ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, has signed a multi-year agreement with ejada Systems and Al Rajhi Bank, one of the largest banks in the world. The Bank will leverage the ServiceNow AI Platform to transform its operations, automate workflows, and radically enhance customer and employee experiences across its diverse portfolio, including HR, IT, and Financial Services. As a Consulting & Implementation partner of ServiceNow, ejada Systems will work closely with ServiceNow to deploy and manage the ServiceNow AI Platform across the entire set of Al Rajhi Bank’s operations.

SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India) has partnered with MonetaGo to deploy its globally proven digital public infrastructure solution to de-risk trade, marking a major step in India’s efforts to safeguard MSME access to credit through secure, standards-based infrastructure. This is the first time a Development Financial Institution has directly implemented MonetaGo’s solution, setting a precedent for secure MSME financing across the Indian financial ecosystem.

Chetwood Bank has successfully completed its second residential mortgage-backed securitisation, Chetwood Funding 2025-1 plc, marking the bank’s first transaction achieving full derecognition of assets from its balance sheet.

ASA has unveiled a new suite of artificial intelligence–powered products – ASA Net Worth, ASA One View, and ASA Forecast – created specifically to help credit unions and banks address today’s toughest challenges: deepening user engagement, reducing friction in digital experiences, and driving financial wellness through data intelligence.

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) ("Alkami"), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced that Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union (Jeanne D'Arc) has added MANTL's Onboarding & Account Opening Solution to streamline the member experience across all banking channels. This addition completes the full Alkami Digital Sales & Service Platform, advancing Jeanne D'Arc's digital transformation to create a unified, data-driven experience for its retail members and business clients.

Apiture, a leading provider of digital banking solutions — now part of CSI — today announced the release of its new AI-powered user interface (UI). Further enhancing the Apiture Digital Banking Platform, the new UI deepens financial institutions’ relationships with account holders by delivering a predictive, personalized experience across online and mobile channels.

PostFinance, Switzerland's leading digital bank, has expanded its partnership with leading analytics software company FICO to enhance fraud protection and customer communications. Based on years of successful collaboration, PostFinance will expand its usage of FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager for debit card and FICO® Customer Communication Services (CCS) to instantly intervene with customers when fraud is suspected.

Allica Bank, the challenger bank for established businesses, today announces a bridging finance appetite expansion, designed to help brokers unlock more opportunities for established businesses across the UK.

Agentic AI workflows are gaining momentum across financial services — 53% of executives report experimenting with them, according to a Google Cloud survey — but lenders can't quantify credit risk without compliant, explainable models, which hinders their AI implementation. Carrington Labs, a leading provider of credit risk analytics and cash flow underwriting models, has removed that barrier by launching the first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to allow lenders to access Carrington Labs credit risk models outputs — built specifically for their institution and regulatory requirements — directly within agentic flows.

Ridgeline, the industry cloud platform for investment management, today announced that Westwood is live on its front‑to‑back platform. The Dallas, Texas-based firm selected Ridgeline to unify its core workflows and to expand support for complex asset classes.

Humanity Protocol, an on-chain digital identity solution provider, today announced a new integration that brings together Mastercard’s open finance connectivity with Humanity Protocol’s identity verification platform Human ID. Rolling out first in the United States, the enhanced platform will enable users to tap into open finance technology to access credit, loans, and real-world financial services through Humanity Protocol.

Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FRHC), a financial services and technology company has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan to develop a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub in Kazakhstan. The hub will be operated by Freedom Holding Corp. and powered by sovereign exascale NVIDIA AI infrastructure, as part of a major strategic initiative to accelerate Kazakhstan's and Central Asia's AI leadership.

Verso, the UK-based wealth management group, has extended its strategic partnership with Nucleus, transferring the custodial operations of its investment management arm to Third Financial under an initial five-year deal.

PensionBee, the leading online pension provider on a mission to build pension confidence, is partnering with financial promotions (FinProm) platform Adclear to empower teams to leverage the power of AI across UK and US marketing compliance. Having gone live with Adclear this autumn, PensionBee’s marketing team has already leveraged the platform to analyse over 1,000 pieces of content.

Arta today announced the expansion of Arta AI, a SaaS platform purpose-built to empower individuals and financial institutions with AI agents for wealth management. Now available to all investors, wealth managers and advisors globally at arta.ai, the AI Sidekick is now being deployed across a growing network of banks and wealth management firms – with Bank of Singapore, Hong Leong Bank, and Ethivo Asset Management (HK) Ltd, formerly known as UCAP HK AM Ltd joining existing clients Wio Invest operated by Wio Securities LLC and Income Advisory Financial Advisers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Income Insurance Limited — reflecting strong demand from both traditional and next-generation financial institutions.