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Deals•Mar 2, 2026
FundBank Acquires Irish Blockchain Startup Trrue Chain for €10M
FundBank, a US institutional banking firm, has completed the acquisition of Irish Layer‑1 blockchain startup Trrue Chain for €10 million (≈ $11 million). The deal, completed last week, will see the founders stay on as employees and supports FundBank’s expansion in European digital assets and crypto services.
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Deals•Feb 17, 2026
BridgeWise Acquires Context Analytics
BridgeWise announced the acquisition of Context Analytics, expanding its data analytics capabilities. The deal was disclosed on February 17, 2026, and the financial terms were not disclosed.
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Deals•Feb 17, 2026
Sphinx Raises $7.1M to Build Compliance Agent
Sphinx, a compliance technology startup, announced a $7.1 million fundraising round to develop its compliance agent platform. The funding was disclosed on Feb 17, 2026, and aims to accelerate product development and market expansion. Investor details were not disclosed.
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Deals•Feb 6, 2026
Broadridge to Acquire CQG, Expanding Futures and Options Trading Capabilities
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced it will acquire CQG, a provider of futures and options trading, execution management, and market connectivity. The undisclosed deal will add CQG’s execution management, algorithmic trading, and analytics capabilities to Broadridge’s order management platform, creating an...
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Deals•Feb 6, 2026
Visa Partners with Lendistry to Launch $100M Working‑capital Facility for US Small Businesses
Visa announced the launch of its Visa & Main platform, which includes a $100 million working‑capital facility in partnership with community lender Lendistry to improve financing access for U.S. small businesses. The program also offers marketing support tied to the upcoming FIFA World...
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Lightyear Capital to Acquire PayByPhone From Corpay
Private equity firm Lightyear Capital has signed an agreement to acquire mobile parking payments provider PayByPhone from Corpay. The transaction, expected to close in Q2 2026, will see PayByPhone operate as a standalone business under Lightyear’s ownership.
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
OneDome Raises $25M in Pre-Series C Funding Round
OneDome, a UK‑based housing and fintech platform, announced a $25 million Pre‑Series C funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $40 million. The new capital will support the company’s expansion of its digital mortgage and property‑management services.
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Neo Financial Raises C$68.5 Million to Fund Its Inaugural Securitisation Programme
Canadian fintech Neo Financial announced a C$68.5 million equity raise to launch a securitisation programme aimed at expanding its lending portfolio. The round was led by a syndicate of over 100 Canadian investors, with institutional participation from Alberta Investment Management Corporation...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
Novum Investment Management Secures Equity Investment From UK Local Government Pension Fund
London-based fintech Novum Investment Management announced it has secured an equity investment from a UK local government pension fund to launch and scale its patent‑pending Doris platform, which aims to help savers transition to investing. The amount of the investment...
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Deals•Jan 29, 2026
WealthAi Raises $800k Pre‑seed Round Led by Fuel Ventures and Founders Factory
WealthAi, an AI‑driven operating system for wealth managers, family offices and private banks, announced an $800k pre‑seed funding round. The round was led by venture firms Fuel Ventures and Founders Factory, providing capital to accelerate product development and market rollout.
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Deals•Jan 29, 2026
Sunrate Acquires Payments Team to Launch Global Acquiring Services
Sunrate announced the acquisition of an experienced payments team and its acquiring technology, marking the launch of its global acquiring business line. The deal expands Sunrate's end‑to‑end payment capabilities across merchants in eCommerce, SaaS, travel and other sectors. Deal value...
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Deals•Jan 28, 2026
Ripple Acquires GTreasury to Launch Unified Treasury Platform
Ripple announced it has acquired GTreasury, integrating the firm’s treasury management technology into the newly launched Ripple Treasury platform. The combined solution gives CFOs and treasury teams unified control over traditional cash and digital assets, leveraging Ripple’s blockchain infrastructure. Financial...
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Deals•Jan 26, 2026
Vennre Secures $9.6M in Pre-Series A Funding Round
Wealth creation platform Vennre announced the close of its Pre-Series A funding round, raising $9.6 million through a hybrid equity and debt structure. The capital will support its mission to provide high‑earning individuals access to private market opportunities.
