Despite record numbers of active businesses in the UK, hundreds of thousands of startups are being locked out of funding because traditional credit scoring models fail to reflect how modern companies operate, according to Andrea Reynolds, CEO and founder of fintech platform Swoop Funding.

Mastercard today announced the appointment of Sharad Jain as Country Manager for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. In this role, Sharad will lead and oversee the company’s strategic direction and business operations across these three dynamic markets. His responsibilities include strengthening Mastercard’s collaborations with government stakeholders, banks, fintechs and merchants in Vietnam to accelerate the adoption and implementation of secure digital payments.

UniCredit has today announced the next step in the evolution of its securities services offering – partnering with BNP Paribas for custody services and with FNZ for its cloud-based post-trade securities platform, as it continues to harmonise its set-up across Italy and Germany.

Heralding a new era for global capital markets, 21X has today announced the launch of its exchange for tokenized cash and securities. As the world's first exchange to enable smart contract-based matching and settlement, 21X has established a new global benchmark for capital markets, under the oversight of BaFin, Bundesbank and ESMA.

FNZ and UniCredit, one of Europe’s leading banks, have entered into a long-term strategic partnership to evolve the bank’s securities services offering.

IXOPAY announced it has integrated J.P. Morgan Payments’ Commerce Platform, as a member of the J.P. Morgan Payments Partner Network

DIGISEQ, a global leader in wearable payment technology, is set to launch Visa tokenisation support in Q4 2025

Webull today announced its entry into the European market with the launch of brokerage services in the Netherlands

FinTech Wales has announced the appointment of Sarah Jones as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Concirrus has launched Concirrus Property, a new AI-native platform to cut the processing time from receipt of submission to getting a quote issued from days to minutes.

Ebury announces today that it will continue to power Fulham Football Club’s FX Transfer business

Leading UK protection specialist, LifeSearch, has announced it has appointed Chris Payne as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO) to drive the next stage of the company’s technology transformation.

Infinian, the leading real-time credit intelligence bureau pioneering the use of live data in credit, today announces the appointment of Emma Steeley as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Smart Data Foundry’s latest Economic Nowcast reveals striking differences in financial resilience between England, Scotland, and Wales, with many people continuing to spend beyond their means.

iplicit, the award-winning cloud accounting provider for the UK and Ireland’s midmarket, has today announced two key senior hires as the firm reaches new milestones in its partner expansion.