The new feature automatically rounds up everyday purchases and places them in an investment account. Making investing easy and part of everyday life, customers can activate the feature in their ING App.

AMINA Bank AG and Crypto Finance Group, together with other banking partners, have successfully completed a landmark pilot program demonstrating how distributed ledger technology (DLT) can modernise cross-border, cross-currency, and point-of-sale use cases. The pilot, conducted on the Google Cloud Universal Ledger platform (GCUL), enables near-real-time, 24/7 settlement of transactions in fiat currency between Swiss-regulated financial institutions while maintaining the security and compliance standards of traditional banking.

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, today announced that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate innovation in the financial services industry through autonomous, AI-powered solutions.

The collaboration brings together HCLTech’s deep domain expertise and AWS to deliver transformative outcomes for financial services organizations.

Monex Canada Inc., a subsidiary of the wider financial services group Monex S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Monex”), an investment-grade global financial institution and a leader in commercial foreign exchange, today announced the launch of Mass Payments within its online FX payment platform, Monex Pay. The new capability enhances the platform’s treasury functionality by enabling businesses to automate, manage, and execute high-volume, multi-currency payments with greater efficiency, accuracy, and visibility.

Allianz Commercial announces the upcoming launch of its Miami Latin America Hub, set to open in February 2026. The office will support business development across Latin America, leveraging Miami´s position, as a leading center and talent pool for the Latin American and Caribbean (re)insurance sector. It will centralize resources and expertise to better engage with brokers, clients, and other partners throughout the region, as well as creating an additional presence in the Americas.  

Kraken, one of the world’s longest-standing, most secure and most liquid crypto platforms, today announced the phased rollout of the Krak Card with 1% cash back rewards on all purchases, alongside new features, such as salary deposits and expanded wealth-building opportunities.

Thredd, a leading next-generation global payments processor, today announced that it has signed an agreement to enable Visa Cloud Connect on a global scale. This milestone reflects Thredd’s continued investment in cloud-first infrastructure and reinforces its role as a global technology leader in payments processing.

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced the expansion of its stablecoin settlement capabilities across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region (CEMEA) through a partnership with Aquanow, a global digital assets platform expert in liquidity and infrastructure solutions.

Experian, the global data and technology company, has published a new report examining UK business leaders’ perspectives on Responsible AI, a framework for designing, building and deploying AI safely across its lifecycle.

The research shows that AI is already delivering strong results, with 89% of respondents reporting a positive impact on performance. However, as adoption continues to grow, 87% believe Responsible AI practices will become a key differentiator within the next two to three years.