MetaComp announced the completion of its Pre-A+ funding round, bringing the cumulative total to US$35 million across two rounds in three months

IuteBank has completed the transition period following the bridge bank process and will begin operating as a regular bank in Ukraine

ThinCats, the leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs in the UK, today announced the appointment of Dan Houman as Senior Director, Origination, focused on Owner Managed Businesses. Dan will be based in Yorkshire, further reinforcing ThinCats’ long-term commitment to backing regional businesses and supporting local economic growth.

Steadily today announced the launch of its ChatGPT app, enabling property owners to receive instant insurance premium estimates

Visa and Fiserv announced an expansion of their long-standing partnership to deliver the Visa Acceptance Platform within Fiserv’s merchant acquiring and processing solutions across Europe

Willis today announced the continued expansion of its GB Affinity technology ecosystem through a strategic partnership with Qover

Akurateco has announced a new partnership with Smilepayz, further expanding its global payment ecosystem across Asia and Latin America

xpate, an all-in-one payment and banking platform for digital businesses, announced that Bilder, a London-based fintech platform offering multi-currency banking and payment services, has integrated xpate’s technology to support faster and more flexible account funding. The partnership reflects a shared commitment to enabling fintech platforms to deliver faster, more seamless cross-border account funding for their globally active customers.

Gold-i, a global leader in FX and crypto trading technology, has integrated Hyperliquid into its MatrixNET liquidity management and distribution platform. This is the first decentralised (DeFi) exchange integration within MatrixNET, marking a significant milestone for Gold-i.

Navro, the pioneering fintech that simplifies international payments for businesses, has signed an exclusive partnership with MM, a market leader in providing domestic and international proof-of-life and existence verification for pension schemes and administrators.

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, announced a collaboration with iyzico, a leading Turkish fintech company, to support iyzico’s European expansion and the launch of its first cloud-based production platform in the region. Built on Tencent Cloud’s IaaS infrastructure, the deployment reflects its growing role in supporting regulated financial institutions across Europe’s fintech ecosystem.

With a vision to develop India-built data and AI platforms for global deployment, GTT Data Solutions Ltd (“GTT”), a BSE-listed global data engineering and AI platform company, has integrated Insurants AI Limited, a specialist in insurance data intelligence, analytics, and harmonisation that focuses on enabling intelligent data management, automation, and decision intelligence for enterprises across insurance, banking, and other highly regulated sectors. This move strengthens GTT’s insurance technology capabilities across the U.S., UK, Europe, India, and APAC, positioning the company as a provider of next-generation insurance data and intelligence solutions.

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Napier AI, a global leader in AI-powered financial crime compliance solutions, announces its latest AI innovations are available in product Insights AI, a new capability within their Transaction Monitoring solution designed to close critical gaps in anti-money laundering (AML) investigations. This follows extensive testing in the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Supercharged Sandbox.

Apex Group Ltd. (“Apex Group”), a global financial services provider with over $3.5 trillion in assets serviced, has published AI-powered private credit, a new research report examining how artificial intelligence is being adopted across private credit operations globally, and where the industry’s most significant opportunities and challenges lie.