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Spreedly taps into Brazil's $378 billion ecommerce market via Pix

Spreedly, a global leader in open payments, today announced support for Brazil's Pix Automático and NuPay through EBANX, a global technology company specialising in payment services for emerging markets.

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Wamid launches financial newswire in Saudi Arabia

WAMID, the technology and innovation arm of Saudi Tadawul Group (“STG”), has announced the launch of WAMID Newswire to bring real-time financial news from around the world to Saudi Arabian and global markets.

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Hexaware launches insurtech products via Google Cloud

Hexaware Technologies (NSE: HEXT), a global provider of IT solutions and services, today announced the launch of two new insurance solutions developed exclusively for Google Cloud.

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Stoneweg appoints country head in France

Stoneweg, the alternative investment platform, has appointed Olivier Jollin as President of France, effective immediately.

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Germany works on transition to quantum-secure ID cards

Since its introduction in 2010, Germany’s national ID card – with its integrated online identification feature – has been recognized as one of the world’s most secure government-issued documents.

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ClearToken wins FCA approval

ClearToken, the digital financial market infrastructure firm, today announced it has received UK Financial Conduct Authority approval to launch its Delivery versus Payment (DvP) net settlement system, a crucial first step in ClearToken’s roadmap to deliver a horizontal market infrastructure for global digital assets clearing and settlement.

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Carmine Salute joins Pirum as head of commercial development, Americas

Pirum, the trusted technology partner for securities finance automation and collateral management, announced today that Carmine Salute has joined the firm’s New York office as Head of Commercial Development, Americas.

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Venmo introduces new rewards programme

Venmo, the money movement app redefining social payments for the next generation, today announced the launch of Venmo Stash1, an innovative rewards program designed to give customers more value that grows with every interaction.

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Alacriti combines account validation and verification on a single platform

Alacriti, a leading provider of cloud-based payment technology, announced the launch of its Orbipay Bank Account Validation & Verification Service (BVV), offering businesses and financial institutions a modern, unified approach to securing bank account-based payments.

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Visa and Karat to collaborate on agentic pilot for the creator economy

At Web Summit 2025 today, Visa Inc. (V) strengthened its long-standing commitment to supporting digital creators as a powerful force in the global economy.

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