Tomorrow is the final day of the third quarter of 2025, which means that Wednesday marks our entrance into October. Historically, fall has been the busiest season for fintech announcements, so we’re ready to keep up with all of the new developments. Here is some of the biggest news from this week so far. We’ll continue adding news to this post throughout the week, so stay tuned!
BaaS and embedded finance
Worldpay launches embedded lending, banking and card issuing for platforms partners.
Payments
Citi and Dandelion collaborate to transform cross-border payments and enable near-instant payments into digital wallets across the globe.
Swift to add blockchain-based ledger to its infrastructure stack.
Solaris selects ACI Worldwide’s Connetic to future-proof payments infrastructure.
Finastra unveils intelligent routing module for payment routing.
Paze to become the official jersey patch partner of the Atlanta Hawks.
Blockchain and decentralized finance
Deutsche Bank conducts first euro transaction via blockchain.
Fraud and compliance
Fenergo enhances FinCrime OS with native identity and verification to deliver compliance in one platform.