Paystand, the blockchain-fueled B2B payments disruptor, just landed a coveted spot on CNBC and Statista’s list of the world’s top 300 fintechs—placing among the top 75 in the competitive payments category. That puts it in the same league as heavyweights like Stripe and Klarna, and marks a sharp rise for a company once tagged as a “Startup to Watch” in 2018.
ACI Worldwide, a pioneer in real-time and digital payments, just doubled down on its credentials—earning spots on both CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025 and TIME’s America’s Best Mid-Size Companies 2025.
In a move poised to reshape cashflow underwriting, EDGE, the pioneer in cashflow analytics for lenders, has joined forces with MX Technologies, a leading provider of account aggregation and verification tools. The partnership is designed to give credit unions, fintechs, and consumer lenders deeper, more accurate insights into borrower finances—with fewer user drop-offs and higher-quality data.
Global payments heavyweight Corpay, a mainstay of the S&P 500 and trusted by over 800,000 businesses worldwide, has launched Corpay Complete in the UK—a bold move aimed at tackling the chronic inefficiencies and fragmentation plaguing UK finance teams.
Colombian businesses are about to get a major upgrade in how they move money. Cobre, the leading B2B payments platform in Latin America, announced it will roll out the country’s first-ever instant interbank payment system exclusively for businesses—starting this September.
Payfinia, a fintech firm known for its open payments framework, is teaming up with Early Warning Services (EWS) to bring Paze, a tokenized online checkout solution, to more financial institutions. The move kicks off with Star One Credit Union—one of the nation’s largest credit unions—as the first to onboard Paze through Payfinia’s infrastructure.
Wells Fargo Technology Banking is beefing up its Chicago office with two strategic hires, signaling its most significant talent investment in 25 years and doubling down on support for innovation-driven companies across the Midwest and beyond. It’s a calculated move to align with surging demand for tech-forward financial services—and to plant a firm flag in one of the U.S.’s most vibrant (and sometimes overlooked) tech ecosystems.
Paysafe is doubling down on Latin America with the launch of its first digital wallet in the region, evolving its popular Peruvian eCash brand, PagoEfectivo, into a full-fledged wallet app. The move positions the NYSE-listed payments platform (PSFE) to ride Peru’s fast-growing digital payment wave, where trust in traditional cash alternatives is high—and appetite for mobile-first solutions is rising.
In a bid to tap into the booming Islamic finance sector, U.S.-based Alpaca, a self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage API provider, has joined forces with ZAD, a Kuwait-headquartered investment platform specializing in Shariah-compliant U.S. stocks and ETFs. The partnership is set to accelerate access to compliant investment products in the Gulf region—and potentially far beyond.
In a move that reflects the growing demand for smarter, self-directed finance tools, Southern California’s Icon Business Bank has partnered with ZimpleMoney, a cloud-based loan servicing platform, to help customers streamline private party financing.
