New research from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals that September is a pinch point for household budgets, with rising bills leading many to reconsider their long-term savings.

A nationally representative survey of 1,000 UK adults found that utilities and energy bills (26%) and food (20%) top the list of September money worries, followed by back-to-school costs (16%) and rent or mortgage payments (15%).

Yuno, the global payment orchestration platform, today announced the launch of NOVA, a series of AI agents that turns payment friction into growth for merchants. NOVA turns card declines, abandoned checkouts, and missed payments into AI-powered customer conversations via phone and WhatsApp that recover revenue and surface additional data signals from customers in the process.

MANTL, an Alkami solution team and leading provider of loan and deposit account opening technology, today announced that its clients raised over $3B in deposits with existing banking relationships in the first half of 2025. This achievement highlights the significant opportunity financial institutions have to achieve low-cost, sustainable growth by strengthening customer and member relationships and driving banking primacy with omnichannel account opening technology.

Opera Limited , a leading global browser and AI agent company, today announced that MiniPay has reached 10 million activated wallets. Two years ago MiniPay set out to make digital dollars feel effortless. Today, the wallet marks its second anniversary with proof that everyday stablecoin money is no longer a theory. Since launch, MiniPay users have activated 10 million MiniPay wallets, showing 500% YoY growth, and completed 271 million transactions moving over $270 million on-chain.

Capitolis, the financial technology company, announced the appointment of Melanie Carucci as Global Head of Sales, effective September 15. Reporting to Gil Mandelzis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Capitolis, Carucci will be responsible for leading the company’s global sales strategy and execution, overseeing commercial growth, and deepening strategic client relationships.

Takaful has the potential to become a strong segment of Islamic finance industry due to its growth potential. Takaful can be a platform for financial inclusion, however, not just for Muslims, but also for non-Muslim population. Takaful could also have a positive impact on insurance penetration overall.

Today, global white-label website builder and e-commerce builder BaseKit and Mastercard - announce a new partnership to help democratise tech for entrepreneurs and MSMEs around the world.

Shift Technology, the leading AI platform for insurance, today launched Shift Claims. Powered by agentic artificial intelligence (AI), Shift Claims helps  transform claims operations by assessing and prioritizing cases, guiding and assisting claim handlers and automating tasks across the claims lifecycle.

TreviPay, a fully managed B2B payments platform, has collaborated with Walmart Business to launch the next phase of the retailer’s Pay By Invoice program. The program enables eligible business customers to access a line of credit with 30-day net terms, powered by TreviPay’s next-generation payments and A/R automation technology. The offering is available for purchases online, in the Walmart Business app or in-store.