Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

As the summer gets into full swing, we’re seeing no slowdown in the pace of financial and fintech news coming to our desk. We’ll keep you posted on the latest headlines here at Finovate’s Fintech Rundown!


Payments

KeyBank launches its unified solution for the invoice-to-cash process, KeyTotal AR, powered by Versapay.

Workforce payroll company Papaya Global teams up with Worksome to launch a fully integrated Freelance Management System to help companies manage payments for contingent workforces.

Payments company PayJunction integrates with customer engagement platform Twilio.

London-based paytech Redpin brings its payments platform to businesses in Spain.

Hospitality industry payments provider Katanox secures authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to initiate payment services in the UK.

Business payments platform Exactly.com expands to Spain.

Crypto and DeFi

Spanish banking company BBVA introduces its new Bitcoin and Ether trading and custody service.

Australian cryptocurrency exchange Coinstash secures $4.7 million in funding.

Tokenized real estate investment platform MetaWealth announces distribution of one million USD in yield income to token holders.

Card issuing and ledger infrastructure provider Episode Six partners with xMoney to enable crypto and fiat payments.

Lending and credit

Fintech platform Adyen launches Capital to help businesses on its platform offer fast and flexible financing to the SMEs they serve.

UK-based digital credit marketplace LoanTube unveils its SME brokerage platform.

Data and analytics platform for lenders, Ocrolus, announces expansion of its Inspect underwriting solution to boost quality control in lending.

Agentic AI solution provider for financial services companies and lenders MOGOPLUS has raised AU$1.5 million in funding.

Japanese banking group SBI goes live on nCino with its Credit Guarantee solution.

Flexys partners with CU Share to help credit unions enhance debt management for members.

Identity management and fraud prevention

IDnow and Keyless announce strategic partnership to provide secure authentication throughout the entire digital identity lifecycle.

Biometric identity verification and authentication solutions provider authID forges strategic partnership with identity verification and authentication provider Prove.

Investing and wealth management

Online brokerage TradeStation integrates with retail investor research tool and data company TipRanks.

Accounting

Practice management software provider Ignition integrates with practice intelligence platform Karbon.

Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $6.6 million in seed funding in a round led by Emergence Capital.

Insurtech

Central Asian digital banking ecosystem TBC Uzbekistan launches new insurance vertical, TBC Insurance.


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FinovateEurope 2025 Best of Show Winners Announced

FinovateEurope 2025 Best of Show Winners Announced

The votes are in and the people have spoken! After a full day of live fintech demos from companies representing 13 countries, the attendees of FinovateEurope 2025 have made their decision as to which of this year’s 30+ demoing companies will take home a Best of Show trophy.

With no further ado, here are this year’s winners.

Keyless for its technology that replaces traditional multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods with automated biometric authentication, improving the user experience while cutting costs.

R34DY for its solution that helps organizations transform their business by taking the pain out of integrations and making it easy for business owners to create use cases and reduce time to market.

Tweezr for its technology that helps organizations transform and grow by accelerating time-to-market and increasing developer productivity for both legacy system maintenance and modernization (or even obviating modernization all together).

A heartfelt thanks to all the demoing companies, sponsors, speakers, and attendees for making FinovateEurope 2025 an exciting, impactful event. Be sure to keep in touch with us on the Finovate blog as these and the rest of our demoing companies continue to innovate and solve problems for banks, financial services providers, fintechs, and their customers.

Our next conference is FinovateSpring, which will be making its San Diego debut on May 7-9. We can’t wait to bring Finovate to California’s second-most populous city and look forward to seeing you there!


Notes on methodology:
1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.
2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.
3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: “Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed.”
4. The three companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named “Best of Show.”
5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners through 2014. Best of Show winners from our 2015 through 2024 conferences are below:
FinovateEurope 2015
FinovateSpring 2015
FinovateFall 2015
FinovateEurope 2016
FinovateSpring 2016
FinovateFall 2016
FinovateAsia 2016
FinovateEurope 2017
FinovateSpring 2017
FinovateFall 2017
FinovateAsia 2017
FinovateMiddleEast 2018
FinovateEurope 2018
FinovateSpring 2018
FinovateFall 2018
FinovateAsia 2018
FinovateAfrica 2018
FinovateEurope 2019
FinovateSpring 2019
FinovateFall 2019
FinovateAsia 2019
FinovateMiddleEast 2019
FinovateEurope 2020
FinovateFall 2020
FinovateWest 2020
FinovateEurope 2021
FinovateSpring 2021
FinovateFall 2021
FinovateEurope 2022
FinovateSpring 2022
FinovateFall 2022
FinovateEurope 2023
FinovateSpring 2023
FinovateFall 2023
FinovateEurope 2024
FinovateSpring 2024
FinovateFall 2024

FinovateEurope 2025 Sneak Peek Series: Part 3

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateEurope in London on February 25. Register today using this link and save 20%.

CyberUpgrade

CyberUpgrade automates ICT security and compliance, transforming paper processes into resilience. Built by CISOs, it streamlines audits, risk, and vendor management and fosters cybersecurity awareness.

Features

  • CoreGuardian ensures compliance with DORA and other frameworks
  • CoPilot engages employees 1-on-1 via Slack and Teams for security awareness
  • VendorGuard streamlines vendor risk management

Who’s it for?

Financial institutions, investment firms, insurers, payment processors, critical ICT providers, and non-EU companies serving EU financial entities.

Intrepid Fox

Intrepid Fox makes onboarding for banks and fintechs 10x faster. Their AI-powered document collection reduces manual follow-ups by 90% and cuts costs by 50%.

Features

  • Provides on-the-spot document analysis for 10x faster document collection
  • Automates follow-ups with the customer to eliminate back-and-forth emails
  • Includes an interactive compliance dashboard that provides a robust risk analysis

Who’s it for?

Banks, credit unions, fintechs, payment providers, and financial institutions seeking faster and more efficient business onboarding.

Keyless

Keyless is a leader in privacy-preserving biometric authentication. It is ISO27001, FIDO, and FIDO2 certified and protects global enterprises from fraud while ensuring compliance and multi-factor security.

Features

  • Delivers data privacy and compliance
  • Offers multi-factor security
  • Creates a seamless user experience

Who’s it for?

Banks, fintechs, crypto exchanges, and the broader financial services sector, from SMEs to global organizations.

R34DY

ABLEMENTS by R34DY solves the integration challenge for banks. ABLEMENTS is an AI-driven platform bringing IT ecosystems and organizations together and to market – fast.

Features

  • Orchestrate – uses AI to integrate IT systems and third-party providers in no time
  • Create – provides a low code platform for businesses to create flows with AI
  • Operate – safely deploys and monitors

Who’s it for?

Banks and financial institutions, whether they are legacy, modernizing, or greenfield.

Regsearch AI

Regsearch AI empowers businesses with customizable regulatory AI agents to simplify and automate regulatory compliance, assess gaps, and ensure alignment with internal policies and standards.

Features

  • Automates regulatory compliance assessments without disrupting current operations
  • Provides oversight and monitoring of AI agents used outside and within Regsearch AI

Who’s it for?

Small-to-medium-sized businesses, including financial services, insurance companies, banks, credit unions, and payment providers.