Morgan Stanley has entered the Dutch savings market, offering term deposits via Raisin with interest rates up to 2.95% p.a. on fixed terms.

SumUp has received an SCFI licence from Brazil's central bank, expanding its ability to offer credit and financing to small businesses.

SEON has partnered with Exist Software Labs to bring fraud prevention and AML compliance technology in Philippines.

Handwave has expanded its agreement with Visa to integrate tokenisation, authentication and fraud tools into its biometric payment platform.

ACI Worldwide has agreed to acquire UK-based Cranium Ventures, adding card switching technology to its ACI Connetic for Cards platform.

Issuer processor Paymentology has partnered with African diaspora credit platform Maxim to support its new UK credit card launch.

Broadridge broadens its Distributed Ledger Repo, adding G7 securities, thus extending cross-border tokenized settlement.

Revolut has rolled out AIR, an in-app AI assistant, in Ireland and across Europe for budgeting, investing, and travel planning.

MassPay adds cryptocurrency and stablecoin collection to its global payout platform, enabling faster settlement and reconciliation.

Reportedly, India is preparing the Unified Agent Protocol, a framework letting AI agents make payments via UPI.

Netherlands-based Buckaroo has launched Buckaroo Accounting, built with Bizcuit, to automate transaction bookkeeping for merchants.

Ripple and SettleMint have integrated custody and lifecycle platforms to serve regulated financial institutions across Asia Pacific.