Jack Henry® (Nasdaq: JKHY) announced today that SELCO Community Credit Union (SELCO) is leveraging Jack Henry Financial Crimes Defender™, the company's fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) solution designed with real-time capabilities, to modernize its defense strategy with greater efficiency across the organization.

Lorikeet, the company that helps businesses create universal AI customer service concierges has opened its EMEA headquarters in London, establishing a permanent base to serve organisations across the region.

eXate, a pioneer in data privacy, protection, and dynamic access control solutions, and Aqua Global, a long-established provider of financial messaging and transaction automation solutions, today announced a strategic partnership. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in enabling financial institutions to securely process, govern, and protect sensitive transaction data while meeting evolving regulatory requirements.

DIFC Innovation Hub, the largest start-up and innovation hub in the world operating out of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), in partnership with the Pakistan Digital Authority, is launching the Pakistan FinTech Summit from 18 and 19 August 2026, positioning Pakistan as a strategic growth market within the global FinTech landscape.

Stacks, the agentic platform for enterprise finance, has raised a $23M Series A led by Lightspeed, with EQT Ventures, General Catalyst, and S16VC doubling down. The round comes less than a year after Stacks’ $12 million seed financing led by General Catalyst, underscoring the company’s rapid traction and momentum.

New research from Finity reveals a growing gap between perceived confidence and operational capability among payroll professionals ahead of HMRC’s introduction of Joint and Several Liability (JSL) in April 2026.

Top 70 law-firm gunnercooke has unveiled its support for Zodia Custody’s Interchange, an off-venue settlement network which connects institutions to trading, lending, borrowing and structured product opportunities, all while keeping digital assets protected, visible, and secure.

Investec Bank plc, a leading international financial services provider, today announces the appointment of Vinesh Chhaya as Electronic Equities Sales Trader as it continues to scale its electronic trading capabilities and develop ZebrA-X, the firm’s electronic execution platform launched last year. The hire supports growing client demand for advanced electronic and hybrid execution solutions and reflects the strong momentum behind Investec’s electronic trading franchise.

SettleMint, the global digital asset lifecycle and tokenization leader, has announced its continued support of Saudi Arabia’s property tokenization and real estate transformation journey working with key stakeholders including four participating PropTechs, Sahl, Madek, Ghanem and Jozo who have integrated their solutions with Yakeen and Sadad in KSA.

The placement of these policies in the Ecuadorian insurance market is a major milestone for the Tripartite Agreement Programme – a public-private partnership between the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) – to build developing countries’ resilience to climate risk.

Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced its collaboration with PTSB, one of Ireland’s leading retail banks, to implement a cloud-native modernisation programme. With Red Hat OpenShift, the initiative increased change agility, accelerated time to market for customer value and improved operating costs and efficiencies. PTSB has already launched new functionality on the platform including Digital Card Services and SEPA Instant Payments.

Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has launched Sage Intacct in Kenya. The launch marks a significant step forward in how mid-sized businesses can operate, by bringing intelligent, AI-powered financial management that delivers real-time visibility and data-driven insights.

Kindo, a UK-based childcare rewards fintech , has partnered with award-winning gift card provider Tillo to power rewards through the Tillo Network. The partnership helps families turn verified nursery spend into meaningful rewards, with points that can be redeemed for digital vouchers with everyday brands.

Bluefin, the global leader in payment and data security infrastructure and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE), today announced a strategic partnership with Basis Theory, a modern, API-driven tokenization and vaulting platform. Together, the companies enable enterprises to implement a unified token strategy across in-store, call center, online, and backend payment environments without expanding PCI scope or introducing new integration complexity.

Invest Bank today announced the successful outcomes of its strategic partnership with AUTON8, a global leader in intelligent automation. The collaboration marks a milestone in strengthening regulatory resilience, operational efficiency, and customer-centric agility across both core and digital banking landscapes.