Bloomberg today announced the completion of its acquisition of Canoe Intelligence (“Canoe”), a leading AI-powered data management and intelligence platform for automating private markets data collection and delivery.

BMO today announced its participation in Project Agorá, the global public-private collaboration convened by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) to explore how tokenization and programmability could enhance wholesale cross-border payments.

The UK's competition watchdog says it will undertake an in-depth investigation into cash management giant Brink's' planned $6.6 billion deal to buy ATM operator NCR Atleos - unless the parties take action to address concerns.

StraitsX today announced plans to bring XSGD and XUSD to the Monad network in early 2027. XSGD is planned to become the first SGD-denominated stablecoin natively issued on Monad, expanding the currencies available to developers, businesses and institutions across the network.

Marex (NASDAQ:MRX), announced the launch of an OTC rolling spot crypto product for institutional clients, marking the latest step in the firm’s continued expansion of its digital assets offering.

Iliad Solutions, a leading provider of payment testing and certification technology, has appointed Micah Kerr as Lead Technical Sales Consultant as it continues to expand its presence in the US. Micah joins from Capital One's Discover Global Payment Network.

Tokenovate, the UK financial technology company providing post-trade workflows-as-a-service and programmable settlement solutions, has appointed William L’Heveder as Chief Revenue Officer.

Some of Europe's biggest payments groups - Bancomat, Bizum, Wero, Sibs-MB WAY and Vipps MobilePay - have banded together to create a cross-continent network that can take on Visa and Mastercard.

At Sibos Miami 2026, Finextra spoke to banking leaders across the industry on what the greatest challenges and opportunities in the global cross-border payments landscape.

Citi has gone live with multiple markets on the Swift payments scheme, enabling bank clients to access multiple cross-border instant payment markets through a single account structure.

Capital markets technology provider Capitolis has added securities lending capabilities to its platform through a $200 million all-cash deal to buy eSecLending.

Zilch is in talks with banks as it prepares to go public, with the UK-based buy now, pay later provider reportedly leaning towards a London listing.