January 9, 2026 | Financial Technology Insights

January 9, 2026
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StoneX Partners With Enhanced Digital, Leads Series A

StoneX Group and Enhanced Digital Group announced that StoneX Digital, a division of StoneX, and EDG have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the scope and sophistication of their...

Bitget TradFi Hits $2B Daily Volume on Gold Trading Surge

January 9, 2026
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Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments, Tokenization, Trading

Bitget TradFi Hits $2 Billion Daily Volume on Gold Trading Surge

Bitget , the world’s largest universal exchange, recorded over $2 billion in daily trading volume on Bitget TradFi, marking a major milestone since its public launch on January 5. Amid heightened volatility, this performance...

January 9, 2026
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Paychex and PayPal Add Pay Options to Flex Perks

Paychex Flex Perks expands to 25 employee benefit offerings with PayPal integration Paychex, an industry-leading human capital management company, announced a new partnership with PayPal within its Paychex Flex...

January 9, 2026
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State Street Backs Columbia Threadneedle UCITS ETF Launch

The first active exchange-traded funds issued by Columbia Threadneedle Investments in Europe State Street Corporation announced it has been appointed as the service provider for Columbia Threadneedle Investments’s newly...

January 9, 2026
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Sammons Institutional Group Expands Financial Institution Focus

Sammons Institutional Group, member company of Sammons Financial Group, announced an enhanced strategy to further strengthen its support of financial institutions, reinforcing the firm’s long-standing commitment to serving distribution partners across...

January 9, 2026
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Devon Bray Joins Hancock Whitney as Business Banking Lead

With 20-plus years of financial services experience, Devon Bray recently joined Hancock Whitney Corporation as the new Director of Business Banking and Small Business Administration (SBA). Financial Technology Insights: martini.ai...

January 9, 2026
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Federal Reserve Takes Steps to Support Penny Circulation

Federal Reserve Financial Services announced new actions to better support the circulation of pennies for commercial activity. Beginning on Jan. 14, the Federal Reserve will resume accepting pennies from...

January 9, 2026
Fintech Staff Writer
Business, Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Funding

Deluxe Partners With Visa to Launch dlxFastFunds

Deluxe is teaming up with Visa to help businesses get paid faster and manage cash flow with more confidence. Through this collaboration, Deluxe is rolling out dlxFastFundsSM, a new...

January 9, 2026
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AI in FinTech, Business, Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News

Fiserv and Microsoft Deepen AI Collaboration

Fiserv is working even more closely with Microsoft to make AI a natural part of how it works, builds new products, and supports customers around the world. At its...

January 9, 2026
Fintech Staff writer
AI (artificial intelligence), Financial Services, Fintech News, Investments

martini.ai Adds AI Financial Uploads for Instant Credit Insights

martini.ai has rolled out a powerful update to its corporate credit research assistant, making credit analysis faster, simpler, and far more interactive. With the new capability, users can upload...

January 9, 2026
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Fintech News, Funding, Investments, Payments

Apex and Allfunds Partner to Expand Global Investing

Apex Fintech Solutions is teaming up with Allfunds to make global investing easier for firms and investors around the world. Under the new agreement, Allfunds’ investment platform will be...

January 9, 2026
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Banking, Financial Services, Fintech News, Investments, Payments, Technology

Portage Point Names Adam Pollak Head of Advisory

Portage Point Partners is welcoming Adam Pollak as its new Head of Advisory, marking an important step as the firm continues to grow its middle-market platform. Pollak will also...