The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Adam Watson has joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of Asset Services.

Merchants are facing an increasingly sophisticated landscape of digital threats, with payment fraud losses in the UK reaching a staggering £1.17 billion in 2024 alone.

Cross-border payments company, Currenxie, has today launched its business account solution in the UK for SMEs looking to transact globally and enter new markets. 

Currenxie, a fintech company founded in 2014, specialises in simplifying global payments for businesses. The company provides comprehensive solutions for SMEs when collecting, exchanging, and sending money worldwide. 

Newcastle-based Atom bank has today announced the successful distribution of £13,250 to recipients of the Atom Futures Fund, reaffirming its deep-rooted commitment to supporting and developing early career talent in the North East of England.

Allica Bank, the leading digital bank for small and medium businesses (SMBs), has announced a $155m Series D capital raise from Ventura Capital, GLG , Sona AM and existing investors TCV and Blue Owl. The majority of the round consists of common equity, alongside a portion of new additional Tier 1 equity capital. 

Allica is the category defining digital bank for established SMBs (businesses with typically 5-250 employees), providing a full stack of services using proprietary technology.

With GenAI deployment delivering measurable business results, financial services firms are doubling down on technology transformation and taking aim at the tokenization of market infrastructure.

Ortec Finance, a leading provider of financial decision-making technology, has appointed Jamie Holland as Senior Client Manager within its Global Wealth Solutions team in the UK. Jamie will join the firm effective 1 March 2026.

Form3, the secure cloud-native account-to-account global payments platform, today announced a significant expansion of its partnership with SumUp, as the global fintech extends its use of Form3’s payments platform to support European payment schemes.

ShapeShift, one of the longest-serving community-led decentralised anti-KYC trading platforms, today announced a major expansion of its multichain infrastructure, increasing to 17 swappers and expanding support to 46 blockchains as part of its push to become the leading privacy-first, anti-KYC trading venue in crypto. This is a sign of significant growth, with swappers up 41% and chains up 59% since November 2025.

Investing and trading platform, IG, has unveiled a new integrated UK marketing campaign as part of its broader brand repositioning, aimed at redefining how the FTSE 250 fintech engages today’s digitally native, self-directed investors.