Freetrade has today announced the appointment of Jenny Zhao as CEO, subject to regulatory approvals

Fiserv, Inc. launched agentOS, an agentic AI operating system designed to help FIs deploy, manage, and scale AI agents across their banking workflows

Pembroke VCT has led a funding round of up to £2.5 million in Kaizan, investing £1.5 million alongside Velocity Capital and leading industry angels.

DNA Payments, the UK’s leading independent payment provider, and OnePlusTwo, a provider of advanced Point of Sale (POS), self-service, and Kitchen Display Screen (KDS) technologies, are partnering to make in-store self-service and online purchases more accessible across hospitality and retail. Together, they offer an all-in-one solution bringing secure, fast payment processing together with the latest software technologies.

ING has appointed Andrea Burnett as UK Head of Network Sector Coverage, a newly created role designed to support the bank’s growth ambitions with multinational clients through its global network.

FloQast, the Accounting Transformation Platform created by accountants for accountants to automate accounting and audit workflows with AI, today unveiled a strategic partnership with Forvis Mazars Germany focused on enhancing operational efficiency through the automation of key accounting processes.

Ardian, a global private investment firm, and iCapital[1], the global fintech company shaping the future of investing, today announced the continued expansion of their partnership with the broader availability of the Ardian Access SICAV suite of evergreen[2] private markets strategies[3] through leading global fund platforms, including Allfunds, Clearstream and Euroclear Fundsplace.

Market intelligence firm Insurance DataLab has enhanced its Security Committee-in-a-Box tool, embedding its new Insurer Performance Index to support more evidence-based placement decisions.

Jifiti and Peach Finance announced a strategic partnership to deliver a fully integrated, end-to-end lending solution tailored for community and regional banks

Apex Fintech Solutions announced a partnership with Plaid in which Apex will integrate multiple Plaid products to help brokerage firms enhance their digital capabilities

Xero announced its live integration with Anthropic, the company behind Claude, building on a multi-year partnership

Paythru has announced the appointment of Sam Sockwell as Executive Vice President, Americas, strengthening its leadership team

The Payments Association, a trade body representing over 250 member organisations in the financial services sector, has appointed Emma Banymandhub as Chief Executive Officer

Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, announced today that it is launching a grants program to fund developers building on its open technology stack, with no cap on total payouts, tied to specific technical deliverables. The grants program is now open, and developers can apply to active tasks.

Blade Labs today launched ZeroH Disclosure, a patent-pending privacy and proof platform that lets regulated financial institutions use AI and cloud services without surrendering control of sensitive data. The platform applies an institution's own disclosure policy before data reaches any external system, and produces a cryptographic record each time it does. The first product built on ZeroH Disclosure is Ask Ali, an AI co-pilot for compliance, product development, and Shariah governance teams inside Islamic financial institutions. Both are available for early access from 12 May 2026.