Yuno partners with Cyclops to become first AI-native orchestrator offering global stablecoin payments. Stay updated with real-time coverage of global trade developments, policy changes, and market movements affecting international commerce. 2 live stories 24/7 coverage Expert analysis * Mizuho Bank and the International Finance Corporation announced a US$1 billion risk-sharing facility to expand access to supply chain finance for suppliers and distributors in Asia-Pacific markets. * The partnership was formalised at Sibos 2026 in Miami, combining IFC's development finance expertise with Mizuho's international trade finance platform and global corporate client network. * Over the next three years, IFC will provide up to US$500 million in risk-sharing for supply chain finance instruments, including payables finance, receivables financing, and pre-shipment financing programmes. * The facility is designed to address working capital constraints faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in Asia-Pacific, enabling businesses to obtain financing linked to the credit strength of their buyers. * The facility was structured through IFC's Global Supply Chain Finance programme, which has supported over US$3.8 billion in supplier finance transactions since its launch in 2023. * Supply chain finance allows eligible suppliers to receive earlier payment on approved invoices, reducing the gap between delivering goods or services and receiving payment whilst supporting inventory purchases and business continuity. Filters. Cross-Border Payments Foreign Exchange East Asia & Pacific North America South Asia The Indonesian rupiah closed at IDR 17,978 per US dollar on 28th September 2026, trading near the psychological Rp. 18,000 threshold, having depreciated approximately 7.1% year-to-date from Rp. 16,694 at end-2025. Devanshee Dave Cross-Border Payments Digital Assets Digital Payments Channels Payment Processors Stablecoins Europe and Central Asia North America * Yuno, an AI-native commerce intelligence system, partnered with Cyclops to bring stablecoin payments and settlement capabilities to its financial institutions and merchants. * The partnership enables Yuno's customers to leverage stablecoin capabilities across settlement, payins, payouts, and treasury use cases without building new integrations. * Customers can access stablecoin capabilities through the same single integration used for traditional payment methods on Yuno's platform. * The partnership addresses growing merchant demand for stablecoins as a complement to traditional payment methods, particularly for businesses operating across multiple currencies and markets. * The collaboration focuses on reducing complexity by providing cost-effective, flexible payment infrastructure with unified access to both traditional and stablecoin payment rails. Devanshee Dave Development Finance Export Agency Finance Risk Management East Asia & Pacific Europe and Central Asia North America Mizuho Bank and the International Finance Corporation announced a US$1 billion risk-sharing facility to expand access to supply chain finance for suppliers and distributors in Asia-Pacific markets. Devanshee Dave Corporate Treasury Cross-Border Payments Digital Payments Channels Europe and Central Asia North America Bank of America announced the launch of Payments Insights, a new CashPro capability providing corporate and commercial clients with intelligence on payment efficiency, cross-border flows and working-capital performance. Devanshee Dave 29 Sept, 2026 Correspondent Banking Cross-Border Payments Digital Payments Channels Europe and Central Asia North America Finastra announced the launch of Repair Recommendations at Sibos 2026 in Miami, an AI-powered capability within AI OperatorAssist designed to help banks resolve payment processing issues more efficiently. Devanshee Dave 29 Sept, 2026 Cross-Border Payments Digital Assets Digital Payments Channels East Asia & Pacific Europe and Central Asia North America KB Kookmin Bank signed a Strategic MOU with BNY on 28th March at SIBOS 2026 in Miami to explore cross-border financial services leveraging digital payments and digital assets. Devanshee Dave 29 Sept, 2026 Cross-Border Payments Digital Payments Channels Payment Processors Europe and Central Asia North America Oracle is integrating with Swift's blockchain ledger to enable financial institutions to participate in payment flows and use their own tokenised deposit infrastructures across institutions. Devanshee Dave 29 Sept, 2026 Cash Management Correspondent Banking Cross-Border Payments Europe and Central Asia North America HSBC announced the launch of HSBCnio, a