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Deals•Jan 23, 2026
Juspay Raises $50M in Series D Round From WestBridge Capital
Juspay announced a $50 million Series D follow‑on round led by WestBridge Capital, mixing primary and secondary investments and valuing the company at $1.2 billion. The funding provides liquidity to early investors and employees and supports its global payments platform expansion.
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
LendInvest Secures £250m Debt Funding From Castlelake
LendInvest announced a new funding agreement with Castlelake, under which the asset manager will purchase up to £250 million of loans. The partnership expands LendInvest’s bridging loan capacity and offers greater flexibility for UK property borrowers. The deal highlights strong institutional...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
PayPal Acquires Cymbio to Boost Agentic Commerce Offering
PayPal announced it will acquire Tel‑Aviv‑based multi‑channel orchestration platform Cymbio, enhancing its agentic commerce capabilities across AI surfaces such as Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition will integrate Cymbio’s technology into PayPal’s Store Sync service,...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
ZBD Secures $40M Series C Funding From Blockstream Capital Partners
ZBD, a payments innovator for games, announced a $40 million Series C financing round led by Blockstream Capital Partners. The capital will accelerate its real‑time Bitcoin payment platform, expand licensing, and grow its global footprint across gaming publishers.
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Fuel Ventures Leads £1.6 Million Investment in Allocation Strategy
Allocation Strategy, a provider of asset allocation analytics for institutional investors, announced a £1.6 million funding round led by Fuel Ventures, with participation from angel investors and industry experts. The capital will be used to expand R&D, scale the business and...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Luxembourg Stock Exchange Acquires Tetrao International's ESG Data Analytics Unit
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) announced it will acquire Tetrao International’s ESG data‑analytics business line, bolstering its sustainable‑bond data offering. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of February 2026, will integrate Tetrao’s AI‑driven data‑collection team into the LuxSE...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Pomelo Raises $55M in Series C Funding Round
Argentinian payments infrastructure firm Pomelo announced a $55 million Series C funding round co‑led by Kaszek and Insight Partners, with participation from Index Ventures, Adams Street Partners, S32, Endeavor Catalyst, monashee and TQ Ventures. The round brings Pomelo’s total funding to $160 million...
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Deals•Jan 19, 2026
Defaqto Acquires Pearson Ham Group’s Market Pricing Business for £11M
Defaqto, via its parent Fintel plc, announced the acquisition of Pearson Ham Group’s Market Pricing Business for £11 million. The deal expands Defaqto’s data and technology offerings for the UK retail financial services and insurance sectors, adding pricing data across motor, home,...
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Deals•Jan 19, 2026
AAZZUR Closes £2 Million Funding Round Led by Haatch Ventures
AAZZUR Ltd. announced the closing of a £2 million funding round, completed in October 2025, to expand its fintech orchestration platform. The round was led by Haatch Ventures with participation from Alert Venture Foundry, Alumni Ventures, Great Stuff Ventures, Tyr Ventures, Tenity...
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Deals•Jan 19, 2026
CheckSig Secures €3.5M in Series A Extension to Fuel European Expansion
Italian fintech CheckSig announced the closing of a €3.5 million Series A extension, bringing its post‑money valuation to €33.5 million. The round, backed by a pool of strategic private investors and selected companies, will be used to accelerate growth in Italy and abroad,...
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Deals•Jan 19, 2026
Sinpex Raises €10M in Series A Round
Sinpex, an AI-powered KYB/KYC lifecycle management platform, announced a €10 million Series A financing round to accelerate product development and market expansion.
