On day one of Dubai Fintech Summit, Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications, discussed how advanced banking technology is driving personalized, innovative and seamless financial services. Siobhan Byron, EVP, Universal Banking at Finastra, joined industry leaders for a panel: “Era of Frictionless Connectivity: The Rise of Digital Banking”.

Raiffeisen Bank International today announces a strategic partnership with Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure to transform international payments for personal and business customers across the region. With this partnership, Raiffeisen Bank International joins a strong roster of leading banks choosing Wise Platform to enhance their cross-border payment capabilities and end-to-end experience, driving customer loyalty.

Adyen, the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies, and JCB Co., Ltd., announced the rollout of JCB's card-on-file (COF) tokenization service (hereinafter “COF tokenization”), aimed at enhancing the security of credit card transactions for e-commerce merchants. Adyen is the first to offer and implement JCB’s new technology both domestically and globally. The introduction of COF tokenization will further enhance the security of online payments, providing JCB’s cardholders and merchants with even greater peace of mind and safety.

Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced the appointment of Steven Teasdale as Senior Director and General Manager UK&I Sales. Steven’s role is effective immediately.

New data from Airwallex, a leading global payments and financial platform for growing businesses, reveals what shoppers in SEA are looking for when it comes to payments. These insights are more timely than ever, arriving at a point when businesses in the United Kingdom are reassessing their cross-border trade strategies and may be considering broader markets to expand into in light of new and evolving tariffs.  

InnBucks MicroBank Limited, a fast-growing financial services provider, has announced a strategic partnership with leading cloud-native banking platform Mambu, as part of its transformat

Trustly, the global leader in Pay by Bank, has partnered with Sabre Direct Pay, a division of Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading global travel technology company, to enhance payment solutions for travel agencies across the UK and Europe.

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today releases its annual Cybercrime Report, an analysis of over 104 billion global transactions in the LexisNexis® Digital Identity Network® platform during 2024. The report, The Calm Before the Storm?, shows a significant swing in the composition of global fraud attacks, with first-party fraud now the leading type globally, representing a third (36%) of all reported fraud in 2024, up from 15% the year before.

Froda, a leader in embedded finance for SMEs, has joined forces with UK fintech wamo to launch card-based lending in Finland. The partnership aims to close the SME financing gap, by offering fast, flexible financing of up to €200,000 to Finnish businesses, with an ambition to support over 25,000 SMEs and drive nationwide economic growth.

Addepar, a leading global technology and data platform that investment professionals rely on to make the most informed, data-driven investment decisions, announced today the closing of its $230 million Series G investment round. The round was co-led by Vitruvian Partners, headquartered in London, and returning investor, New York-based WestCap, with additional participation from longtime partners 8VC and Valor Equity Partners.