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Lloyds and Visa settle $750K in stablecoins in a live cross-border pilot, with funds arriving in under an hour
TXSE Group completes its third funding round, taking its capital to $430M
Galgo secures a MXN 1B (about $56M) credit line from BBVA Spark to finance motorcycles in Mexico
Apple Pay launches in India with Axis Bank as its first issuer
Stripe agrees to acquire Parafin to bring embedded small business credit to the 18,000 platforms on Stripe
Mona raises an oversubscribed $3.5M led by Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners to help small businesses find capital
FRANK raises €2.9M led by Armilar and Start Ventures to automate back-office work for insurance brokers
Skyro wins a moneylending licence in Malaysia, its second Southeast Asian market after the Philippines
Protego Ventures closes $125M Fund I for early-growth Israeli defence companies
Robinhood unveils AI trading agents, 10x crypto perps and weekend stock trading at HOOD Summit
Marble raises €6.5M Series A led by Smartfin to automate fraud and AML compliance
Freesbee Ventures launches a $15M second fund for applied AI startups
Elio Mortgage emerges from stealth with a $5.1M pre-seed led by Motive Partners and Social Leverage
Blockchain.com targets a $500M US IPO at up to $6B valuation, Bloomberg reports
Capitolis agrees to acquire eSecLending for $200M in cash to add securities lending
Blue Fire AI closes a $9M round as Mizuho's Asset Management One takes a minority stake
Valley National Bancorp agrees to acquire Bluevine for $340M to add $2.1B in digital small business deposits
Shine acquires Libeo to add supplier invoice payments to its SME platform
Checkout.com says annualised net revenue hits $750M, up 28%, and targets $150M profit for 2026
Citi and Coinbase expand their partnership so Citi's corporate clients can accept stablecoin payments
Outmarket raises $34.5M Series B led by SignalFire to automate commercial insurance brokerage
erad raises $22M Series A led by MEVP to finance SMEs across the GCC
IronWave, the Wendel Growth spin-out, launches a fund for mature European software start-ups
IronWave, the Wendel Growth spin-out, launches a fund for mature European software start-ups [verify: fund size and target, Les Echos article paywalled]