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Deals•Jan 16, 2026
Portage Acquires Management of Point72 Ventures' Fintech Assets in $280M Deal
Canadian investment firm Portage announced a deal to take over the management of fintech assets owned by US venture capital firm Point72 Ventures. The transaction is structured through a $280 million continuation vehicle, funded by Goldman Sachs Alternatives and other secondary...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Banking Circle Opens Branch in the Czech Republic,
Banking Circle announced the launch of a new Czech Republic branch, adding direct Czech koruna (CZK) payment capabilities for global clients. The office will serve small‑to‑medium banks, payment service providers and fintechs, offering local accounts and virtual IBANs. This follows...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Capital.com Granted CMA Licence in Kenya
Capital.com has secured licence number 244 from Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority, authorising it to operate as a Dealing Online Foreign Exchange Broker. The approval enables the firm to offer regulated online forex and trading services to Kenyan clients, with full onboarding,...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Wealthtech NAO Partners ARK Invest Europe
Berlin‑based wealth‑tech platform NAO has teamed with ARK Invest Europe to launch the ARK Private Innovation ELTIF, a regulated Irish ELTIF 2.0 fund that gives retail investors exposure to mid‑to‑late‑stage private tech companies from a €1 minimum. The fund allocates roughly...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Fasset Names Rafiza Ghazali MD, Consumer Banking
Fasset, the global banking and investment platform, has appointed veteran banker Rafiza Ghazali as Managing Director of Consumer Banking, effective 1 February 2026. The hire comes as Fasset moves to launch the world’s first stablecoin‑based Islamic digital bank after receiving provisional approval...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
LHV Bank Tops £1bn in Deposits
LHV Bank announced it has surpassed £1 billion in customer deposits less than a year after launching its retail operations in the UK. The surge stems from a transparent product lineup that includes a current account paying 3.75% AER and an...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Worldline Empowers Agentic Commerce with New AI Capabilities
Worldline announced two new capabilities—Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and the ConnectAI developer hub—to make its Global Collect payment platform agent‑ready. The MCP acts as a secure bridge that lets large language models initiate payments, refunds, and status checks via...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
LSEG Launches Blockchain-Based Digital Settlement Network
LSEG has launched the Digital Settlement House (DiSH), a blockchain‑compatible platform that enables instant, 24/7 settlement of commercial‑bank money for digital‑asset transactions. DiSH Cash tokenises deposits held at participating banks, supporting multiple currencies and both PVP and DVP settlement models....
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News•Jan 15, 2026
ClearScore Embeds Automated Debt Repayment Technology Directly Into Lender Applications
ClearScore has launched its automated debt‑repayment engine, Clearer, directly into lender credit‑application flows. The tool automatically channels consolidation‑loan proceeds to pay off existing debts, eliminating fund‑diversion risk and allowing lenders to price loans more accurately. Early partners such as Oakbrook...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Swift to Build Shared Ledger for Tokenised Asset Transactions
Swift will integrate a blockchain‑based shared ledger into its global messaging network after successful interoperability trials with BNP Paribas Securities Services, Intesa Sanpaolo and Societe Generale‑Forge. The ledger aims to enable real‑time settlement of tokenised assets across borders, improving speed and transparency. Trials...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
What Happens to Card Economics when Stablecoins Stroll up to the Till in SA?
South African retailers are piloting stablecoin‑based settlement at the point of sale, allowing token transfers to clear in seconds and dramatically compressing the traditional card economics stack. Pick n Pay’s rollout showed that merchants can add a crypto tender without...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Cosegic Boosts Financial Crime Expertise Through Fintrail Acquisition
London‑based compliance specialist Cosegic announced the acquisition of financial‑crime consultancy Fintrail, though the purchase price was not disclosed. The deal adds Fintrail’s niche expertise in anti‑money‑laundering (AML) investigations and fraud detection to Cosegic’s existing portfolio of regulatory technology solutions. By...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Keye Launches AI Co-Pilot for Private Equity Due Diligence
Keye has unveiled Odin, an AI‑driven co‑pilot designed to streamline private‑equity due diligence for investment teams. The tool leverages large‑language models and proprietary NLP pipelines to extract financial metrics, covenant clauses, and risk factors from data‑room documents. Early pilots claim...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Keye Launces AI Co-Pilot for Private Equity Due Diligence
Keye has introduced Odin, an AI‑powered co‑pilot designed to streamline private‑equity due‑diligence. The tool lets deal teams pose plain‑English questions and receive deterministic, audit‑ready analysis instantly. Powered by Keye’s proprietary Deterministic Creativity, Odin combines natural‑language understanding with code‑based execution, eliminating...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Exchange Association Says Regulators Should Prioritize Gen AI Threats over Quantum Computing
