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Cloud-based core banking provider Nymbus has raised $12 million in a financing round led by major shareholders Insight Partners and Vensure Enterprises.

ACI Worldwide has bought technology assets from RevChip and TranSend to boost its UP Merchant Payments offering with new cloud-based, omni-channel in-store capabilities.

Investors in N26 are working to remove the German digital bank’s founders as co-chief executives after regulator BaFin once again identified risk management failings at the fintech, according to the Financial Times.

Stablecore has raised $20 million for a platform that helps community and regional banks and credit unions offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits and digital asset products.

Ripple has signed a deal to deliver crypto-enabled cross-border payments to African money movement firm Chipper Cash.

British credit card rewards startup Yonder has launched its first premium debit cards.

Incoming US president Donald Trump briefly saw the capitalisation of his newly-minted meme coin $Trump more than halve upon the release of a similar crypto token by his wife Melania.

Two former Merrill Lynch directors have launched a fintech startup that aims to revolutionise the way high net worth clients manage their cash deposits.

Fintilect, a transatlantic alliance of three fintech firms owned by Parabellum Investments, has launched to provide banks with a full suite of AI-driven customer engagement tools.

DWS Group, an asset manager majority owned by Deutsche Bank, has acquired a 15% stake in Neo Technologies, a Dubai-based digital investment platform. The value of the deal was not disclosed.

Investment manager Abrdn has pulled out of a deal to acquire the digital wealth management arm of fintech Nucoro and has instead agreed to an undisclosed investment in the wealthtech.