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Compliance Leadership Becomes a Growth Priority as UK Payment Firms Respond to Record Enforcement Pressure

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

Geojit Financial Services Opts for MoEngage to Transform Customer Engagement

Geojit Financial Services, a leading investment services company, has onboarded MoEngage, a leading Customer Data and Engagement Platform (CDEP), to supercharge customer engagement. This collaboration marks a significant step for Geojit in modernizing its Martech infrastructure. The brand wanted to move to an agile and AI-powered platform designed for superior customer experiences.

ICBA Names Wayne Miller Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced the promotion of Wayne Miller to executive vice president, chief innovation officer. In this expanded role, Miller will help drive ICBA’s innovation strategy, helping to source, refine and scale offerings that deliver real-world solutions to the nation’s community banks.

Diebold Nixdorf Names Myers as Chief Revenue Officer, Radigan as Chief Administrative Officer

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a global leader in transforming the way people bank and shop, today announced it is appointing two current members of its executive leadership team to new roles to further accelerate growth, innovation and efficiency in the company's sales and administrative functions worldwide.

Tillo and Honeyfund Partner to Deliver the Most Flexible, Fee-Free Wedding Gift Redemption with New Prepaid Mastercard

Tillo, a leading embedded rewards and incentives platform, has partnered with Honeyfund, the original honeymoon and cash registry, to launch the Honeyfund Prepaid Mastercard®. This collaboration with Tillo marks a milestone for Honeyfund, delivering on its nearly two-decade dream of providing couples with a completely fee-free way to fund their honeymoons and happily-ever-afters. The new card gives newlyweds instant, global spending power, unparalleled flexibility and 5% back in rewards. The partnership further reinforces Honeyfund’s mission to help couples turn wedding gifts into meaningful, seamless experiences by leveraging Tillo’s plug-and-go API and global branded gift card network.

Hemi and Dominari Securities to Develop Digital Asset Treasury and ETF Platforms

The Hemispheres Foundation, an independent organization dedicated to the advancement and adoption of Hemi, the world’s largest programmability layer on Bitcoin, today announced a strategic investment from American Ventures, and an engagement with Dominari Securities, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and investment bank based in New York (“Dominari”) and a subsidiary of Dominari Holdings, Inc. (DOMH). As part of the deal, Dominari and Hemi will jointly develop regulated digital asset and ETF platforms designed to expand institutional utility of the $HEMI token.

BingX and John Terry Team Up to Share the Playbook for Greatness at TOKEN2049 Singapore

BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 AI company, wrapped up a landmark presence at TOKEN2049 Singapore, the world’s largest crypto event, where it participated as a Title Sponsor. Across two days, BingX showcased its role as a thought leader in the convergence of AI and blockchain, while reinforcing its position in the industry through partnerships, keynotes, and community engagement.

Nexus Underwriting Expands Trade Credit Operations into Italy

Nexus Underwriting (“Nexus”), a Brown & Brown group business, is delighted to announce the expansion of its Trade Credit operations into Italy. This strategic move further strengthens Nexus’s global footprint and reinforces its well-established presence across the UK and major international markets.

TS Imagine and Gentek.ai Announce Strategic Development Partnership to Deliver Agentic Workflows to Global Financial Institutions

TS Imagine, a leading global provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, today announced a strategic development partnership with Gentek.ai, a pure-play horizontal AI platform with deep domain experience in financial services.

Aviva Study Finds 25–34s Are the UK’s Most Goal-oriented and Confident When It Comes to Finances

New research from Aviva has revealed that UK adults are increasingly motivated by personal values when it comes to their financial planning, with providing for their family (44%), financial independence (43%), and security (31%) emerging as the top drivers. Among 25–34-year-olds, these motivators are even more apparent, with more than half (58%) citing family security and 53% financial independence - making them one of the most financially goal-oriented age groups.

HDFC Bank Backs Community Platform for Active Agers – WalkAbout

HDFC Bank, India's leading private sector bank, today announced that it will provide seed funding to WalkAbout, a premier community platform for active agers. The investment will enable WalkAbout to enhance its community platform and scale its curated experiences for active agers.

AMINA Bank Becomes First Regulated Bank Globally to Offer Institutional Staking Access to POL, Polygon’s Native Token

AMINA Bank AG ("AMINA"), a Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)-regulated crypto bank with global reach, today becomes the first regulated bank worldwide to offer staking services for POL, the native token securing the Polygon ecosystem. AMINA also becomes the first bank globally to offer boosted rewards to clients staking POL, providing up to 15% in rewards through a partnership with the Polygon Foundation. Expanding on the bank's POL custody and trading access, POL staking gives AMINA's institutional clients a regulated way to secure one of the most adopted networks in Web3 chosen by leading financial institutions like BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Franklin Templeton for their expansions into tokenisation and onchain finance.

Agentic AI Finally Cracks Finance Complexities

For years, the finance function has been the last department big tech couldn’t crack. Now, a new wave of agentic AI technology is proving that even the most complex and nuanced function can benefit from AI agents – without sacrificing accuracy or compliance.

LSEG and Microsoft Transform Access to AI-Ready Financial Data in Customer Workflows

LSEG and Microsoft announced the next step in their multiyear, strategic partnership: transforming access to LSEG-licensed financial data and powering the deployment of agentic AI

Emirates NBD Expands Its Near Real-Time Cross-Border Payment Network to Over 40 Countries Worldwide

Emirates NBD announced a significant expansion of its flagship cross border payment product, DirectRemit

MQube Becomes First Fintech in Europe to Tokenise Mortgage Debt on the Blockchain

MQube, the Guilford-based mortgage fintech, has today announced that is has tokenised £1.3bn of mortgage debt on the blockchain. The tokenisation of mortgage assets via an EVM* compatible chain, sees MPowered, the One Day Mortgage™ lender, and lending arm of MQube become the first in Europe to have its mortgage debt tokenized on-chain.

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