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BlytzPay, which won Best of Show in its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2019 and again later that year at FinovateFall, has announced an "evolution" of its platform and the launch of Blytz. Blytz represents a new iteration of the company's intelligent payments and collections platform that connects payments, AI-powered customer engagement, and automation…
Treasury management company Round has closed $6 million in seed funding this week, boosting its total funding to $8.1 million. The London-based fintech is also unveiling two new products: Agentic Workflow Builder and Autonomous Payroll.
Today's round was led by Alstin Capital. Existing investors including Passion Capital, along with new investors Backed VC and Love Ventures, as well as angel investors, also contributed. Uniquely, Round's own clients also invested. Around 10% of the company's customer base contributed to today's round.
"We are building for the finance team of the future, one…
There may be April showers out your window, but the fintech landscape is all flowers this week. Take a look at all of the highlights from fintech funding, product developments, partnerships, and more below. We’ll continue to add more announcements as the week progresses.
PaymentsGr4vy supports agentic payments through orchestration and launches development kit to prepare merchants for AI commerce.
Adyen launches Intelligent Money Movement to unify enterprise payments, liquidity management, and payouts.
GoCardless grows 22% in 2025, records first quarter of profitability.
Wise plans to move public listing from London to Nasdaq in May.
Icon Solutions appoints Anders Olofsson as EMEA Sales Director.
Investing and wealth managementVested crossed $1 billion in assets under administration.
Small business toolsRemote expands its global employment infrastructure with acquisition of Bravas.
Round raises $6 million to automate treasury management.
InvoiceCloud unveils AI-powered billing experience.
Yooz introduces intelligent Line‑Level Matching to bring…
Digital asset exchange platform Binance is adding a new revenue stream today. The Cayman Islands-based company has added prediction markets to the Binance App, allowing users to place bets on real-world outcomes across categories.
Binance has teamed up with Predict.fun, a forecasting platform that will host prediction markets on Binance's platform. The newly integrated prediction markets will offer one-click, fee-free access, with no complex onboarding required. Users will be able to use their Spot and Funding Account balances.
"Prediction markets allow participants to take positions on future…
This week's edition of Finovate Global reviews recent fintech news and headlines from Thailand.
DV8 Public Company to Acquire Rakkar DigitalPending regulatory approvals, DV8 Public Company has announced plans to acquire Rakkar Digital, a digital asset custody provider, and invest up to $3 million (THB100 million) in the firm. DV8 has inked a share sale and purchase agreement to buy Rakkar's ordinary shares from its existing shareholders. The transaction marks DV8's latest entry into regulated digital asset operations. The company invested in Korean digital asset treasury platform Bitplanet in 2025.
Rakkar Digital was established in 2022 as a joint project between SCBX, the parent company of Siam Commercial Bank, and Fireblocks, a global digital asset infrastructure provider. Headquartered in Singapore, Rakkar Digital provides institutional-grade digital asset and cryptocurrency custodian services and has more than $700 million in assets under custody. In a statement, DV8 noted that Rakkar Digital's regulatory…
Payroll, benefits, and HR management solutions company Gusto has acquired business compliance platform Mosey. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Gusto plans to leverage Mosey to help its customers manage their compliance obligations.
Mosey was founded in 2021 to help small business owners avoid common compliance pitfalls such as hiring without the right legal setup, configuring payroll incorrectly, and missing tax deadlines. "I started Mosey because I'd made every compliance mistake myself, and then I watched thousands of other businesses make the same ones," said Mosey Founder Alex Kehayias. "The problem…
International data and technology company Experian introduced its Experian Express solution this week. The new offering is a self-service platform that enables credit unions, community banks, and smaller lenders to digitally credential, onboard, and pull credit reports quickly and efficiently via a 100% online process. Experian Express provides data on more than 245 million credit-active consumers, ensures 99.9% data freshness in North America, and offers understandable, human-readable reports.
Writing about the new offering on the Experian blog, Nathalie Stecko, Marketing Program Manager for the company's commercial solutions, highlighted…
Bringing more personalized financial products and services to consumers is one of the great promises of enabling technologies like AI. It is also increasingly recognized as one of the best ways for banks, credit unions, and other financial services providers to differentiate their offerings from rivals—including those from Big Tech and Big Retail.
At FinovateEurope 2026 earlier this year, I spoke with Gregor Bierent, CEO of NF Innova, about how the company helps traditional banks embrace digital transformation through their innovative platform, FinTense. In our conversation, Bierent discussed the power of FinTense's digital banking score, the importance of micro-personalization, and how AI-driven solutions can enhance customer experience and boost banking efficiency.
"We see that there is more and more drive and demand for banking to become more unique (and personalized). No matter which bank you're working with, banking for private individuals or for the small and microenterprises, what…
Walmart-owned digital banking platform OnePay is reaching more customers through its new partnership with Workday Wellness
The New York-based company has become a Workday Wellness partner for financial benefits. Under the agreement, Workday Wellness will integrate OnePay services with Workday Wellness to allow employers to bring OnePay's banking, investing, credit building and other financial tools into the Workday experience.
Workday Wellness is owned by Workday, an enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and AI agents. The company's tools are used by more than 11,500 organizations across…
Financial infrastructure is becoming increasingly valuable as it powers payments and financial products. Instead of operating within closed systems, banks are now operating within broader ecosystems in which customers expect seamless integrations, faster money movement, and financial services experiences that become invisible within the customer journey.
Fintechs are working to satisfy the demand for this infrastructure using API-driven tools that can support real-time payments, cross-border transactions, and embedded finance use cases. At FinovateSpring 2026, we're hosting a group of fresh fintechs that will showcase their solutions designed to simplify payments, modernize infrastructure, and unlock new revenue opportunities. From digital asset infrastructure to cross-border payments and operational platforms, these four companies leading the way.
AlphaPoint enables smaller financial institutions to adopt stablecoin payments and treasury capabilities without the cost and complexity of building in-house infrastructure. Its platform provides the tools banks need to support digital asset transactions, helping them…
UK-based international money transfer company Paysend has raised $25 million in a follow-on investment from Claret Capital Partners. No new valuation information was immediately available; the company reached a valuation of $700 million in 2021 following a Series B-II funding round.
The capital infusion adds to Claret's 2020 investment in the company and will support Paysend's continued development of its global payments infrastructure and product suite. The investment will also help the company expand its geographic footprint, launch new products for both its retail and enterprise customers, and position Paysend…
Cognitive Banking Platform Personetics and embedded financial connectivity specialist Atomic recently announced a new partnership. The two companies will deliver a native, end-to-end solution for contextual direct deposit and billpay switching that sits within the digital banking experience. The new capability will enable banks to use transaction intelligence to identify the right customers and financial moments and then design, trigger, execute, and measure switching journeys within a single platform. Translating intelligence into action and action into meaningful outcomes, the integration of Atomic will expand the capabilities of the Personetics platform to include embedded, context-driven switching journeys that boost both deposit growth and share of wallet.
"By partnering with Personetics, we're enabling banks to bring highly relevant, real-time insights into everyday banking experiences, and seamlessly turn those insights into financial action," Atomic Co-founder and CEO Jordan Wright said. "Together, we help banks deepen relationships while delivering measurable business outcomes."
The…