PXP Financial, experts in global acquiring, payment, fraud and data analysis services, today announces a new partnership with North. Founded in 1992, North builds payment technologies that power businesses and organizations – from point of sale to eCommerce and payment APIs, backed by in-house processing.

Klarpay AG, a leading fintech providing modern Swiss accounts and global transactional banking, is excited to announce that it will officially rebrand to Bivial AG in the coming weeks. The new name reflects the company's evolving vision and core values while incorporating a personal touch—the initials of its founders.

Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking (FISPB) – the private bank of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group – is set to accelerate the growth of its Digital Wealth Management offering in Italy and across Europe, in collaboration with BlackRock, the world’s leading asset manager.

Blink Payment, a UK paytech platform that offers businesses seamless digital payment solutions, today announces its entry into B2B fashion payments through integration with ERP Zedonk, in a move that will enable more than 1,000 leading fashion brands and showrooms to streamline their buyer payments.

Credit reference agency Equifax UK has launched a first-of-its-kind solution for lenders, combining bureau insights with real-time transaction data accessed via Open Banking and statistical estimates to boost affordability assessments and customer outcomes.

New research from Pay.UK, owner and operator of the Current Account Switch Service, reveals a stark generational divide in financial confidence and knowledge across the UK.1   Younger generations, particularly Gen Z, reveal lower levels of financial competence, with only 26% able to correctly calculate compound interest and just 35% understanding how savings accounts work. In contrast, 47% of Baby Boomers were able to correctly calculate compound interest, while 59% understood how a savings account worked.

Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud continues to be one of the most pressing concerns for financial services, the payment industry, law enforcement, and the general public – and new developments in cross-border payments may be making it easier. A new study by The Payments Association, the UK’s community and advocate for the payments industry, highlights how the speed and anonymity of cross-border payments, and the global patchwork of different regulatory regimes, is being exploited by criminals.

Philip Jenks, who has held leadership roles in the financial services industry for more than 50 years, has been named as a non-executive director (NED) for Chetwood Financial Limited, trading as Chetwood Bank.

Capital.com, the high-growth global trading platform and fintech group whose trading volumes surpassed USD$1trn in 2023, today announces a new regional leadership model to better support rapid growth and innovation across key markets in which it is regulated. In Q1 2024 the Board of Directors approved plans for Capital.com to transition to a regionally focused model. Each jurisdiction of the Group’s operations will be overseen by a standalone CEO.