AIM Summit returns to Dubai on 22 and 23 October 2025, convening the global alternative investment community for two days of impactful discussions, strategic networking, and capital raising opportunities.

With over 800+ participants, including institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, fund and wealth managers, and 100+ global thought-leaders and former policymakers, this flagship edition will spotlight the trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the future of investments.

Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, has landed the top ranking for its payments work in the IBS Intelligence (IBSi) Annual Sales League Table (SLT) for 2025. This is an achievement that reflects the company's continued success in delivering competitive, high-impact solutions to banks and financial institutions.

ClearScore, the financial services marketplace, today announces an expanded partnership with Oakbrook, a personal loan provider, to significantly scale the availability of ‘direct settlement’ debt consolidation loans.

RiseUp, the AI-driven financial insights tool, has partnered with global open banking platform Salt Edge to help their clients turn financial data into revenue by bridging the gap between financial insights and payments.

Volt, the global real-time payments platform, has been chosen by Motorhome Republic to power its PayTo payment option in Australia.

Mastercard today announced that Hendrik Bourgeois has joined the company’s Government Affairs & Policy team to lead Government Affairs in Europe. 

Bourgeois will head Mastercard’s engagement with governments and institutions across Europe, strengthening the company’s voice on key issues and driving a policy environment that supports innovation, competition and a secure digital economy. 

Curinos, a global data-intelligence business that brings together exclusive expertise, insights and analytics for the financial services industry, today reveals the findings of its 2025 Great Britain Shopper Survey.

The study, which canvasses the views of 2,290 people across England, Scotland and Wales who opened a primary current account in the past three years, examines how UK customers shop for their primary current account and what’s driving them to switch.

Mastercard today announced that Asia Pacific banks and fintechs can onboard to its network up to four times faster and streamline the launch of payment tools via Mastercard Cloud Edge, its cloud-based connectivity solution, offered in collaboration with cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN).

Leading regulated digital prime broker GCEX (GCEX Group) has appointed Stanislav Bunimovich, former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Finalto, as Managing Director, APAC and Strategic Adviser to CEO, Lars Holst.

PingPong, a pioneer of cross-border embedded payment solutions with an established presence in Luxembourg since 2017, today launches InvestXB, a next-generation infrastructure solution for alternative investment managers, administrators and corporate solutions providers in Luxembourg.