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) warned regulators that they are over‑emphasizing quantum‑computing risks at the expense of more immediate generative AI threats. WFE estimates a 5‑10+ year horizon before cryptographically relevant quantum computers appear, recommending proportionate resource allocation. The...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Quavo Names David Oldershaw COO; Tony DiGiorgio CTO
Quavo announced the appointment of David Oldershaw as chief operating officer and Tony DiGiorgio as chief technology officer. Both executives bring deep experience in fintech operations and AI development. The hires are intended to accelerate Quavo’s product roadmap and expand...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
AI Helped Drive Increase in Crypto Scam Losses to $17bn in 2025
Chainalysis estimates crypto‑related scam losses could top $17 billion in 2025, up from $12 billion in 2024. The average fraudulent payment jumped from $782 to $2,764, while impersonation scams exploded 1,400% year‑over‑year. AI‑enabled operations proved 4.5 times more profitable, generating $3.2 million per...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Exegy Acquires NovaSparks
Exegy, a leading provider of high‑performance market data and trading technology, announced the acquisition of NovaSparks Inc., a specialist in FPGA‑enabled real‑time market data normalization and distribution. The deal integrates NovaSparks’ low‑latency data processing platform into Exegy’s existing feed handling...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Esma Unfolds Data and Digital Strategy Roadmap
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a new Digital Strategy for 2026‑2028 and refreshed its Data Strategy covering 2023‑2028. Both roadmaps focus on smarter regulatory reporting, reduced complexity, and stronger digital capabilities across the European System of...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
ACI Worldwide Appoints JP Krishnamoorthy as Chief Innovation and Technology Officer
ACI Worldwide announced the appointment of JP Krishnamoorthy as Chief Innovation & Technology Officer, leading its Global Technology & Innovation organization. Krishnamoorthy, who joined in December 2025, previously headed engineering, AI, cloud operations, and cybersecurity at Coupa Software, and has extensive...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
DTCC Comments on UK MiFID ARM Registration
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has formally registered DTCC’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive/Regulation (MiFID/R) ARM licence, clearing the way for a new reporting service. Scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2026, the platform will let market participants...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Gresham Completes Acquisition of S&P Global’s Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Business
Gresham announced the completion of its acquisition of S&P Global’s Enterprise Data Management (EDM) business, a platform trusted by 30 of the top 60 global asset managers and supporting more than $12 trillion in assets under management. Backed by private‑equity firm...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Lunar Gives Customers Visual View of Yearly Spending Habits
Lunar has introduced “Wallet story,” a visual annual summary that turns users’ transaction data into a narrative of their spending across categories like housing, travel and everyday purchases. The feature eschews traditional charts, scores or financial advice, offering a purely...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Capi Money Get UK EMI Licence
Capi Money Group announced that its UK subsidiary has received Electronic Money Institution authorisation from the FCA. The licence allows Capi UK to issue e‑money and provide regulated payment services, targeting the £80 billion annual UK‑Africa capital flow. With eight African...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
UK and EU Regulators Sign MoU to Strengthen Oversight of Critical Third Parties
The Financial Conduct Authority, Bank of England and Prudential Regulation Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Supervisory Authorities. The MoU formalises cooperation on supervising critical third parties that operate under the UK’s CTP regime. It establishes...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
ClearBid Global Markets Selects Archax as Digital Asset Partner for UK and EU Expansion
ClearBid Global Markets announced a partnership with Archax, the FCA‑regulated digital asset exchange, to extend its cross‑border digital bond trading and data platform into the United Kingdom and European Union. The collaboration gives CBGM access to Archax’s compliant custody, settlement...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
PayPal and Deutsche Bank Strike Global Payments Deal
PayPal and Deutsche Bank announced an expansion of their long‑standing partnership to deliver enhanced payment solutions across the United States, Europe, and Asia‑Pacific. The deal integrates PayPal’s digital wallet and merchant services with Deutsche Bank’s banking infrastructure, enabling faster cross‑border...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
How Neglectful People Processes Could Create the Next Financial Crisis
During FinextraTV’s Predict 2026, Harrington Star co‑founder Nadia Edwards‑Dashti and financial‑services executive Samantha Emery warned that the industry’s retreat from robust diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives could sow the seeds of a new financial crisis. They argued that labeling...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
ExtractAlpha Release Analyst Model Global
ExtractAlpha unveiled its Analyst Model Global, extending the firm’s AI‑driven stock‑selection engine to cover the United States, EMEA, APAC and the broader Americas. The new offering promises a single, consistent signal that can be applied across all major equity markets....
