Ugne Buraciene, Group CEO 

Consumer demand for convenience drives 2025 innovation 

Fat Zebra has achieved a major milestone by officially acquiring Pin Payments, a prominent provider of payment solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and platforms. This acquisition represents a significant advancement in Fat Zebra’s mission to deliver outstanding payment solutions to businesses across Australia and New Zealand.

Allfunds, one of the leading B2B WealthTech platforms for the funds industry, today announces the launch of ANA (Allfunds Navigation Assistant), a new AI powered feature which improves usability and functionality for Allfunds Connect users, both Fund Houses and Distributors, to better navigate the platform and evolve their experience.

Worldline, a global leader in payment services, announced a strategic partnership with Forthcode, a Software as a Service (SaaS)  platform provider, to provide in-flight payment solutions using its Android POS machines in India.

Mastercard and Jeel — a subsidiary of Riyad Bank — are joining forces to enable digital and cutting-edge solutions such as AI to drive innovation in Saudi Arabia.  

Introducing the novel offering to the Kingdom, the collaboration will see the two entities work together to serve all non-banking financial institutions (NBFI) market segments. This will provide seamless access to new digital use cases, such as Mastercard Card-as-a-Service (CaaS) and Bank-as-a-Fintech (BaaF) propositions to Saudi Arabia. 

TBC Uzbekistan, the leading digital banking ecosystem in Central Asia, announces the launch of TBC Business, the first fully digital banking service for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and individual entrepreneurs in Central Asia’s most populous nation.  

“This year, we’ve seen a remarkable rise in the adoption of Pay By Bank, with it being embraced by merchants, consumers and regulators.

Tom Hewson, CEO at RedCompass Labs:

"The rate of change in payments has never been this fast and will never be this slow again. 2025 will be no different.

Zest AI, a leader in AI lending technology, announced a $200 million growth investment from global software investor Insight Partners to support the company's next phase of transformation. The growth capital will enable Zest AI to double down on its current product portfolio, continuing to advance fraud protection and generative AI – all to build the future of lending through AI.

Mesh Payments, an innovator in global travel and expense management, has joined forces with SoFi Bank as its sponsor bank and with