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Splash Financial raises $70m

Splash Financial ("Splash"), a leading AI-enabled lending marketplace, today announced it has secured more than $70 million in a Series C funding round and launched a new home equity line of credit (HELOC) product.

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MoneyGram launches stablecoin-based app

MoneyGram, a leading global payments network for consumers, businesses and communities, today announced its next-generation mobile app, introducing a digital, USD-backed stored value account designed to work seamlessly with both traditional fiat currencies and stablecoins.

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Auquan launches AI credit agent

Auquan, the market leader in AI agents for mission-critical financial services work, today announced its Credit Agent, the first and only AI agent that autonomously completes entire credit analysis and monitoring workflows to provide comprehensive evaluation of lending opportunities and borrower performance.

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Bluefin and VGS partner on omnichannel payment management

Bluefin, the global leader in payment and data security infrastructure and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE), today announced a strategic partnership with VGS, the world’s leader in payment tokenization.

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Themis ships AI financial crime investigator

AI and Anti-Financial Crime pioneer Themis, a certified B-Corp, today announced the launch of AI Investigator — an intelligent LLM-driven due diligence platform designed to transform how organisations of all sizes detect and prevent financial crime.

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Personetics gives banks tool to drive customer engagement

Personetics, the global leader in AI-powered Cognitive Banking, today announced the launch of PrimacyEdge, a groundbreaking product designed to help banks achieve primacy by understanding their customers’ relationships with other financial institutions, and providing a personalized, programmatic approach to strengthening loyalty and increasing share of wallet.

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Rimes appoints Vijay Mayadas as president and CCEO

Rimes, a leading provider of enterprise data management and investment platform solutions to the global investment community, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vijay Mayadas as President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Fis goes beyond the core with Bank Modernization Framework

FIS® (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial technology, today announced a major leap forward in empowering banks to modernize faster and more effectively than ever before.

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BBVA expands instant payments to inbound cross-border transfers from outside the eurozone

BBVA has launched a new service that enables financial institutions outside Europe to send payments to Spain in just seconds, at any time of day and on any day of the year.

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Aveni upgrades FinLLM

Aveni, the leading UK AI Fintech, has today announced the next iteration of FinLLM – the UK’s first domain specific Large Language Model for the Financial Services sector.

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DeFi Technologies invests in Conttinental Stablecoin

DeFi Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “DeFi Technologies”) (Nasdaq: DEFT) (CBOE CA: DEFI) (GR: R9B), a financial technology company closing the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance, is pleased to announce a strategic investment in Continental Stablecoin Inc. (“CSI”), driving development and advocacy for local-currency stablecoins in Africa, notably including the developers of Nigeria’s premier regulated stablecoin infrastructure.

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FCA shares proposals to promote good business practices amongst crypto firms

The FCA is seeking feedback on proposals on the minimum standards crypto firms will need to comply with.

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