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Conferma Names Mark Ledsham as CEO
Conferma, a global corporate travel payments leader, announced Mark Ledsham as its new chief executive officer. Ledsham brings a track record of scaling fintech and financial services businesses, having held senior roles at Currencycloud, XE.com, Euronet Worldwide, OFX, Macquarie Group...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Built for Mars: Monzo Savings Challenge Highlights Persistent Retention Gap
Monzo’s 1p Savings Challenge, a gamified deposit product, quickly attracted users, demonstrating the bank’s capacity to mobilise a large audience at launch. Built for Mars’ analysis shows the challenge’s strongest performance occurs in the first few days, with engagement plummeting...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Abound Enters Mortgage Market Through Acquisition of Ahauz
Abound, a credit‑tech firm, is entering the mortgage market by acquiring Ahauz, a specialist shared‑equity lender. The deal lets Ahauz keep its focus while gaining Abound’s AI‑driven affordability engine and capital. Abound’s first product is a Help‑to‑Buy‑style equity loan offering...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Plumery Unveils AI Fabric
Plumery announced AI Fabric, an event‑driven data‑mesh platform that creates an AI‑ready foundation for digital banking. The solution replaces fragile point‑to‑point integrations with a standardized, API‑first architecture, allowing banks to connect generative AI models directly to core data streams. By...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Lendscape Appoints Brett Promisel as CEO
Lendscape announced Brett Promisel as its new Chief Executive Officer after an extensive global search. Promisel brings more than three decades of leadership experience at technology and financial‑services firms such as RELX, FIS Global and UBS, most recently heading Investor Services at...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Reward Embeds Experian Mosaic
Reward has integrated Experian Mosaic into its Intelligence and Activation suite, merging first‑party transaction data from ten million UK banking customers with Experian’s demographic and lifestyle segmentation. The combined offering links the "what" of purchase behaviour to the "who" of...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Moneyhub Selected by Nationwide to Create AI-Driven Spending Insights for All Customers
Moneyhub has been selected by Nationwide to power AI‑driven spending insights for the lender’s 16 million UK customers. The firm’s Categorisation and Enrichment engine will analyse every transaction, adding merchant identifiers, website links and location data. This granular view enables users...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Payments Association Calls for Bank of England to Stop Stifling Stablecoin Progress
The Payments Association released its 2026 manifesto, urging the Bank of England to remove holding limits, improve backing‑asset ratios, and lift the wholesale ban on systemic stablecoins. The 77‑policy blueprint, drafted by over 150 payments experts, targets regulatory bottlenecks that...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
The Role of Identity in the PSD3 Era
PSD3, set to enforce in 2026, upgrades the European payments regime from PSD2’s data‑sharing focus to an identity‑centric security model. The directive mandates phishing‑resistant, biometric and behavioral authentication, and shifts authorized push‑payment fraud liability onto payment service providers. Real‑time, risk‑adaptive...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Noah and Nala Launch Instant Stablecoin Settlement Network
Noah and NALA announced a strategic partnership to create an instant stablecoin settlement network for cross‑border payments. The platform lets global businesses collect USD and pay out local currency in minutes, targeting the estimated $850 bn liquidity gap in Africa and...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Survey Shows Insurers Lagging on Compliance Screening
A LSEG Risk Intelligence survey reveals insurers lag behind peers in compliance screening, with 75% reporting data‑update delays and 80% citing inflexible tools. Manual remediation workloads affect 81% of firms, while high false‑positive rates persist at 75%. Despite these hurdles,...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
IAltA Acquires BridgeFT
iAltA Holdings announced the acquisition of BridgeFT, a cloud‑native, API‑first wealth infrastructure firm. BridgeFT’s WealthTech API unifies client and portfolio data, eliminating the need for multiple bespoke integrations. The deal gives iAltA a ready‑made data‑layer to simplify technology stacks, cut...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Revolut to Tackle Impersonation Scams
Revolut, the UK‑based challenger bank, has launched a new security feature aimed at curbing impersonation scams that have surged across digital banking. The measure adds an extra verification step for outbound transfers and leverages AI to flag suspicious account changes....
