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trii Brings U.S. Stock Access to Chilean Retail Investors via Alpaca Partnership

Latin America’s fast‑growing fintech trii announced today that Chilean users can now buy and sell U.S. equities, ETFs, options, fixed‑income products and crypto through its mobile‑first platform. The service is underpinned by Alpaca, a U.S.‑based brokerage‑as‑a‑service provider that supplies the necessary market‑access APIs and compliance infrastructure. The rollout marks trii’s first foray into the Chilean…

trii launches US stock trading in Chile via Alpaca partnership

Citcon Teams Up with Visa Direct to Push Payments Across U.S. and International Corridors

Citcon, the cross‑border merchant payments platform that supports more than 100 payment methods, announced a new partnership with Visa Direct aimed at broadening the reach of its payout capabilities. The collaboration will let Citcon’s merchant base tap into Visa’s real‑time push‑payment infrastructure, extending coverage to both domestic U.S. lanes and a selection of overseas markets…

Citcon adds Visa Direct push‑payment network

Saphyre Elevates Global Sales Leadership with Michael Linchitz Appointment Amid Rising Demand for Automated Trade‑Readiness

Saphyre, Inc., the AI‑driven platform that streamlines pre‑trade through post‑trade processes for the world’s largest banks and asset managers, announced the promotion of Michael Linchitz to Global Head of Sales. The move signals the company’s intent to capitalize on accelerating market pressure for faster onboarding, tighter data governance, and end‑to‑end automation across the capital‑markets ecosystem. A…

Saphyre appoints Michael Linchitz to drive global sales

Bloomberg Expands BFIX Benchmark with Euronext FX Transaction Data, Raising Liquidity Transparency

Bloomberg Index Services Limited, the unit behind Bloomberg’s suite of financial benchmarks, announced a strategic data‑sharing agreement with Euronext FX. The deal will see the spot foreign‑exchange and precious‑metals transactions recorded by Euronext FX—collectively known as “Euronext FX Prints”—added to Bloomberg’s FX Fixings (BFIX) methodology. The integration is slated for later this year, pending the outcome of a…

Bloomberg Adds Euronext FX Data to BFIX Benchmark

OneStream Unveils AI‑Focused “Splash” Conference and European World Tour to Accelerate Finance Digitalization

OneStream, the Nasdaq‑listed enterprise finance platform (ticker OS), disclosed on March 10, 2026 that its flagship user gathering, Splash 2026, will convene at Walt Disney World’s Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, from May 18‑20. The three‑day event, slated to attract more than 2,400 finance professionals, will be complemented by a series of one‑day “World Tour” sessions in four…

OneStream Announces AI‑Focused Splash Conference

RavenPack and Economist Intelligence Unit Team Up to Feed AI‑Driven Finance with Trusted Macro Data

As banks, asset managers, and fintech platforms accelerate the deployment of production‑grade AI applications, the bottleneck is shifting from model training to data reliability. In a move that could reshape the data‑infrastructure layer for financial AI, RavenPack announced a redistribution partnership with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research arm of The Economist Group. The…

RavenPack, EIU Join Forces to Power AI‑Driven Finance Data

MUFG Leads $3 B Atlas Renewable Energy Refinancing, Marking a Landmark Green‑Finance Deal in Latin America

The refinancing consolidates a mosaic of existing financings into a single, coordinated structure. MUFG acted as Initial Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner, Green Loan Coordinator and Hedge Provider, positioning the bank at the center of a multi‑tranche facility that includes both senior term loans and revolving credit lines. By bundling operating‑company and holding‑company debt, the…

MUFG Leads $3 B Atlas Renewable Refinancing

Thrivent Announces Aggressive 2026 Advisor Recruitment Drive, Doubling Virtual Advice Team Amid Industry Talent Crunch

Thrivent, the Fortune 500 firm known for weaving generosity into its financial‑services portfolio, disclosed a plan to bring 600 new financial advisors on board next year. The move follows a similarly sized recruitment effort in 2025, during which the company also met—and surpassed—its target of 600 hires. Thrivent’s leadership frames the initiative as a response to…

Thrivent Plans 600 Advisor Hires in 2026

WorldQuant Foundry Secures Top Quantum Physicist as Senior Advisor, Signaling New Push into Quantum‑Driven Financial Ventures

WorldQuant Foundry, the venture studio that builds companies around exponential technologies, announced today that Dr. Dmitry Green will join its advisory board as Senior Quantum Computing Advisor. Green, a physicist whose work underpins topological quantum computing, also brings two decades of experience at leading hedge funds. The appointment arrives as the firm accelerates a pipeline of startups…

WorldQuant Foundry hires Dmitry Green as senior advisor