FIS® announced that First Commerce Bank has selected FIS as its go-forward core banking platform - giving the institution a modern, AI-ready foundation

Wise has acquired Expatica, a leading online resource for people living and working abroad

Jolt Capital, the leading European growth deeptech capital firm, today announced the appointment of Tomohiko Tanaka as Value Creation Partner, based in Tokyo (Japan).

Sumsub, a global verification and fraud prevention leader, today announces the launch of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration and a new suite of AI agent skills. This makes it the first identity verification and compliance platform to give AI agents — including Claude, ChatGPT, and other leading models — access not just to day-to-day operations, but to the full configuration and setup layer of the platform.

Finom, a European financial platform for SMEs and entrepreneurs serving over 200,000 businesses, today launches Metal, its first premium business card. The Visa debit add-on offers 1.2% cashback on business spend (up to €5,000/month), no added Finom markups on up to €100,000/month of non-EUR card spend and subscription refund on leading AI tools. Metal is available from €29.99 per month and is included at no extra cost on the Grow plan.

Payful, a Chinese cross-border payment company with a subsidiary in Hong Kong, has launched a cloud-native Visa charge-card programme for corporate and merchant clients on BPC’s next-generation SmartVista platform. Now, Payful can offer corporate and merchant clients a more secure and efficient way to manage business spending through virtual Visa charge cards in the cloud. The programme gives merchants greater control and flexibility over payments, while users benefit from a smoother digital card experience with stronger protection and real-time visibility.

Sync Savings, the workplace savings platform helping employees build financial resilience, today announced a new integration with Staffology, the cloud-based payroll platform from IRIS Software Group (IRIS).This collaboration gives millions of UK employees a seamless, automated way to build financial resilience directly from their pay.

Twenty7tec has enhanced its integration with FinCalc, introducing new functionality within ADVICE that enables advisers to move directly from a client record into the corresponding client data held within FinCalc.

FinregE today announced it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, the international gold standard for ISMS

CoinMENA today announced a strategic relationship with Standard Chartered, strengthening fiat payment infrastructure for its growing customer base

CBI is extending a Request to Pay service to the corporate market through its community of participating PSPs

The Financial Conduct Authority imposed more than £124 million in fines during 2025,

Today, at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exhibition and Conference (HITEC®), Flywire Corporation (Flywire) (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, announced a new partnership with eTip, the #1 digital tipping and gratuity management platform in the hospitality industry. Through the partnership, Flywire's hospitality clients will gain access to eTip's full suite of cashless tipping, tip management, and employee payout solutions, extending Flywire's payment platform across the entire guest payment journey - from initial deposits and reservations through to staff gratuities.

Wellby Financial today announced it has been named the winner of the Best Use of AI – Customer Focus category at the 2026 Banking Tech Awards USA, held by FinTech Futures. The credit union was recognized for its successful AI-powered member personalization strategy developed in partnership with Vertice AI, a leading provider of AI growth solutions for financial institutions.

Zama, the fastest growing confidentiality protocol for onchain finance, today announced a landmark technical partnership with Morpho and Steakhouse Financial to launch Steakhouse Confidential USDC Prime vault, the first DeFi yield product for confidential USDC stablecoins (cUSDC) on Ethereum. Through this initiative, Zama delivers the underlying infrastructure to power the confidential Steakhouse USDC Prime vault, deployed natively on Morpho’s industry-leading decentralized lending protocol.