Penfold, the digital workplace pension provider, has appointed Jonathan Schneider as Chairman, adding one of the UK’s most experienced fintech founders and investors to its board.

Schneider joins as Penfold accelerates its growth within the workplace savings market. With a 25-year career spent building and backing high-growth finance firms, he brings a track record of scaling platforms from early-stage disruptors into major institutional players.

Allica Bank is one of a select few firms invited to participate in the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) newly launched Scale-up Unit, a joint regulatory initiative designed to support fast-growing, innovative financial services firms to scale, invest and create high-skilled jobs across the UK. 

Nets, part of Nexi Group, the European PayTech, has announced a new strategic partnership with Triple

ClearCourse, a leading provider of industry-specific software and embedded payments, today announces a series of strategic senior leadership appointments as part of growth plans for 2026, reinforcing its commitment to scale while maintaining a strong focus on customer success and long-term partnerships. 

The Group has surpassed USD 3 billion in cumulative loans issued. Meanwhile, the number of registered customers equaled 21.6 million as of the end of 2025.

YouLend, the leading global embedded financing platform, and Intuit, the global financial technology platform that makes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, today announced that they will make workin

Flagright, the AI-native, no-code platform for transaction monitoring and AML compliance, is pleased to welcome SME Bank as its newest client. Following a successful evaluation of Flagright’s platform, SME Bank has deployed Flagright to centralise real-time transaction monitoring, watchlist screening, and investigations; strengthening its financial crime controls while keeping operations fast and scalable.

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments provider, today announced a new strategic partnership with Spotify, the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service. The partnership will enable Checkout.com to provide global acquiring services for Spotify to deliver a smooth, secure and reliable payments experience for its global audience of more than 700 million monthly active users and more than 280 million paying subscribers.

Iute Group, a digital banking group operating in Southeast Europe, has established a new insurance services and operational management subsidiary Iute Affinity, to reinforce protection as a core pillar within its everyday digital banking ecosystem. Alma Ribanovic has been appointed as the CEO of Iute Affinity.

Clear Junction, the global provider of cross-border payments and banking services infrastructure for licensed financial institutions, has introduced onChain Stablecoin Pay-In, enabling its clients to accept stablecoin pay-ins from their customers.