Shift4 has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Smartpay (

The Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade announced that £6.6bn of new capital is being committed by the British Business Bank to boost growth

Allica Bank can today reveal that the gap in interest rates offered to SMEs by challenger banks and traditional high street banks has almost tripled

J.P. Morgan revealed a wave of new features including a cutting-edge fixed income experience on the J.P. Morgan Self-Directed Investing platform

CI&T announced Nemo, Art of the Possible — a groundbreaking prototype of a financial app created in collaboration with Project Nemo

According to the newly-released TransUnion 2025 UK Fraud and Identity Report, UK consumers continue to be targeted by fraudsters through a wide range of channels, with one in two (50%) consumers reporting a fraud attempt had been made against them in the last three months and many even reporting to falling victim.

TBC Bank Uzbekistan (TBC UZ), the country’s largest digital bank, announces today it has secured $12.5 million from Dutch impact investor Triple Jump to further diversify its funding base and increase financial inclusion in Uzbekistan by accelerating the roll out of the bank’s new SME Lending product.

The International Compliance Association (ICA), the leading professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community, is proud to announce the launch of a powerful new feature within the ICA members’ hub: regulatory alerts with smart CPD recommendations.

Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the launch of Aon Broker Copilot, a proprietary, patent-pending platform that uses artificial intelligence, large-language models and predictive analytics to transform the commercial insurance placement process.

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, today announced plans to launch a new Fiserv digital asset platform, including a new stablecoin (FIUSD) that will be added to Fiserv’s existing banking and payments infrastructure by the end of the year.

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI) and PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL), today announced that they are partnering to build future interoperability between FIUSD and PayPal USD (PYUSD), to allow consumers and businesses to move funds domestically and internationally. Combining the global reach of Fiserv and PayPal across banking, consumer, and merchant payments, interoperability will allow both firms to further expand the use of stablecoins and programmable payments around the globe.

UK Finance releases a new report on the progress made by banks following the introduction of the Disability Finance Code for Entrepreneurship (DFCE) in December 2024, which aims to improve the entrepreneurial landscape for disabled individuals.

Tandem Bank has today announced that Neil Chandler has been named CEO, subject to regulatory approvals. His appointment signals the next chapter for the award-winning fintech and underlines its ambitions to scale, with a laser-focus on customer obsession and building the UK’s greener digital bank.

ION announces that it has partnered with GFO-X, the UK’s first regulated, centrally cleared trading venue dedicated to digital assets. A global leader in trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporate organizations, ION will provide software and infrastructure to power market access, clearing, and margin processing for the GFO-X ecosystem.

Defence stocks have seen significant gains in recent weeks, with BAE Systems’ stock price rising by around 3% from the start of trading on June 2nd to the end of June 3rd. Meanwhile, Rolls Royce, another key player in Britain's defence industry, rose by 3.6% in the same period.