Offa Boosts Bridge Sales Team With Two New Hires
- 2 months 1 week ago
- People Moves
Offa, an award-winning British Islamic property finance fintech firm, has increased the headcount of its bridging finance team with two new hires. Tahir Ahmad joins Offa – the first company to provide halal bridge finance in the UK – as Business Development Manager. He brings 20 years of industry experience, having worked for UBL UK, Habib Bank Zurich Plc, Cynergy Bank, Punjab National International Bank Ltd, and Whitehall Capital Ltd.
NatWest Launches Venture Banking to Help Scale the UK’s Innovation Economy and Drive Future Growth
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Banking
As the UK looks to strengthen productivity and compete globally, high‑growth, equity‑backed businesses are playing an increasingly critical role in driving innovation, attracting investment and creating skilled employment. NatWest Venture Banking has been created to meet growing demand from founders and investors for more sophisticated, joined‑up financial partners, supporting companies through every stage of growth — from early‑stage ideation...
Germany’s Akbank AG Successfully Completes First Phase of Core Banking Migration to Mambu in Partnership With Innovance
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Core Banking
iDenfy Brings KYC and AML Fraud Prevention Solutions Into WooCommerce
- 2 months 1 week ago
- AML and KYC
iDenfy, a global leader in RegTech identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, launched an identity verification application for WooCommerce merchants. The new integration gives online store owners a direct way to require identity verification for customers before purchase or in other, higher-risk scenarios, depending on the store’s risk management strategy and unique case.
Findity Launches Its Embedded Expense Platform in the U.S.
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Management
Findity, the leading provider of embedded expense management, today announced its official entry into the U.S. market. This milestone marks a significant step in Findity's global growth strategy, bringing its AI-powered, card-agnostic expense platform to U.S. businesses – enabling them to offer seamless expense management directly within their own products.
9fin Launches in APAC to Expand Global Credit Coverage
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
9fin, the AI-native information platform for global debt markets, has formally launched in the Asia Pacific region, giving credit professionals access to cutting-edge news, data and analysis across private and public bonds and loans. As the 9fin team continues to grow quickly across APAC from its initial base in Hong Kong, it is supporting firms locally by providing proprietary credit intelligence, comprehensive data, and AI-powered workflow...
LendingClub to Become Happen Bank, a Digital Bank for People Going Places
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
LendingClub Corp. announced that it is rebranding LendingClub Bank as Happen Bank, marking a significant milestone in its evolution into a digital bank offering consumers seamless access to award-winning products that help them save more of what they earn and earn more on what they save.
FloQast Opens Berlin Hub
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
FloQast, the Accounting Transformation Platform created by accountants for accountants to automate accounting and audit workflows with AI,, has announced the opening of its new Berlin hub, marking a strategic expansion across the DACH region. The move reflects growing demand from finance teams facing increased regulatory pressure, operational complexity, and limited headcount, while seeking practical ways to adopt AI with confidence.
Moomoo Launches Agentic Investing With Introduction of Moomoo API Skills
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Investment
Moomoo, a leading global investment and trading platform, today announced the launch of Moomoo API Skills, an innovative capability designed to lead retail investors into the era of agentic investing.* By enabling investors to connect their personal AI agents directly to moomoo’s professional-grade infrastructure, the platform transforms natural language input into structured, executable investment strategies.
ACI Worldwide and Kinexys by J.P. Morgan Collaborate to Mitigate Global Real-Time Payments Fraud
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Fraud Detection
As real-time payments adoption accelerates worldwide and fraud risks intensify, ACI Worldwide and Kinexys by J.P. Morgan today announced the integration of Kinexys Liink’s Confirm application into ACI Worldwide’s Fraud and Financial Crime solution. The integration embeds account and payee verification directly into payment workflows, enabling banks to help reduce fraud, protect customers, and aims to support safer, faster payments at scale.
Experian Launches AI-Powered ‘Transaction Forensics’ to Bolster Fraud Prevention Across UK Financial Services
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Fraud Detection
Experian today announces the go-live of ‘Transaction Forensics’, a pioneering AI-powered fraud and anti-money laundering solution designed to help financial services detect and prevent increasingly sophisticated fraud and financial crime in real time.
Warm Weather Sparks Surge in UK Clothing, Garden and Travel Spend
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Personal Finance
According to Checkout.com’s digital spending data, temperatures exceeding 20°C in early April, specifically on 7-8 April, marked a clear turning point in UK consumer spending. This spike in temperature triggered a wave of seasonal optimism, as consumers rushed to prepare for the sunnier months ahead.
ING Bank Śląski Completes Acquisition of Goldman Sachs TFI
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Asset Management
ING today announced that ING Bank Śląski has completed the acquisition of the remaining 55% stake in Goldman Sachs TFI, acquiring 100% ownership in the Polish asset management company. The value of the transaction amounts to PLN 405 million (approximately €95 million at the relevant exchange rate).
Monument Technology Partners With Castle Trust Bank on Platform Deal
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Banking
Banking platform provider, Monument Technology, has today announced a partnership with Castle Trust Bank to deploy its Banking Platform as a Service (BPaaS), marking its second major client and first UK-regulated bank client. The partnership will involve Castle Trust Bank migrating its savings business onto Monument Technology’s platform, with implementation already under way and completion targeted for early 2027.
Leave Passwords in the Past: Why Passkeys Are the Future of Secure Authentication – Yubico Comments
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Cybersecurity
In today's digital landscape, the security of personal and corporate data relies entirely on the strength of our authentication methods. However, as cyber threats grow increasingly sophisticated, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a clear and definitive directive: it is time to leave passwords in the past; passkeys are the future.
