Finastra has connected Komgo's multi-bank digital trade platform to its Trade Innovation software, giving the first public sign of who is plugging into the open API layer it launched at Sibos 12 months ago. The partnership, announced on 14 September 2026 ahead of Sibos 2026, routes Komgo's Konsole platform into Finastra's trade finance system through Trade Innovation Nexus, the integration layer Finastra debuted at Sibos Frankfurt in September 2025. For banks running Finastra

Belgian fintech Chift has raised a €10.5m Series A to build a single connectivity layer across Europe's fragmented financial software market, betting that the same accounting integrations investors once dismissed as commodity plumbing will become the scarce infrastructure that AI agents in finance cannot function without. The round was led by pan-European financial services specialist BlackFin Capital Partners, with existing backers Entourage, Shapers, Seeder Fund and Walloni

One of only four crypto-asset firms authorised under MiCA in Malta is moving into merchant payments. ZBX, the trading name of Zillion Bits Ltd, has partnered with infrastructure provider BoomFi to let businesses across the European Economic Area accept, hold and disburse stablecoin payments through a single regulated route. The service is scheduled to go live in late September 2026. The deal extends ZBX beyond its existing trading and custody permissions into pay-in acceptanc

From FIS's embedded banking launch in the US to a 500-delegate summit in Cape Town, this week's beyond-banking news reveals a sector finally putting purpose and plumbing on the same balance sheet.