The British Business Bank has committed £40m to Frontier Development Capital’s (FDC) new £81.5m Evolution Fund to support the growth of smaller businesses in the Midlands and the North of England. The fund is also backed by a £40m commitment from West Midlands Pension Fund (WMPF).

MuchBetter, the innovative fintech company, is excited to announce its partnership with NatWest, one of the UK’s leading banks, to empower its B2B offering, MuchBetter Business (MBB). This collaboration represents a significant advancement in providing robust financial solutions for businesses requiring access to essential banking services.  

At the Temenos Community Forum ’25 in Madrid, Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, shared insights from a global study by Hanover Research of 424 business and technology leaders in financial services that underscores a bold shift in banking priorities.

Equifax UK completed its Cloud transformation journey, becoming the first cloud-native UK credit reference agency, and enabling the acceleration of new products to market with greater security and enhanced real-time data insights for clients.

Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, today announced the results of a highwater benchmark for its cloud-native core banking solutions running on Microsoft Azure. The results will be presented at the Temenos Community Forum 2025.

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, announced Visa Commercial Integrated Partners, a new program designed to improve connectivity between fintechs and Visa Commercial products through its commercial platform. Visa will make available advanced APIs to embed Visa products in a business partners’ applications and make these integrations available to its financial institution clients, allowing them to offer new, seamless payment experiences to their business customers.

Acrisure today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for the issuance of new convertible senior preferred stock in a $2.1 billion capital raise led by Bain Capital.

At the Temenos Community Forum in Madrid, Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, today launched Temenos FCM AI Agent, an advanced screening solution built with AI, real-time evaluation, and robust compliance frameworks to make compliance smarter, faster and more trusted. The solution is generally available (GA).