Best Credit IFN announces the strategic partnership with the European crowdfunding platform Bondster, becoming the first Romanian non-banking financial institution (NBFI) to attract international capital through this platform. This initial round of financing marks a milestone in the company’s strategy to diversify its capital sources and rapidly scale its lending capacity in a dynamic market context, where growing demand for fast and accessible financial solutions is driving expansion.

Jeeves, the global financial platform helping businesses manage corporate spend across borders, has appointed former SAP and Brex executive Jordan Bulkoski as Chief Revenue Officer.

New insights from Experian reveal over a third (35%) of UK businesses reported being targeted by AI-related fraud in the first quarter of 2025, compared to just 23% last year.

Sydney-based fintech Volatility Group has completed its acquisition of Small Caps, a leading website globally for news and information about listed small cap companies.

Aquiline, a private investment firm specializing in financial services and technology, has closed its acquisition of SEI’s Family Office Services business. As an independent company, the business will revert to its original name, Archway.

AdviserSoftware.com, part of market-leading advice tech consultancy Financial Technology Research Centre (FTRC), has launched a fully comprehensive guide, titled ‘Adviser Tech & AI – Everyone You Need to Know” aimed to help advisers understand more about the fast moving world of advice tech solutions, services and suppliers in the market.

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) (“Alkami”), a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced today that AdelFi Credit Union (AdelFi) has successfully implemented the Alkami Digital Banking Platform to enhance its digital experience for both retail and business members.

Under planned changes to hold large US banks to looser capital rules, the ‘Big Four’ – JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo – could soon “crush” community banks into extinction, warns Adam Turmakhan, CEO of TurmaFinTech.

Best Credit IFN announces the strategic partnership with the European crowdfunding platform Bondster, becoming the first Romanian non-banking financial institution (NBFI) to attract international capital through this platform. This initial round of financing marks a milestone in the company’s strategy to diversify its capital sources and rapidly scale its lending capacity in a dynamic market context, where growing demand for fast and accessible financial solutions is driving expansion.

Jeeves, the global financial platform helping businesses manage corporate spend across borders, has appointed former SAP and Brex executive Jordan Bulkoski as Chief Revenue Officer.

Spanish banks working with BioCatch, which prevents financial crime by recognizing patterns in human behavior, reported a 23% decline in overall fraud attempts in the first quarter of 2025 from the same period a year ago. By comparison, a recent survey of banking leaders at banks around the world found 73% of Spanish respondents reported an increase in fraud attempts at their organization. The bulk of this reduction among BioCatch partners comes from a 52% decrease in third-party account takeover fraud (ATO). Social engineering scam case volumes remained flat, now accounting for 58% of all reported fraud in the country.

Debt management provider Lantern has adopted innovative new software to improve its customer-facing portal, providing clients with greater support as they manage their financial situations.

Xaver and Upvest announce a strategic partnership to enable financial institutions to launch fully digital pension and investment products in Germany faster and more cost-efficiently than ever before.

SWISE, a Swiss private equity manager specializing in evergreen investment funds, has successfully migrated its Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV-RAIF to fundcraft for digital-native Central Administration and AIFM operations. The migration was completed in just one month, marking another milestone in SWISE’s mission to deliver a modern, scalable evergreen private equity strategy.

Leading UK Fintech Aveni AI welcomed a group of industry leaders yesterday from the UK’s wealth management and financial planning sector to an exclusive forum, to discuss how Artificial Intelligence will transform the future of financial services.