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.

Mawarid Finance and AFS signed a strategic agreement to launch an integrated Fintech Enablement Hub

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.

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that Kevin Ryan has joined as a Managing Director in its Capital Solutions Group. Based in Miami, Mr. Ryan will focus on providing capital solutions to a wide variety of financial institutions for the firm’s corporate and financial-sponsor-backed clients.

OCR Studio, a developer of optical character recognition solutions, is proud to announce its participation in Money20/20 Middle East, one of the region’s most influential events for the financial technology and digital innovation industry.

iNet has joined ACI’s Retail Payment Solutions (RPS) for Postilion program

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.

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.

FINNOSUMMIT, Latin America’s most influential summit for Fintech and financial innovation, announces its first confirmed speakers for its ninth edition, taking place on September 24 & 25 in Mexico City.

FINNOSUMMIT, Latin America’s most influential summit for Fintech and financial innovation, announces its first confirmed speakers for its ninth edition, taking place on September 24 & 25 in Mexico City.