Today, Experian has published its latest MarketIQ report, detailing M&A activity across the UK and Ireland for the first half of 2025. ThinCats has ranked as the top alternative finance provider of debt funding across the UK, for deal volume.

HTX Ventures, the global investment arm of HTX, has released its latest research report “Are Tokenized Stocks a Treat or a Trap? A Complete Guide”. The report examines the driving forces, mainstream models, and possible evolution paths of tokenized stocks, and explores how they may merge with traditional capital markets.

“The UK’s Payments Vision Delivery Committee (PVDC) has left fintechs and other companies in the transaction processing industry on the edge of their seat as they recently teased that not only would their official strategy for a “world-leading payments ecosystem” be made public this autumn, but that their Payments Forward Plan would be published by the end of the year. These initiatives, set forth under the sight of the National Payment Vision, will lay the blueprint for a true overhaul of the U.K. payments ecosystem that will champion “innovation, competition and security.”

FOLK2FOLK, the UK’s largest peer-to-peer business lending platform with £780 million lent to date, has announced the appointment of Tracey Gott as Relationship Manager. Tracey joined the business before the summer and has already built strong broker engagement in her first few months.

Nu Mexico registered an increase of over 50% in its customer base in the last 12 months, and is already the third largest financial institution in terms of credit cards issued and the sixth largest in terms of customers, considering banks and SOFIPOs in the country.

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered GodRAT — a new Remote Access Trojan distributed via malicious screensaver files disguised as financial documents and delivered through Skype messenger until March 2025, subsequently transitioning to other channels. SMBs in UAE, Hong Kong, Jordan and Lebanon were targeted throughout this campaign.

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc, a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, has officially launched its “EAI + Crypto” Dual-Flywheel & Dual-Bridge Ecosystem Strategy — marking the beginning of a new chapter in AI mobility and Web3 integration.

Exclusive data revealed today by EBANX, a global technology company specializing in payment services for emerging markets, shows that Latin America’s Software as a Service (SaaS) market is projected to reach USD 46 billion in 2027, more than doubling from USD 22 billion in 2023, according to Payments and Commerce Market Intelligence data sourced by EBANX.

Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), today announced that it has acquired Signal, a leader in transforming customer communications for financial services and social sector firms in the UK.

Curql, a collective of credit unions jointly investing in fintech, today announced the appointment of Eli Vazquez, CEO and Managing Director of BankFund Credit Union, to its Board of Managers. Vazquez brings more than three decades of leadership experience in the credit union industry, financial services, and strategic innovation.

Casca, the first AI-native loan origination platform, today announced it raised $29 million in its Series A, bringing its total in funding to-date to $33 million.

Zopa created an eye-catching stunt for passers-by: 10,240 biscuits stacked in a huge box in central London

Lithic announced its integration with Visa ALM over VCPE API, offering fintech partners faster delivery of premium card programs and card economics

The Bank of London announced the appointment of Aris Asimakis as Chief Risk Officer

Flagright has welcomed Fig as its newest customer and will utilize real-time transaction monitoring, AML screening as it scales across Canada.