New research from FIS reveals that a widening AI trust gap and an imperative for UK banks to educate and build trust with their customers

Standard Chartered and Coinbase announced today an expanded partnership on digital assets for institutional clients

BanKo has selected ACI Worldwide to advance its payment infrastructure

Finastra announced British Caribbean Bank (BCB) has successfully gone live with Finastra Essence, a next-generation core banking platform

Klarna has signed a research partnership with Privy to explore, research and co-design potential wallet solutions to power a new generation of crypto products

Volante Technologies announced that it had been named to the 2025 IDC FinTech Rankings Top 100 for the fifth consecutive year

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botim money, botim’s financial services arm serving millions of users in the UAE and beyond and Binance, the world’s largest blockchain ecosystem and crypto asset exchange, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore bringing digital asset access to customers. The MoU aligns with botim’s expansion from a communications-led platform to offer a unified and inclusive fintech-first experience for UAE users, enabling them to pay, transfer, and invest within the same ecosystem. The signing took place today at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, marking a milestone in the growing integration of cryptocurrency into everyday finance in the region.

Vanar, the AI-native blockchain infrastructure company powering next-generation financial systems, has appointed Saiprasad Raut as its Head of Payments Infrastructure. This strategic hire strengthens the company’s position at the forefront of the next era of global payments, including stablecoin settlement, tokenized value, and agentic financial automation.

Pepper Advantage, a global credit management and technology company, today announced that PRISM, its proprietary, end-to-end credit management platform, has officially launched. Purpose built in-house, PRISM unifies portfolio loan data and analysis, workflow management, and servicing tools in one place, helping lenders, managers and investors optimise portfolio performance while delivering better outcomes for borrowers.

Incore Invest today announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CoreOrchestration AB, a Swedish software company behind the PaymentIQ payment orchestration platform, from Worldline. The nine figure transaction is expected to close in Q1 2026 and will result in CoreOrchestration operating as a standalone company under Incore Invest’s ownership.

MoneyHash, the leading payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, and WalaOne, Saudi Arabia’s multi-partner digital loyalty wallet, announced a strategic partnership to give merchants seamless access to loyalty and rewards solutions through a unified infrastructure.

Nationwide CEO Kirt Walker announced today that Michael Carrel will serve as the new Chief Technology Officer for the Fortune 100 company. Carrel follows Jim Fowler who is joining Lumen Technologies as Chief Technology and Product Officer beginning in January 2026.

Socure, the AI-first platform for global identity, compliance and risk decisioning, today announced it has acquired Qlarifi, the first real-time Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) consumer credit database.

Publicis Sapient, a global technology company that provides enterprise AI platforms and services, and Murex, a leader in trading, risk and processing solutions for capital markets, today announced the successful go-live of Murex’s MX.3 front-to-back-to-risk platform for the treasury business at leading U.K. specialist financial services provider Aldermore Bank.