UniCredit, the pan-European commercial bank, and Google Cloud today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining a 10-year agreement to accelerate UniCredit's digital transformation. This collaboration will see UniCredit draw on Google Cloud's best-in-class infrastructure, AI, and data analytics solutions to streamline its digital architecture and enhance its products and services across the bank's 13 core markets.

The IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF) is proud to announce the formation of its new Device Identities Working Group, a transformative initiative to advance IoT security through trusted device identities. Unveiled today at CyberUK 25, this working group builds on IoTSF’s legacy of leading IoT security initiatives, aiming to address critical challenges in the rapidly growing IoT ecosystem.

In the crypto community, XRP has long been seen as the ‘bank’s coin’, compared to Bitcoin, which is anti-establishment. In recent years, Ripple has chosen to work with existing systems rather than trying to overthrow them, earning XRP both support and criticism within the crypto space. Crypto believers view working with banks as going against the original crypto ideals, but from a business perspective, the approach makes sense. 

Lloyds and Mercore have completed a series of landmark digital transactions that have featured the secondary participation in an accepted digital bill of exchange (DBE). The innovative process enables businesses who are not utilising electronic trade documents to enter into secondary participations.

Arab Bank has recently launched, in collaboration with JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., the merchant acquiring operations for JCB cards in Jordan. This will allow JCB cards issued in countries around the world to be used at participating merchants throughout Jordan.

eToro, the trading and investing platform, has partnered with Google to launch one of the first TV and YouTube advertising campaigns fully created using Veo 2, the advanced video generation technology from Google DeepMind. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the use of generative AI for large-scale brand storytelling.

New research from Loqbox, the UK’s leading credit-building business, reveals a strong link between financial stress and mental wellbeing.

Moneybox, the award-winning wealth management platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa Birge as an Independent Non-Executive Director to its Board. Melissa joined in April 2025 and will also chair a newly established Board Audit Committee, strengthening the company’s financial oversight and risk management as it matures and scales.

Zilch, the ad-enabled payments innovator, has hit a new milestone, surpassing 5 million registered customers in under five years. The UK’s fastest-growing FinTech Unicorn company is currently adding over 100,000 new customers each month. 

Treble Peak, a platform that makes it easy to invest in and operate in private markets, has reinforced its Board with the appointment of Jocelyn Dehnert as Chairman, Tor Fyksen as Non-Executive Director, and Divyesh Hindocha as Executive Director.  For fund managers and direct investors, Treble Peak’s technology removes friction and costs associated with raising and deploying capital in the private markets.