Eurobank, in strategic partnership with Fairfax Digital Services (a Fairfax company), today announced a landmark AI initiative, supported by EY and Microsoft, to accelerate its AI-powered transformation. This initiative brings together global technology leaders and financial services experts to position Eurobank as a first mover in agentic AI adoption across the banking sector. Agentic AI refers to systems that act with autonomy, learning and adapting to deliver intelligent outcomes — a leap beyond traditional automation.

Paymentology, the global leader in next-generation card issuing and payment processing, today announced a landmark partnership with Constantinople, one of Australia’s most ambitious fintech innovators. The collaboration marks Paymentology’s official entry into the Australian market, underlining its commitment to advancing digital payments innovation across the Asia-Pacific region.

Instantly settling a restaurant bill with friends from Portugal, Spain, Italy or the Nordic countries? Soon, this will be possible. During the Web Summit 2025 conference in Lisbon, the very first test peer-to-peer (P2P) transaction involving BLIK users was presented. A transfer was sent from the Portuguese system MB WAY to a Santander Bank Polska customer whose phone number is registered with the BLIK service.

Boku, the global network for localized payment solutions, today announced the launch of its Innovation Hub in Singapore. The Hub includes a dedicated team focused on building new payment capabilities that solve merchants’ cross-border money movement challenges.

Finoa Group, a leader in the provision of institutional-grade crypto custody and staking, has announced its plan to establish an operational hub in Vilnius via it’s Lithuanian entity Finoa LT, UAB. The Group intends to build a Lithuanian team to cover operations, regulatory, and technology functions, all of which will support the growth of its global infrastructure.

Trustfull, the leading provider of frictionless fraud prevention technology, and Dotfile, an end-to-end business verification platform with AI agents for risk and compliance, have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen fraud prevention controls during customer onboarding for fintechs.

Clay Technologies (Clay), a platform that helps tech-enabled businesses set up and fund own-label lending programmes, and Pepper Advantage, a global credit management and technology company, announced the launch of Paydown.com – a mobile‑first lending platform that enables borrowers to consolidate their existing credit cards, overdrafts, and other high‑interest debt into a single, lower rate personal loan – helping them save on interest and pay down debt faster.

The convergence of AI, blockchain, and digital currencies will become the foundation for the next era of financial services, say experts at the two-day Finnovex Middle East 2025 summit, being held in Dubai. Experts agreed that these technologies represent a structural shift toward secure, intelligent, and customer-centric banking ecosystems and are expected to redefine payments, compliance, and operational efficiency across the region.

TreasurySpring, the global cash investment platform, today announced a collaboration with Eurex, an operator of a Repo Trading Venue and a Central Counterparty (CCP), and Clearstream, a leading provider of post-trade services, both fully owned by Deutsche Börse Group.

UniCredit has been recognised as the Best Bank in Trade Finance for Corporates in Germany, according to data from Crisil Coalition Greenwich, a leading provider of strategic benchmarking, analytics and insights to the financial services industry, owned by S&P Global. The report also showed UniCredit as joint second Share Leader for corporate trade finance in Europe (with 27% of businesses citing the bank as an important trade finance provider), ranking #1 for Germany (with 70%) and #2 in Italy (80%).

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), published its 2025 Ask Satoshi Global Report, uncovering the questions crypto users around the world would ask Bitcoin’s mysterious creator if they finally had the chance. The insights come from Bitget’s #AskSatoshiWithGetAgent campaign, which invited users to “speak” to Satoshi through GetAgent, Bitget’s AI-powered crypto assistant, in celebration of the Bitcoin Whitepaper’s seventeenth anniversary.

Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments, has partnered with Boodil, a UK-based e-commerce payments technology provider, to enhance the payment experience for Shopify merchants across the UK.

Treble Peak, the platform that makes it easy to invest and operate in private markets, has announced a partnership with NewVest, which manages the first investable, passively constructed indices of private equity funds.

Fintech provider Permutable AI, a leader in real-time, AI-driven market intelligence and adaptive AI systems, today announced a major expansion of its strategic partnerships programme. The initiative is designed to accelerate the global deployment of Permutable’s vertical large language model (LLM)-driven intelligence and analytical capabilities across financial, commodities, and energy markets.

Fingular, a global fintech holding headquartered in Singapore, announces the launch of its new digital Smart Limit solution in Malaysia. This next-generation consumer finance product provides flexible access to funds for everyday needs and can be activated entirely online in just five minutes.