Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, aimed at facilitating the bank account opening process for RAKEZ clients. The agreement was signed by RAKEZ Chief Government & Corporate Relations Officer Yaser Abdulla Al Ahmed, and ADIB Retail Banking Global Head Amit Malhotra.

Royal London Group is the largest mutual life, pensions and investment company in the UK* with assets under management of £173 billion and 8.7 million policies in force. It has selected Procentia’s pensions administration and management system, IntelliPen, to support BPA service delivery following a buy-in.

Länsförsäkringar Bank (LF Bank), one of Sweden’s largest and most established financial institutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire Incore Invest's portfolio company SAVR, a Stockholm-based savings platform serving over 100,000 digitally native investors.

Minna Bank announced that the full cloud-based banking system developed and operated by Zerobank Design Factory (ZDF), a subsidiary of Fukuoka Financial Group, operating on Google Cloud, has been selected as the core system for the newly established digital bank by MUFG Bank.

Candescent, a leading independent digital banking technology provider, today announced that Y-12 Credit Union has been recognized by Member Loyalty Group for earning the highest NPS score for digital banking across both its asset size and among all benchmarked credit unions during Q4 2024. Member Loyalty Group helps credit unions strengthen member relationships and drive strategic growth through actionable insights, expert guidance and data-driven analytics, including benchmark data from over five million member surveys each year.

iCapital, the global fintech platform shaping the future of investing, today announced a strategic partnership with LGT, a leading international private banking and asset management group that has been fully controlled by the Liechtenstein Princely Family for over 90 years.

Today, Smarsh, the global leader in communications data and intelligence, reveals new research that highlights UK financial services employees’ perspectives on artificial intelligence (AI). The data indicates that while AI is fundamentally changing how UK financial services employees work and communicate, they are increasingly aware of the risks it poses to businesses without addressing training, privacy and compliance issues.

The Destination Digital report, launched today by BVI Finance, reveals the strategic priorities, challenges, and jurisdictional considerations facing global fintech businesses. Based on the views of 451 fintech executives from the world’s major financial hubs, it finds a striking 94% of global fintech leaders consider cross-border growth either critical or important to their success. In fact, 63% are already operating through entities in International Finance Centres (IFCs) showing jurisdictions play a pivotal role in how decentralised and digital first businesses operate and grow.

Of the 59% of UK companies currently using AI, more than three quarters say it has improved their productivity (82%) or profitability (76%).

XS.com, the global leader in FinTech and financial services, is set to reinforce its influence in Latin America as the Diamond Sponsor of Money Expo Colombia 2025, scheduled for June 25–26 at the prestigious Agora Bogotá Convention Center.

Michael Marcotte, the founder, chairman, and CEO of enterprise-grade digital authentication firm artius.iDhttps://www.artiusid.dev/, was warned that a successful biometric data breach at a leading bank could put us on the brink of the next global financial crisis.

The Fintech Awards London 2025, the capital’s flagship celebration of innovation and excellence in financial technology, brought the UK fintech community together in spectacular style beneath the iconic Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre at The Underglobe on Wednesday, 18 June.

Financial services technology provider EV today announced a significant upgrade to its digital financial guidance solution, EVDirect. Rebuilt on cloud-native and mobile-first technology, the upgraded EVDirect introduces a smarter, more engaging way to deliver financial guidance, forming a crucial component of EV’s comprehensive multichannel suite of solutions that support the whole financial planning spectrum from guidance and hybrid advice to fully holistic financial advice.

Xceptor today unveiled findings from a new report conducted in partnership with Crisil Coalition Greenwich titled Operational efficiency is driving digital transformation in capital markets. The report reveals how firms across the capital markets landscape are rethinking their operational strategies in response to growing complexity, rising trade volumes, and evolving regulatory demands.

IG Group (“IG”), the FTSE 250 online trading company, has partnered with Alloy, a leading identity and fraud prevention platform provider. The partnership enables IG to better achieve full regulatory compliance without impinging on the company’s capacity to provide a seamless customer experience and hit ambitious business growth objectives.