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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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Episode Six and Fireblocks join forces to connect the worlds of fiat and digital assets

Episode Six and Fireblocks announced the co-development of a unified payments solution at Singapore Fintech Festival.

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Iosco publishes final report on financial asset tokenization

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published its Final Report (“Report”) on the Tokenization of Financial Assets.

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Cashflows teams with Boodil to streamline Shopify checkouts

Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments, has partnered with Boodil, a UK-based e-commerce payments technology provider, to enhance the payment experience for Shopify merchants across the UK.

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PNC commercial cards connect to expense management system from Extend

Extend, a leading artificial intelligence-powered spend and expense management platform, and PNC Bank, one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services organizations, today announced new modern payment capabilities for PNC’s commercial clients.

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Belize Bank to modernise operations with i2c

i2c Inc., a global financial technology innovator, today announced its partnership with Belize Bank Limited, the largest full service commercial banking operation in Belize, to power a sweeping modernization of the bank’s technology infrastructure.

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