provider of enterprise data management and investment intelligence solutions to the global investment community, today announced that Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (Rest), one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds with more than $100 billion in assets under management, has selected Rimes’ investment intelligence platform Matrix following a competitive procurement process.

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