Trulioo, an industry-leading identity platform with proven global coverage for person and business verification, today announced it won the Platinum Award for KYC Innovation and the Gold Award for Identity Verification Innovation in the Juniper Research Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments 2025.

Aspire is designed to deliver measurable impact by streamlining the distribution of various types of student financial aid, ensuring that beneficiaries receive their funds promptly and securely while materially reducing the time and administrative costs involved for funders.

Yapily – Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure provider – today announces its strategic collaboration with Google to support the rollout of Google's bank account verification service as an option for business customers in Europe.

Auquan, the leader in automating complex financial workflows with autonomous AI agents, today announced it has been named a Cool Vendor in the Gartner® report Cool Vendors™ for Agentic AI in Banking and Investment Services (05 Sept 2025, Jasleen Kaur Sindhu, Sudarshana Bhattacharya, Jeff Casey). Vendors selected for the Cool Vendors report are innovative, impactful and intriguing. The report notes, "by 2027, 40% of financial services institutions will have deployed at least one AI agent to automate workflows or augment decision making, up from fewer than 15% in early 2025."

Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), the Kingdom’s leading fintech incubator and ecosystem builder which partners with government bodies and others to further accelerate the development and adoption of blockchain and digital assets technology in Bahrain.

HSBC launches Innovation Banking in India and expects to allocate a total of $1bn in non-dilutive debt capital for Indian startups

The African Development Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC) (www.AfDB.org) and the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for cooperation between the two organizations for information sharing and capacity building.

Prove, the global leader in digital trust, today announced the launch of the Prove Identity Graph, a foundational layer of Prove’s platform that enables enterprises to verify and recognize customers instantly, securely, and globally.

Sumsub, a global verification and anti-fraud leader, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Identity Verification in Financial Services 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US52985325, September 2025). The report evaluates identity verification providers based on both current capabilities and long-term strategies, assessing how well vendors meet the needs of financial services organizations now and in the years ahead.

Qonto, Europe's leading business finance management solution for SMEs and freelancers, today publishes its comprehensive analysis of digital transformation across European small and medium businesses. The report, created in collaboration with Appinio, surveyed 1,600 senior decision makers across France, Germany, Italy, and Spain in August 2025.

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) and Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Fifth Third will acquire Comerica in an all-stock transaction valued at $10.9 billion.

Launching a digital bank has traditionally been a slow and expensive process, often taking years and millions in development and licensing. Nordic fintech Narvi believes it should be faster. The company has launched a no-code platform that allows partners to roll out fully branded digital banking experiences in just weeks, powered by Narvi’s licensed infrastructure, prebuilt interfaces, and proprietary core banking technology.

Pension-finding platform, Raindrop has recovered over £800 million in lost pension pot savings for UK savers since launch.

Moneyhub, a financial data, categorisation and personalisation platform, today announced its strategic repositioning to concentrate exclusively on delivering enterprise-grade solutions for financial institutions (FIs). The move, unveiled alongside a vibrant new brand identity under the banner “Build for Real Life”, signals Moneyhub’s commitment to helping FIs truly understand and serve their customers.

BGC Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGC), a leading global brokerage and financial technology company, today announced the acquisition of Macro Hive Limited (“Macro Hive”), a leading provider of global macro market analytics and strategy.