Lithic Expands Partner Bank Network with Addition of Stearns Bank

Lithic, the card issuer processing platform powering next-generation financial experiences, today announced a partnership with Stearns Bank, a well-capitalized, Minnesota-headquartered financial services institution with over a century of experience and customers nationwide. This collaboration expands Lithic’s enterprise-grade card program capabilities, enabling fintechs to launch comprehensive consumer and commercial card programs with trusted infrastructure. Through this partnership, Stearns Bank will serve as BIN sponsor across major payment networks for Lithic’s program-managed services. Stearns Bank brings over 100...

SUNRATE Acquires Payments Team to Launch Global Acquiring Services

SUNRATE, the global payment and treasury management platform, today announced the acquisition of an experienced payments team with more than a decade of industry experience, along with its mature acquiring systems and established business. The acquisition marks SUNRATE’s official launch of global acquiring services as a new business line, further strengthening the Group’s end-to-end global payments capabilities. The acquired team serves a diverse portfolio of merchants across industries including cross-border eCommerce, online education, gaming, software and SaaS,...

Turtle Partners With Chainlink To Bring Institutional Liquidity Onchain

Turtle, a leading on-chain liquidity distribution protocol, has announced a strategic partnership with Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, to accelerate the institutional adoption of on-chain capital markets. Turtle selected Chainlink CCIP and Data Feeds due to Chainlink’s proven security, making it a requirement for safe, risk-minimized liquidity provisioning. Through this partnership, Turtle becomes a preferred liquidity partner for the Chainlink ecosystem and has integrated Chainlink’s data and interoperability standards to curate, verify, and distribute institutional-grade dealflow across blockchain networks. Building...

ERGO NEXT Insurance Launches New Agency Recognition Program

ERGO NEXT Insurance, the digital-first small business insurer, today announced the launch of a new Agency Recognition Program designed to reward and support insurance agency partners who build sustained, long-term relationships with the company. The program reflects ERGO NEXT’s continued evolution as a scaled, digital-first carrier focused on building durable partnerships with agents serving small businesses. The Agency Recognition Program builds on a series of recent milestones for the company, including an integration into ERGO, the...

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