Sabre Direct Pay and Chargebacks911 have launched a service designed to support travel companies scale and simplify chargebacks.

Bizcap, with its US affiliate NewCo Capital Group, has announced that it has acquired 8fig, with the move supporting its global expansion and position in technology-led business funding.

TrueLayer, a European Pay by Bank network, has signed an agreement to acquire Zimpler, a Pay by Bank network in the Nordics.

Allica Bank has announced that it has acquired Kriya, a SME lending fintech specialising in SME working capital and Embedded Finance.

Coinbase has acquired Echo, an onchain platform supporting communities to invest together and offering founders more options for their capitalisation table.

Japan’s FSA has allegedly planned to review regulations that may allow banks to acquire and hold crypto such as Bitcoin for investment purposes.

South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) has authorised Binance to acquire a majority stake in the domestic cryptocurrency exchange GOPAX.

Kraken has acquired futures exchange Small Exchange from IG Group for USD 100 million, aiming to launch a fully US-based derivatives suite.

HSBC has partnered with Juspay to launch an acquiring platform tailored to the needs of digital-first, global merchants.

Global identity technology business GBG has announced that it has acquired DataTools, a provider of address validation and data quality solutions operating in Australia and New Zealand.