International Finance & Banking Summit 2026
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- FinTech StartUps
International Finance & Banking Summit 2026 — one of the region’s largest finance and banking events — was successfully held in Baku on June 9–10, 2026, at Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard.
EDX Markets Closes $76 Million Series C Funding Round Led by SBI Holdings to Enhance Institutional Digital Asset Infrastructure
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Fundraising News
EDX Markets, a leading digital asset technology firm that combines an institutional-only trading venue with a central clearinghouse, today announced the closing of a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings.
Flix and Klarna Expand Partnership to Give Millions of Travelers Across the U.S. and Europe More Ways to Pay
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Payments
Flix and Klarna, the global digital bank and payments provider, announced today an expanded partnership bringing more flexible payment options to millions of travelers across its platforms. Beginning today, Klarna will be available in 21 Flix markets, adding Germany, Italy, France, Poland, the UK, Switzerland, Austria and Spain, among others, to an existing integration in the U.S. and Sweden.
KuCoin Becomes Official Partner of UAE Team Emirates – XRG, Debuts at the Tour de France
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Cryptocurrencies
KuCoin today announced its official partnership with UAE Team Emirates – XRG, one of the world's premier professional cycling teams. This landmark collaboration will make its grand public debut at the 2026 Tour de France, with KuCoin's branding prominently featured across all team buses, support vehicles, and fleet cars throughout the prestigious three-week race.
Canadians Are Spending More on Groceries and Increasingly Turning to Pay Later to Keep Up
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Lending
As grocery prices continue to strain household budgets across Canada, many Canadians are changing how they shop and manage their money to keep up. The Grocery Gap Report, conducted by KOHO, found that average grocery spending per user increased approximately 5% year-over-year, rising from $261 to $275 per month. The increase was driven by both larger baskets and more frequent trips to the grocery store.
Tangos Raises $20 Million Seed Round to Scale Financial Crime Investigations with Autonomous AI
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Fundraising News
Tangos AI, the leading autonomous AI platform for financial crime investigations, today announced a $20 million seed financing round led by Red Dot Capital Partners, with participation from Leaders Fund, Clarim Ventures, VentureIsrael, Signal Fire, Clutch Capital and Selah Ventures and a strategic investment by Bright Data.
Webull Launches Institutional Platform for Brokers, Hedge Funds, Advisors, Fintechs, and Financial Institutions
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Infrastructure
Webull Corporation today announced the launch of Webull Institutional, a comprehensive platform designed to service brokers, hedge funds, advisors, proprietary traders, fintechs, banks, and other financial institutions. Through Webull Institutional, these financial institutions can build, launch, and scale investment products through a suite of brokerage infrastructure, APIs, AI capabilities, execution services, and embeddable solutions.
Regions Bank Launches Personalized Insights for Mobile Banking Customers
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Digital banking
Regions Bank on Tuesday announced the launch of personalized insights, a new mobile banking feature that delivers tailored financial education, proactive notifications, and actionable insights based on real-time account activity. Regions Bank is launching personalized insights, a new mobile banking feature that delivers tailored financial education, proactive notifications, and actionable insights based on real-time account activity
Edenred Payment Solutions Unveils Web Push Provisioning to Simplify Virtual Card Adoption
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Payments
Edenred Payment Solutions, a leading payment services provider and regulated Electronic Money Institution (EMI), today announced the launch of Web Push Provisioning (WPP), enabling organisations to deliver virtual payment cards directly to customers' digital wallets via web, SMS or email. By removing the need for users to download an app before adding a card to their digital wallet, the new capability reduces friction in the activation process...
Broadstone Hires Bethany Devin as Principal Consultant – Health & Risk
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- People Moves
Broadstone, a leading independent UK financial services consultancy, is pleased to announce that Bethany Devin has joined as Principal Consultant – Health & Risk within its Employee Benefits Consulting division. The appointment marks a further expansion of Broadstone’s health and risk proposition with a senior hire in its consulting team.
etoro Launches New App: AI-First, Smart, and Social
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Artificial Intelligence
etoro, the trading and investing platform, unveiled a new mobile app at its ‘Intelligence in Motion’ event in London. etoro is moving beyond the app itself, to be wherever investors are. The company shared updates including agentic trading and sub-accounts, a new desktop platform for active traders, a growing app store, and new tools for crypto self-custody.
3 Million Credit Card Holders Missed a Payment Because They Thought the Due Date Was Later Than It Actually Was
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Forgetting to make a credit card payment is far from rare, with new research showing over a third (35%) of credit card holders in the UK - equivalent to 12 million people nationally - have missed paying a credit card bill in the past 12 months.
Kord Secures £6.4M to Combat AI-Driven Fraud and Process Payments in Regulated Industries
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Fundraising News
UK fintech Kord, the end-to-end platform making onboarding clients, identity verification, and payment processing simpler and more secure, has raised £6.4 million in Series A funding. This latest round, bringing the company’s total funding to £9 million, was led by Guinness Ventures with participation from Beringea, SFC Capital, and angel investors. The investment will be used to continue growing the Kord team and drive product development to...
Payhawk Surpasses $100M ARR and Grows Faster and Leaner in Europe, Driven by an AI-Native Rebuild
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Payhawk, the AI-native spend management platform, has surpassed $100M ARR to reach Centaur status, joining the roughly 250 private software companies worldwide to hit the milestone, a club that Bessemer Venture Partners estimates is around seven times rarer than the $1bn "unicorn." Over the past 24 months, Payhawk has rebuilt both its products and operations around autonomous AI agents, and its growth has accelerated as a result, turning $100M...
Banks Told to Improve Access to Basic Accounts
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Banking
Nine of the biggest UK banks and building societies are legally mandated to offer basic bank accounts. They exist to serve people who may not otherwise be able to access standard current accounts - providing access to essential services with no fees and no overdraft. A mystery shopping exercise by the FCA found a third of experiences with basic bank accounts rated as poor or very poor.