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Indian Banks Plan Massive ATM Deployment
Indian banks will install 17,350 ATMs over the next six months, with four state‑run banks—Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Canara Bank and India Bank—accounting for 8,000 of those machines. Seventy‑five percent of the new units will be cash‑recycling...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
WTW Radar and Databricks Collaborate for Insurance Analytics
Willis Towers Watson launched the Radar Connector for Databricks, linking its end‑to‑end insurance analytics platform directly to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The integration removes manual data movement, allowing insurers to pull and push data in minutes and to embed...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
STG Acquires S&P's thinkFolio Business
STG, a private‑equity firm specializing in software, data and analytics, has completed the acquisition of S&P Global’s thinkFolio platform. The deal spins thinkFolio out as an independent portfolio company focused on portfolio modelling, order management and investment compliance. Backed by...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
PayPal Ventures Leads €12 Million Funding Round in Klearly
PayPal Ventures led a €12 million financing round for Dutch hospitality‑payment platform Klearly, bringing total capital to €20 million. The funding will accelerate Klearly’s expansion into Italy and Belgium while bolstering engineering and operations. Klearly’s solution integrates with existing POS systems, allowing...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Open Banking UK Celebrates Eighth Anniversary
Open banking in the UK marks its eighth anniversary, now supporting over 16.5 million live user connections. Since its 2018 launch, the initiative has grown from a regulatory mandate to a core financial infrastructure, encompassing 145 authorised third‑party providers. Account‑to‑account payments...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Atomic Invest Acquires Groene Hart Financial Diensten
Atomic Invest has completed the acquisition of Groene Hart Financial Diensten, securing approval from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The deal gives Atomic a regulatory foothold in the EU, enabling it to offer white‑label wealth‑management, brokerage, and...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
FIS Jumps Into Agentic Commerce
FIS announced its first agentic commerce solution, enabling banks to process AI‑initiated purchases securely through existing card networks. The platform leverages the recently acquired Total Issuing Solutions portfolio and partners with Visa and Mastercard to embed AI agents within authorization,...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Bank Shares Slide on Trump Plan to Cap Card Fees
President Donald Trump announced a proposal to cap credit‑card interest rates at 10% for one year, sparking immediate market backlash. The announcement sent shares of major card issuers and banks tumbling, with Synchrony Financial down 9%, Capital One 8.8%, and...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
PicPay Files for US IPO
Brazilian digital banking and payments platform PicPay has filed for a US initial public offering, its second attempt after a 2021 filing was withdrawn. Citigroup, BofA Securities and RBC Capital Markets will act as joint global coordinators, and the company...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
SmartSearch Acquires Credas Technologies to Expand Digital Compliance Offering
UK digital compliance specialist SmartSearch announced the acquisition of identity verification provider Credas Technologies. The deal, reported on Jan 7, 2026, aims to strengthen SmartSearch's anti‑money‑laundering and digital compliance capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Deals•Jan 6, 2026
Broadridge Completes Acquisition of Acolin to Boost Fund Distribution Capabilities
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced the completion of its acquisition of Acolin, a Zurich‑based provider of cross‑border fund distribution and regulatory services. The deal expands Broadridge’s distribution solutions for asset managers, adding access to over 3,000 distributors across 30+ countries and...
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Deals•Jan 6, 2026
Pluto Financial Technologies Raises $8.6M Seed Round to Build AI‑powered Lending Platform
Pluto Financial Technologies announced a seed round of $8.6 million to develop its AI‑powered credit infrastructure for private‑market assets. The round was backed by Motive Ventures, Portage, Apollo Global Management, Hamilton Lane, Tectonic Ventures and Broadhaven Ventures. The funding will support...
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Deals•Dec 30, 2025
Citigroup Approves Sale of AO Citibank to Renaissance Capital
Citigroup's board has approved the sale of its remaining Russian business unit, AO Citibank, to investment bank Renaissance Capital. The transaction is expected to generate a pre‑tax loss of about $1.2 billion and is slated to close in the first half...
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