MoneyHash, the leading payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, and Spare, a regional open banking infrastructure provider operating in alignment with regulatory frameworks across the GCC, announced a new partnership to enable merchants to offer Pay By Bank solutions in the UAE, helping reduce payment costs, shorten settlement times, and deliver a seamless customer experience.

FIS®, a global leader in financial technology, today announced the launch of its first offering to enable agentic commerce on the heels of announcing the close of the acquisition of its FIS Total Issuing™ Solutions portfolio. FIS’ new agentic commerce offering is the first to enable banks to safely and securely conduct commerce with AI agents and card networks. 

In the UK, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of our economy, making up 99.8% of the private sector. Despite this, traditional banks continue to under-serve SMEs, offering legacy business accounts built for large corporates, or personal accounts that lack the tools and features needed by small businesses.

BlackOpal, LATAM's emerging global payments finance platform, today announced the launch of GemStone, its flagship institutional product in tokenized Brazilian credit card receivables. The launch is backed by a US$200 million, three-year anchor facility structured by Mars Capital Advisors, a Swiss-based firm specializing in working capital with approximately $2 billion in assets under advisory and is deployed on BlackOpal’s tokenization partner, Plume, the leading RWA blockchain powering real-world yield.

Ant International, a global leader in payments, financial technology and enterprise digitisation, is collaborating on the launch of Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard designed to enable agentic commerce across the entire shopping journey — from product discovery and buying to post-purchase support.

Arman Tahmassebi, a seasoned operations leader with more than 25 years’ fintech experience, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Flagstone, the UK’s largest savings platform with almost £19 billion assets under administration. 

Nationwide has expanded its popular Scam Checker service with a new Call Checker feature that tells customers they are speaking to them and not a fraudster.

The Call Checker service comes as research from Nationwide reveals the average Brit receives eight scam calls a month – equivalent to two every week.

Sumsub, a global leader in identity verification and fraud prevention, today announced it has joined the World Economic Forum’s Unicorn Community, an exclusive, invite-only program for private high-growth companies valued at over $1 billion and shaping the future of the digital economy. Sumsub Co-founder and CEO Andrew Sever will attend the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, contributing expertise on digital trust, AI-driven fraud, and inclusive access to digital services.

Jumio, the leading provider of AI-powered identity intelligence anchored in biometric authentication, automation, and data-driven insights, today announced that Bala Kumar has been appointed president and interim chief executive officer. Kumar succeeds Robert Prigge, who is departing after nearly a decade of leadership and a period of meaningful growth and progress for the company.