D•One, the open banking services business from The ClearScore Group, has partnered with Amplifi Capital to provide the consumer lending platform with its open banking transaction categorisation intelligence.

0TO9 , a pan-European fintech venture builder and investor, emerges from stealth today with the ambition to start and scale 1,000 profitable fintechs by 2045. 

PXP the omnichannel global payment platform, today announces a new partnership with Zeal, an innovative fintech disrupting the retail payments experience. The partnership brings together seamless payment technology and intelligent loyalty solutions in a collaboration that will benefit merchants and customers alike.

Leading challenger bank, Allica Bank and The CFO Centre, today announce a new partnership designed to support the UK’s established businesses - those with 5 to 250 employees that have been trading for more than 12 months.

Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, today announced the acquisition of OpenPay, a San Francisco-based billing platform that offers subscription management, payment orchestration, and revenue analytics.

Marcus W. Mosen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of N26, has been appointed as co-CEO of the digital bank. He is set to join the Management Board of N26 SE effective September 1, 2025. In parallel, founders and investors of N26 have proposed former Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret as the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Dombret’s appointment to the new role will be formalized at an extraordinary general meeting at the beginning of October this year.

Kite, a company building the foundational trust infrastructure for the agentic web, today announced that it has raised $18 million in Series A funding, bringing total cumulative funding to $33 million. The round was led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst. Other investors in the company include 8VC, Samsung Next, Alumni Ventures, SBI US Gateway Fund, Vertex Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Avalanche Foundation, GSR Markets, LayerZero, Hashed, HashKey Capital, Animoca Brands, Essence VC, and Alchemy.

Bank of America has named Stephenie Whitfield, Business Banking market executive, president of Bank of America Sarasota/Manatee. She succeeds Erik Vatter, who led the market since 2022 and will focus on his new role of Merrill senior financial advisor.

UK SMEs relying on outdated manual bank transfers as a primary method of payment lost out on an estimated £6.15 billion in sales last year. 

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, has published the Fiserv Small Business Index for August 2025, with the seasonally-adjusted Index holding steady at 149.

Year-over-year sales (+3.9%) and transactions (+3.7%) remained strong, as resilient consumer spending continued. Average ticket sizes (+0.3%) also grew compared to 2024.