The year may be winding down, but fintech is still winding up. This morning brings news of Airwallex’s $333 million round, valuing the company at $8 billion. Grab yourself a warm cup of cheer and settle in for this week’s top fintech news. We’ll continue to add more announcements as the week progresses.
Business financial management
Airwallex raises $330M Series G at $8B valuation.
Digits launches Ask Digits, a 24/7 AI assistant for real-time financial answers and actions.
Vroozi named to 2025/26 ProcureTech100 list of top digital procurement solutions.
Agentic AI
BNY collaborates with Google Cloud to advance its Eliza AI platform with Gemini Enterprise.
Mortgages
Cross River achieves milestone with $288 million commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction.
Fraud, compliance, and identity
Socure acquires BNPL consumer credit database Qlarifi.
ID-Pal and MBS join forces to streamline compliance for trust or corporate service providers.
SEON joins group of AWS partners with three earned competencies.
Credit Unions
Nuuvia’s CUSO secures $4 million investment from VyStar and Desert Financial Credit Unions.
Payments
TenPay Global broadens integration of international wallets to Weixin Pay.
FuturHealth selects Gr4vy to power smarter payment orchestration and boost authorization rates.
DLocal and Yuno expand partnership to simplify global expansion for modern enterprises in emerging markets.
DeFi
Coinbase and PNC partner to expand direct bitcoin access for clients.
Digital banking
10x Banking partners with audax to accelerate digital banking modernization across APAC and Europe, and Middle East.