With payments emerging as a battleground for driving revenue growth, global retailers are accelerating their multi-acquirer strategies to stay ahead, according to a new survey conducted by ACI Worldwide and Payments Dive. The report Unlocking Opportunity: How Payments are Powering Merchant Growth reveals that 97% of global retailers are already working with multiple acquirers, and that 96% of those using two or more acquirers report an increase in revenue.

Fraud is draining business resources at an alarming and unprecedented rate.

FreedomPay, the global leader in Next Level Commerce™ technologies, welcomes Chase Payment Solutions℠ as an acquirer of choice to their Merchant Centered Acquiring (MCA) program. MCA by FreedomPay, a referral advisory service, connecting merchants with pre-qualified payment processors. Chase Payment Solutions, a part of J.P. Morgan Payments, provides in-store, online and on-the-go payment solutions for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).

Jiko, the only platform built 100% on U.S. T-bills to power the world’s liquidity, today announced strategic backing by Coinbase and Blockstream Capital Partners. Alongside this investment, Jiko is entering new strategic partnerships with leading industry players, including Crypto.com, Blockstream Capital Partners, Bitso, and Coinbase. These strategic partners will join a growing number of institutions adopting Jiko as a banking partner to utilize its U.S.

As financial firms face mounting pressure to navigate data complexity and accelerate AI adoption, Nasdaq eVestment today announced a major leap forward in institutional intelligence: the launch of Nasdaq eVestment AI-ready datasets and Next Best Action for Institutional Capital, enabling asset managers to activate agentic workflows directly within their own environments.

How do banks turn AI buzz into real outcomes? In this Financial IT interview from Sibos 2025, Tyler Derr, CTO at Broadridge, explains their shift to a platform company - built on a common data ontology, open, well-documented APIs, and a workstation framework that unifies UX. We discuss co-innovation with clients, integrating acquisitions at speed, and why tokenization is happening in production today, not just in pilots.

MoonPay, the global leader in crypto payments, today announced its integration with Axiom, the all-in-one crypto terminal for trading, earning, and exploring across decentralized finance (DeFi). This partnership enables Axiom users to seamlessly purchase crypto directly within the app using trusted, familiar payment methods such as credit cards, bank transfers, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, Revolut Pay, and more.

Atom bank has announced the official opening of its new headquarters in Newcastle. 

The move from its previous home in Durham to the historic Pattern Shop marks a new era for the digital bank and its near 600 employees, reinforcing its commitment to the North East and creating significant opportunities for local talent, including almost 30 open job vacancies across a mix of expertise. 

Aspire is designed to deliver measurable impact by streamlining the distribution of various types of student financial aid, ensuring that beneficiaries receive their funds promptly and securely while materially reducing the time and administrative costs involved for funders.

JS Group is currently the specialist provider to universities enabling them to efficiently disperse funds such as bursaries, scholarships and other financial support to students.