CMC CapX, the capital markets and private investments platform from CMC Markets, has launched Spotlight, a new solution enabling FTSE-listed companies to connect directly with retail investors.

LHV Bank has appointed Alex Beavis as Interim Director of Retail Banking as the bank continues to build out and strengthen its UK proposition.

Nexi Group today announced an agreement with local and country-wide banks in Denmark to provide SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) services,

The Payment Systems Regulator has today set out its reforms work programme for 2026/27 highlighting its focus on tackling high card fees,

Coinbase has integrated Chainlink to bring its premium exchange data underpinning billions in trading activity onchain

Sumsub and ComplyAdvantage announced a strategic partnership to enhance AML screening capabilities for compliance teams globally.

Branch announced its integration with Stripe to become the new embedded digital wallet provider for worker payouts

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions’ latest Cybercrime Report reveals key global fraud trends emerging over the past year

FinTech Wales has reached 200 members as it continues to welcome new organisations from across Wales, the UK and internationally

MindBridge has launched its Developer Portal, a centralized hub designed to simplify how organizations and partners embed continuous financial oversight into their existing enterprise ecosystems.

EMVCo – the technical body that creates and manages EMV® Specifications and programmes that enable seamless and secure card-based payments worldwide – has published Version 1.0 of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Open Payments Use Case document, which outlines an interoperable open payment solution for EV charging.

Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), one of Sri Lanka’s premier private sector commercial banks, has expanded its digital payments offering by enabling its debit cards to be added to Google Wallet, leveraging BPC SmartVista. The rollout allows HNB customers to use their current debit cards for more convenient digital transactions, marking another step in the bank’s drive to make everyday banking and payments simpler, more accessible and more relevant to how Sri Lankans live and transact.

Startale Group today announced the second close of its Series A round, securing $50 million from SBI Group, Inc. ("SBI Group"). Combined with the first close of $13 million from Sony Innovation Fund announced in January 2026, Startale has completed a $63 million Series A round.

Payy Network, the only stablecoin blockchain where transactions are private by default, announced today it has raised $6 million in a seed round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures and DBA Crypto. The new funding will support continued product development, team expansion and growth as Payy scales its privacy-preserving infrastructure for institutional stablecoin payments.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global broker, today announced that clients can transfer their existing holdings in supported cryptocurrencies to their Interactive Brokers-linked crypto account, enabling them to trade crypto at lower costs while gaining access to global investment markets – all without selling their digital assets upfront.