Registry — Vantage Bank Texas (US) added to the registry
Enforcement — Termination of Enforcement Action issued against Deutsche Bank AG, DB USA Corporation, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch · Federal Reserve · Aug 25, 2026
Partnership — Revolut Japan Partners with Minna no Ginko via BaaS Banking Agency Agreement · Aug 25, 2026
Product — Absa Develops Embedded Payment Tool for Township Small Businesses · Aug 22, 2026
M&A — I-Remit Approves P20 Million Capital Infusion Into Surepay Technologies · Aug 22, 2026
Funding — Startup Embedd Raises Pre-Seed Investment Round · Aug 25, 2026
Deal Feed
Partnerships, funding rounds, product launches, and M&A across the ecosystem.
Prosus plans to invest $100 million in Navi, the Indian fintech company, ahead of a planned IPO. The deal adds to Prosus's fintech portfolio in India. Navi operates across lending, insurance, and mutual funds.
ZBD raised $40 million in Series C financing from Blockstream Capital Partners, announced on Jan. 22, 2026. The funding supports ZBD's payments infrastructure for video games, built on the Lightning Network. ZBD processes more than 120 million transactions annually.
Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Ant International announced a partnership on Aug 20, 2026 to expand cross-border payments, real-time treasury management, and AI-driven financial services. BOCHK will also provide settlement banking services for Alipay+ across Southeast Asia.
Ant International launched an upgraded AI model for managing FX liquidity risks, with Citi, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, and Barclays adopting the tool. The partnership pairs a fintech's AI infrastructure with some of the world's largest banks. Reuters reported the announcement on Aug 20, 2026.
CIMB Bank onboarded Infineon Technologies' Melaka facility onto its CIMB@Work payroll banking solution, covering more than 10,000 employees. The deal gives workers access to preferential rates, cashback benefits and financing products. It ranks among CIMB@Work's largest payroll onboarding initiatives.
Datavault AI signed a definitive agreement to acquire BankWyse, a Wyoming-chartered Special Purpose Depository Institution. The deal, described as the "final piece" of Datavault's data monetisation ecosystem, remains subject to regulatory approval. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Commercial International Bank–Egypt (CIB) received preliminary approval from the Central Bank of Egypt on Aug 20, 2026, to establish yomo as a standalone digital bank. The licence follows Egypt's 2023 digital banks framework. yomo will now complete operational readiness before launch.
Swift completed the design phase of its blockchain-based shared ledger and began building the MVP. The ledger will enable interoperability between banks' tokenized deposits for 24/7 cross-border payments. The MVP, built on Hyperledger Besu, is planned to go live with real-world transactions this year.
Candescent partnered with Google Cloud to integrate Gemini Enterprise AI into its Intelligent Banking platform. The cloud-native platform serves more than 1,300 banks and credit unions. The press release was published on Aug 19, 2026.
DSP Finance acquired Salter Technologies Pvt. Ltd., the parent entity of Volt Money, combining their operations in the secured lending space. The deal pairs Volt Money's digital lending platform with DSP Finance's balance sheet and risk management framework. DSP Group announced the acquisition on Aug 19, 2026.
Natural raised a $30 million Series A led by Forerunner Ventures on Jul 20, 2026. The round brings total funding to over $40 million for the fintech building payments infrastructure for AI agents. Banking services are provided by Column N.A., Member FDIC.
Paisalo Digital signed an MoU with LoanKhata for a proposed co-lending facility of up to Rs 1,000 crore. The facility targets micro-enterprises and MSMEs. Under the proposed structure, Paisalo would fund 80% and LoanKhata 20% of each eligible loan.
Infcurion launched a Credit Guarantee Option on its Xard card issuance platform on Jul 27, 2026. The feature lets businesses issue branded credit cards without in-house credit underwriting. Infcurion sets the credit line and absorbs non-payment risk, targeting B2B card issuance for corporations and sole proprietors.
Apex Fintech Solutions and Rippling announced a collaboration to deliver an integrated treasury product for Rippling's business customers. The deal embeds treasury and cash management services into Rippling's workforce management platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Visa is scouting stablecoin settlement partners licensed in the US, UK, Canada, and Singapore. The search follows Mastercard's acquisition of BVNK, a stablecoin payments infrastructure firm. Both card networks are now competing to control crypto settlement rails.
Ingenico secured €150 million from a PIMCO-led investor group on Aug 17, 2026. The capital will fund product innovation and customer operations across its cloud platform and Android device lines. The deal resets Ingenico's capital structure.
Jeonbuk Bank partnered with Ripple on Aug 18, 2026, to deploy Ripple Payments for cross-border remittances. The deal makes Jeonbuk Bank the first regional bank in Korea to use the platform. Target customers include import-export companies, IT startups, and online content creators.
Francisco Partners entered a definitive agreement to acquire Weave Communications at an equity valuation of approximately $650 million. Weave stockholders will receive $7.40 per share in cash, a 34% premium to the Aug 17, 2026 closing price. Upon completion, Weave will delist from the NYSE and become a private company.
Aton partnered with NongHyup Mutual Finance to integrate its AI-based real-time anti-phishing solution, DefendUs, into the NH Kok Bank mobile app. The deal was announced on Oct 22, 2025. DefendUs detects malicious URLs across SMS and messaging platforms including KakaoTalk, Instagram, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
The European Union cleared Banco Santander and Centerbridge Partners to jointly acquire control of Ebury Partners. The approval was reported on Aug 18, 2026. Ebury is a fintech focused on FX and payments services for SMEs.
The People's Bank of China added eight commercial lenders to its digital yuan clearing system on Aug 17, 2026. The new banks include Ping An Bank, Hengfeng Bank, China Bohai Bank, and five city commercial banks. The additions bring the total number of accredited digital yuan operators to 30.
Flagstar Bank selected Fiserv's Finxact as the foundation of its core banking modernization strategy. The cloud-native, API-first platform will replace legacy systems and serve as the system of record under Flagstar's S2 Platform initiative. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Stripe acquired OpenRouter, an AI model-routing platform, for more than $7 billion. Bloomberg confirmed the deal on Aug 16, 2026. OpenRouter operates a unified API gateway serving over 400 AI models to 8 million developers.
Siebert Financial Corp. announced an additional investment in FusionIQ on Aug 17, 2026, alongside a long-term transformation agreement. FusionIQ is a cloud-native digital wealth and investment technology provider. The deal expands the existing partnership between the two firms.