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VelaFi Raises $20M Series B to Expand Global Stablecoin Infrastructure

January 13, 20264 min

VelaFi, a stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure platform under Galactic Holdings, today announced the completion of its $20 million Series B financing, led by XVC and Ikuyo, with participation from Alibaba Investment, Planetree, existing shareholder BAI Capital, and other global investors. This round brings VelaFi’s total funding to over $40 million. Founded in 2020, VelaFi has deep roots in Latin America and a proven track record in real-world payment infrastructure, serving enterprises across complex and underserved markets. The...

by BusinessWire

Blockchain

Prometheum Grows Advisory Committee to Shape Digital Markets

January 13, 20265 min

Prometheum Inc., a market infrastructure provider for blockchain-based securities, today announced the appointment of four new advisors to its advisory committee: Nobel Laureate Dr. Michael Spence, Dr. Jimmie Lenz, Donald H. Wilson, and Jeff Mehan. They join previously announced senior strategic advisor Dr. Arthur Laffer in advancing Prometheum’s mission to modernize U.S. capital markets by integrating blockchain-based securities with federally regulated market infrastructure. The expanded advisory committee brings decades of leadership across global macroeconomics, electronic...

by PRNewswire

Security

Sumsub Joins World Economic Forum Unicorn Community

January 13, 20266 min

Sumsub, a global leader in identity verification and fraud prevention, today announced it has joined the World Economic Forum’s Unicorn Community, an exclusive, invite-only program for private high-growth companies valued at over $1 billion and shaping the future of the digital economy. Sumsub Co-founder and CEO Andrew Sever will attend the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, contributing expertise on digital trust, AI-driven fraud, and inclusive access to digital services. Sumsub’s inclusion comes as identity fraud reaches new levels of sophistication. According...

by Jack Henry & Associates, Inc

Banking

Jack Henry Rapid Transfers Delivers Competitive Edge to Banks and Credit Unions

January 13, 20266 min

Unique cloud-native solution enables immediate, secure money movement

by BusinessWire

Payments

Volante Technologies unveils Low-code Studio

January 12, 20265 min

Volante Technologies, the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced the launch of Volante Low-code Studio, an automated, low-code/no-code environment that redefines how banks design, deploy, and maintain payment workflows. Fully integrated with Volante’s cloud-native Payments Platform, the breakthrough solution equips financial institutions with pre-built capabilities and extensible patterns to take full control of their modernization journey and achieve unprecedented innovation and cost efficiency gains. New solution empowers financial institutions to modernize...

by BusinessWire

Investments

Apex, Allfunds Partner to Expand Offshore Investing Access

January 12, 20264 min

Full technical integration of Allfunds’ wealthtech platform within AscendOS offers U.S. and international firms an automated, efficient gateway to a comprehensive universe of offshore mutual funds, ETFs, and alts Apex Fintech Solutions, Inc., an innovation launchpad for the global investing ecosystem, today announced a strategic agreement with Allfunds, a leading wealthtech platform with over €1.7 trillion in assets under administration. The agreement delivers an extensive technical integration of the Allfunds platform within the Apex AscendOS™...

by BusinessWire

Risk Management

martini.ai Unifies Document Upload, Credit Research in AI-Powered Assistant

January 12, 20266 min

martini.ai, a leader in AI-driven credit risk analysis, today announced a major update to its corporate credit research assistant, now allowing users to upload financial statements and receive instant, AI-generated credit insights directly within the chat. The new integration combines martini.ai’s Financials Agent with its AI-powered Research Assistant, creating the most comprehensive real-time platform for analyzing credit risk and financial health. “We’ve combined two of our most powerful tools, financial analysis and conversational research, into...

by BusinessWire

Platforms

Pluto Launches AI-Powered Lending Platform for Private Markets

January 12, 20265 min

The company also announced $8.6 million in seed funding from Motive Ventures, Portage, Apollo, and Hamilton Lane to build AI-powered credit infrastructure that enables financial advisors and their high-net-worth clients to borrow against private equity, venture, and alternative assets without selling. Pluto Financial Technologies, Inc. has launched the first AI-powered lending platform purpose built for private markets, backed by Motive Ventures, Portage, Apollo Global Management, Hamilton Lane, Tectonic Ventures, and Broadhaven Ventures. Pluto has raised...

by GlobeNewswire

Crypto Currencies

BingX introduces BingX TradFi, expanding access to global financial markets

January 12, 20264 min

BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 AI company, is excited to introduce BingX TradFi, an innovative feature that enables users to trade futures on a diverse range of global assets, including commodities, forex, stocks, and indices. With a remarkable variety in the choice of assets, outstanding trading experience, and top-notch security, BingX TradFi demonstrates its strong capability in providing a comprehensive solution to TradFi for crypto enthusiasts. With this launch, BingX takes a significant step...

by PRNewswire

Payments

PhotonPay Lands Tens of Millions in Series B for Stablecoin Finance

January 12, 20269 min

PhotonPay, a leading stablecoin-centric global digital financial infrastructure, today announced the successful completion of its tens of millions of USD Series B funding round.

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