Revolut Secures Organisation Authorisation in Peru, Moving to Formally Incorporate as a Bank

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Banking

Revolut, the global fintech with over 70m customers, has today been granted an Organisation Licence by the Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFP (SBS) of Peru, a key step in its banking licensing process. With this major regulatory milestone, Revolut is set to become the first fully digital bank authorised in Peru.

Paymentology and Bank Zero Partner to Expand Access to South Africa’s Financial Ecosystem

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Infrastructure

Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, today announced a new partnership with Bank Zero to accelerate access to modern digital banking in South Africa. As Bank Zero’s first alliance partner, Paymentology supports the bank’s vision of enabling organisations to participate more easily in financial services through its scalable, secure infrastructure.

Moneyhub Partners With the Tax Guys to Help Landlords and Sole Traders Navigate Making Tax Digital

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Banking

Moneyhub, the leading data and intelligence platform, today announced a new partnership with The Tax Guys, a UK tax advisory firm serving landlords and sole traders. This partnership will power the firm's Clean Books platform, which automates financial data collection and supports compliance with HMRC's Making Tax Digital (MTD) requirements. 

Banco Angolano de Investimentos Selects Finastra to Scale with Customer and Industry Demands

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Banking

Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, announced that BAI - Banco Angolano de Investimentos, S.A. (Sociedade Aberta), one of Angola’s largest financial services providers, has selected Finastra Essence to upgrade its core banking system. The next-generation, open-API enabled platform will strengthen BAI’s operational resilience and ability to quickly adapt to changing customer, industry, and regulatory demands.

Clear Junction Expands SWIFT Connectivity for Multi-Currency Accounts and Global Payouts

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Infrastructure

Clear Junction, the global provider of cross-border payments and banking services infrastructure for licensed financial institutions, has expanded its multi-currency SWIFT service with named client accounts, outbound SWIFT payments, and integrated foreign exchange (FX) conversion.  The enhanced service enables regulated financial institutions to manage international funding and EU/UK domestic payouts through a single provider, simplifying...

NatWest and Sainsbury’s Announce New Partnership

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Banking

NatWest and Sainsbury’s today announce a new agreement that will bring a range of new financial products to Sainsbury’s customers, with exclusive benefits for Nectar members. This follows NatWest’s acquisition of Sainsbury’s Bank plc’s (“Sainsbury’s Bank”) personal loan, credit card and retail deposit portfolios (together the “core banking business”) in 2025. 

Mastercard and Scale Aim to Advance Card Issuance Enablement for Fintechs and Non-Financial Institutions Across Sub-Saharan Africa

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Payments

Mastercard and Scale are advancing their collaboration with the aim of simplifying card issuance for fintech companies and non-financial institutions (non-FIs) across Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe.  This collaboration introduces a unified integration capability designed to help innovators bring virtual and physical card programmes to market more efficiently, reducing the complexity traditionally associated with launching...

Daylit Launches AI Agents for Accounts Receivable, Bringing Autonomous Collections and Real-Time Cash Intelligence to Finance Teams

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Artificial Intelligence

Daylit  launched its AI agents platform for accounts receivable (AR), enabling finance teams to accelerate collection and transform receivables into a strategic driver of working capital performance. Early adopters have increased collections on high-risk accounts by nearly 3x, reduced manual follow-up work by more than 40 hours per week, lowered AR operating costs by more than 75%, and achieved email reply rates of approximately 50%—more than...

Asia Remains World’s Most Wallet-Led Region as A2A Payments Accelerate

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• E-Wallets

Worldpay®, now Global Payments (NYSE: GPN), released its 11th annual Global Payments Report (GPR), revealing that spending via digital wallets surpassed cards in Hong Kong for the first time. Account-to-account (A2A) payments are also staging a quiet revolution across Asia and are set to reshape how consumers choose to pay in several markets across the region through 2030. Asia’s wallet-first future accelerates

Gr4vy and Plaid Partner to Enable Pay-by-Bank Payments for Global Merchants

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Banking

Gr4vy, the cloud-based payment orchestration platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Plaid, the global data network powering open-banking connections for fintechs and financial institutions. The collaboration enables merchants using Gr4vy to offer Pay-by-Bank, also known as account-to-account (A2A) payments, as part of their core checkout experience, providing a lower-cost alternative to card transactions without additional...

Banking Named Most Trusted Industry in New Digital Trust Index

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Personal Finance

Thales today released the 2026 Digital Trust Index, one of the most comprehensive global studies of digital trust. Surveying more than 15,000 consumers, business partners, and IT decision makers across 13 industries, the research reveals that digital trust is won or lost during sign-up, login, and throughout the lifecycle of personal data handling.   Consumer Trust is Won or Lost at Login  

Global Leisure Equipment Retailer Selects Ecommpay for Future-Proofed Seamless Customer Checkout Journey

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Payments

IDnow and Trustfull Partner to Deliver Continuous Fraud Prevention Beyond Onboarding

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Fraud Detection

IDnow, Europe’s leading identity verification platform provider, and Trustfull, a leader in frictionless fraud prevention technology, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver a more adaptive and end-to-end approach to fraud prevention.

9fin Raises $170M Series C at $1.3B Valuation to Scale AI Platform for Debt Markets

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Fundraising News

9fin, the AI-native platform for global debt markets, has raised $170 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round was led by HarbourVest, with participation from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and earlier investors Redalpine, Highland Europe, Spark Capital, and Seedcamp.

Marqeta Delivers AI-Driven Risk Decisioning to Enhance Real-Time Fraud Prevention

• 1 month 3 weeks ago
• Fraud Detection

Marqeta, Inc., the modern card issuing platform, today announced it enhanced its Real-Time Decisioning (RTD) offering with an AI-powered risk score that analyzes transaction risk levels at the point of the authorization decision. With the new integrated capabilities, Marqeta enables its customers to make smarter, data-driven risk assessments to prevent payment fraud and reduce false declines. Part of its suite of risk services, the company’s RTD...