MANTL, an Alkami solution team and a leading provider of loan and deposit account opening technology, today announced a strategic partnership with Method Financial (Method), a provider of consumer permissioned financial connectivity. Through this partnership, Method’s real-time liability data will be integrated directly into the MANTL Loan Origination platform, empowering financial institutions to streamline decisioning, improve prequalification accuracy, and deliver a faster, more transparent refinancing and debt consolidation experience across their physical and digital banking channels.

As another year in the fintech world winds down, it’s always a good time to pause for a moment and look back - and ahead. By any measure, fintechs are still going strong. “The industry exhibits robust fundamentals, including strong revenue growth and improved profitability,” stated BCG’s Global Fintech Report in June, “despite recent volatility and macro uncertainty.”

Apiture, a leading provider of digital banking solutions — now part of CSI — today announced the launch of My Data Exchange™, a new feature enabling financial institutions to offer account holders greater visibility and control over how their data is shared with third parties. With My Data Exchange, consumers and businesses can securely locate and link their financial accounts to budgeting, lending, accounting, and other apps directly within those third-party experiences.

Equifax UK is offering a comprehensive suite of motor finance redress solutions that will provide motor finance lenders with the key data and tools to efficiently manage the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposed motor finance redress scheme.

The Canton Network, the privacy-enabled blockchain purpose-built for regulated financial markets, today announced World Liberty Financial's (“WLFI”) intention to deploy its USD1 stablecoin on Canton. This planned integration represents a significant milestone in WLFI’s strategy to expand USD1’s reach across institutional onchain finance and accelerate adoption among regulated global market participants.

Urban Money, one of India’s largest tech-driven loan distribution platforms, today announced the launch of Insta Payout, a breakthrough product designed to completely transform how channel partners receive their payouts.

myTU, the AI-native, cloud-first digital banking platform, has introduced SEPA Direct Debit to expand its payment capabilities for businesses across the European Union. The new feature enables companies to collect both recurring and one-off payments directly from customer bank accounts under the SEPA CORE scheme.

Global fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced significant enhancements to its multi-asset portfolio and trade order management platform, introducing fully integrated general ledger capabilities and a redesigned user interface (UI). These upgrades mark an important step forward in Broadridge’s strategy to deliver a unified, front-to-back investment management solution that increases operational efficiency, elevates fiduciary oversight, and supports faster, more informed decision-making for buyside firms.

IRIS Software Group (IRIS), a leading global software provider of accountancy, payroll, HR, and education solutions, today announced its strategic partnership with earned-wage access (EWA) provider ZayZoon, integrating EWA into two of its key payroll solutions, Payroll Relief, a leading payroll software solution for accountants and Swipeclock, a market leader in small and medium-sized business (SMB) workforce management solutions. This partnership will provide earned-wage access and financial wellness tools to more than two million employees across 2,600 organizations using these platforms. This partnership meets the growing expectations of today’s workforce and addresses employees’ growing desire for enhanced financial wellbeing support.

Greater Things Limited today announces the appointment of Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie as Chief Executive Officer. Oliver, who founded and led the growth of UK-headquartered BCB Group, one of the world’s leading regulated payments and banking infrastructure providers for the crypto industry, joins Greater Things with a clear ambition: to harness the power of AI-led mass innovation as a practical engine for UK economic growth.

BridgeWise, the global leader in AI for investments, today announced the development of FixedWise, a new solution designed to transform how European and global investors analyse corporate bonds. Built to address the unique dynamics of Europe’s expanding debt market, this is the first solution delivering granular, AI-driven bond insights at scale and providing in-depth analysis at the individual bond level for every investor, from retail to institutional.

Worldline, a European leader in payment services, and Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the UK’s largest independent forecourt operator, are partnering to deploy best in class EV Charging consumer experience in the UK.

Signicat, Europe’s leading provider of digital identity and fraud prevention solutions, and Markaaz, the leading global business identity and intelligence platform, today announced a strategic partnership to enhance Signicat’s Digital Identity and Orchestration Platform with the most complete and continuously verified global business identity intelligence available.

HSBC Holdings plc (“HSBC Group” or “HSBC”) and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (“HSBC Asia Pacific”) today announced the despatch of the scheme document regarding the proposal for the privatisation of Hang Seng Bank by way of a scheme of arrangement (the “Scheme” and together the “Scheme Document”).

Ant Group today announced major upgrades to its AI health app AQ, with a new Chinese name “Ant A-Fu.” The character “Fu” conveys good wishes and well-being, reflecting the app’s goal to promote better health and quality of life.