digital solution designed to simplify banking for corporate and institutional clients by integrating services, data and intelligence into their existing platforms and workflows. Devanshee Dave 29 Sept, 2026 Published: 28 Sept, 2026 Cash Management Digital Payments Channels Europe and Central Asia Lloyds launches Get Paid invoicing tool to help business customers manage payments and reduce administrative burden at no additional cost. Enjel De Guzman Cross-Border Payments Instant Payments Payment Processors Europe and Central Asia North America Swift is connecting domestic instant payment systems including Bizum, PayID from Australian Payments Plus, and Pix to enable cross-border payments using familiar identifiers such as mobile phone numbers, emails and virtual payment addresses. Devanshee Dave 28 Sept, 2026 Cross-Border Payments Digital Payments Channels Instant Payments Europe and Central Asia North America BNY announced the launch of a Pay-to-Wallet capability enabling banks to send cross-border payments from bank accounts to participating retail digital wallets using existing SWIFT payment messages and correspondent banking infrastructure. Devanshee Dave 28 Sept, 2026 Published: 28 Sept, 2026 Digital Trade Risk Management Trade Finance East Asia & Pacific Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa HSBC launches Smart Checking, an AI-powered solution to standardise trade finance documentation processing and accelerate payment times for clients. Devanshee Dave Published: 28 Sept, 2026 Company News Trade Finance East Asia & Pacific Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa BAFT and Trade Treasury Payments enter global strategic partnership spanning joint publications, events and industry dialogue. Deepesh Patel Published: 28 Sept, 2026 Cash Management Supply Chain Finance Trade Finance East Asia & Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America & the Caribbean Finastra launches supply chain finance solution at Sibos 2026 to help banks scale working capital programs and accelerate time to market. Devanshee Dave Trade Finance Trade Policy East Asia & Pacific Europe and Central Asia North America Brussels has warned British Prime Minister Andy Burnham that Britain needs to raise tariffs on Chinese cars and align more closely with EU trade policy to avoid "made in Europe" barriers on key exports. Devanshee Dave 28 Sept, 2026 Development Finance Supply Chain Finance Trade Finance East Asia & Pacific North America South Asia Vietnam's Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan held working sessions with major corporations and financial institutions during his trip to the United States from 20th to 25th September. Devanshee Dave 28 Sept, 2026 Published: 27 Sept, 2026 10 updates Company News Trade Finance North America TTP reports live from Sibos 2026 in Miami, covering the BAFT Global Councils Forum and industry updates throughout the week. Deepesh Patel Supply Chain Finance Trade Finance East Asia & Pacific Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa The World Trade Report 2026, issued on 15th September, finds that a strengthened multilateral trading system could increase global GDP by roughly 3% or $3 trillion by 2050. Devanshee Dave 25 Sept, 2026 Cross-Border Payments Instant Payments Payment Processors East Asia & Pacific North America South Asia HSBC and Conferma have extended their virtual card partnership into supplier payments across Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, expanding beyond their initial focus on corporate travel payments. Devanshee Dave 24 Sept, 2026 Development Finance Trade Finance Europe and Central Asia The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) announced a €66.7 million investment in DTCP's €455 million Defence Fund I, joining investors including Porsche and Deutsche Telekom in the first close. Devanshee Dave 24 Sept, 2026

The South Florida Wire: GPU clouds, stablecoin rails, and a $65M angel merger (week of august 12, 2026). Issue #1 of the weekly South Florida tech and VC roundup. This one's a catch-up: the rounds, moves, and office openings that define where the region stands in mid-August 2026. Co-Founder & GP at Six Point Ventures · 3x founder (BrandYourself, Launch.it, SPOT) · 65+ investments · Based in Boca Raton, FL 65+Investments 3xFounder $200M+Funds Tracked Quick Answer The South Florida Wire is Value Add VC's weekly roundup of verified South Florida tech news. The debut issue covers the region's defining 2026 stories: Hydra Host's $100M Series A at a near-$800M valuation (Kindred Ventures, Nvidia, Founders Fund), Cyclops' $20M Series A for stablecoin settlement (Nava Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Circle), eMed's $200M raise at a $2B+ valuation with Linda Yaccarino as CEO, the $65M Miami Angels-New World Angels merger creating one statewide angel network, Thiel Capital opening a Wynwood office, and ServiceNow's 211K sq ft West Palm Beach lease. This is the first issue of The South Florida Wire - a weekly, sourced-only roundup of the tech and VC news that actually matters from Miami to West Palm Beach. Because it's issue #1, this one is a catch-up: the rounds and moves that define where South Florida stands in mid-August 2026. The theme is easy to spot - the region has graduated from relocation headlines to real capital formation. The biggest rounds of the year aren't lifestyle plays; they're AI infrastructure, payments rails, and healthtech, led by Kindred Ventures, Nvidia, Aon, and Coinbase Ventures. Every item below is verified against primary reporting. If Value Add VC can't source it, it doesn't run. This week's rounds. A debut-issue snapshot: the rounds that shaped South Florida's 2026 so far, newest first. * Cyclops - $20M Series A led by Nava Ventures, with Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Circle, and Global PayTech Ventures. The Miami startup, founded by The Giving Block's Alex Wilson and Pat Duffy, settles payments in stablecoins for clients including Shift4 and Mastercard - $28M raised total after a March seed (Fortune). * Interchecks - $50M Series C from Bettor Capital, Commerce Ventures, Decades Holdings, and Thayer Street Partners for its Miami-based instant-payouts platform (Refresh Miami). * Hydra Host - $100M Series A led by Kindred Ventures, with Nvidia, ARK Invest, Comcast Ventures, and Founders Fund, at a valuation approaching $800M. The Miami company brokers bare-metal GPU capacity from overlooked data centers for AI labs (Refresh Miami). * Lexful - $7M seed co-led by Top Down Ventures and York IE for the Hallandale Beach startup rebuilding IT documentation for the AI era (Refresh Miami). * eMed - $200M Series A at a $2B+ valuation led by Aon, with Tom Brady, Joe Lonsdale, and Antonio Gracias participating. The Miami GLP-1 employer platform is run by CEO Linda Yaccarino (PR Newswire). Moves & openings. * Miami Angels + New World Angels - merged into a single $65M statewide angel network, combining Miami Angels' 60+ portfolio companies since 2013 with New World Angels' 22-year Boca Raton track record. One front door for Florida angel capital (Refresh Miami). * Thiel Capital - opened a Miami office in Wynwood, complementing its Los Angeles operations, with the lease signed in December 2025. Founders Fund has been in Miami since February 2021; now the family office is here too (Business Wire). * ServiceNow - the ~$200B enterprise software company leased 211,845 sq ft at 10 CityPlace in West Palm Beach, the largest corporate tech commitment Palm Beach County has landed, with 1,000+ hires planned by 2028 (its deep dive). * OpenEvidence - the AI clinical search company that moved its HQ to Miami in 2025 hit a $12B valuation in January after a $250M Series D from Thrive Capital and DST Global - doubling its value in three months (MobiHealthNews). Worth knowing. The check sizes changed, and that's the whole story. Three years ago the South Florida narrative was VCs buying houses. In 2026 it's Kindred and Nvidia writing into a $100M Miami Series A, Aon leading $200M into eMed, and OpenEvidence carrying a $12B valuation from a Miami HQ. When tier-1 leads price nine-figure rounds here without blinking, the "is Miami real" debate is over - the market settled it. The angel merger matters more than any single round. Florida's early-stage problem was never capital - it was fragmentation. Miami Angels and New World Angels spent two decades running parallel processes 40 miles apart. One $65M network with a single application means seed founders stop doing the same pitch three times, and follow-on syndicates form statewide. That's plumbing, and plumbing is what turns a scene into an ecosystem. Every round above lives in its South Florida Funding Tracker - the running, source-verified record of every SoFl tech round Value Add VC can confirm. And if you're raising down here, start with the Miami VC firm directory to see who's actually writing checks. The Wire returns next Friday. Get VC data most people never see - 100% free Weekly benchmarks, valuations, and fund data. Join 5,000+ investors. No spam. Frequently asked questions. What is The South Florida Wire? What were the biggest South Florida funding rounds of mid-2026? What is the Miami Angels and New World Angels merger? Why is Thiel Capital's Miami office significant?