Westpac is making it easier to speak with a home lender with a new digital tool that lets customers book a banker when, where and how it suits them.

Rolling out nationally, the new Book a Banker tool allows customers to lock in a home loan appointment directly with a Westpac lender – whether that’s a phone call, video chat, in branch meeting or even a catchup at a local café on the weekend.

Barclays today announced the opening of its new office in DLF Downtown, Gurugram, strengthening its presence in the National Capital Region (NCR) and reinforcing India’s strategic role as a critical hub for the group. It becomes the second office in the NCR, complementing the existing centre in Noida.

Triple-A, a licensed global payment institution, today announced a collaboration with Mastercard Move – Mastercard’s portfolio of money movement solutions – to enhance cross-border payout infrastructure, enabling banks, fintechs and telecoms service providers to deliver fast and efficient payment experiences for end users.

PAYSTRAX, a leading provider of card transaction acquiring and payment solutions for merchants, today announced the official opening of its new London office. 

Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced a strategic partnership with CargoX, a leading document transfer platform, to revolutionize global trade finance. The collaboration integrates CargoX’s blockchain-secured electronic trade document (eTD) platform with Finastra’s Trade Innovation solution, enabling seamless, secure, and scalable electronic document exchange across the global trade ecosystem.

GFT Technologies is enabling clients to redesign and scale their global digital delivery models following a landmark data adequacy agreement between the European Union and Brazil. The decision removes a critical regulatory barrier and creates new room for speed, resilience, and certainty in complex transformation programs.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. today announced the appointment of Frank Troise as President, Global Capital Markets, effective immediately. He will report to Tom Carey, President, Global Technology & Operations at Broadridge, and join Broadridge’s Executive Leadership Team. 

Flagstone, the UK’s largest savings platform* managing over £19 billion of UK savers’ cash, has launched the Flagstone Cash ISA - a single tax-wrapper within which a saver can open and maintain multiple tax-free accounts in one ISA wrapper. 

Bankfeed, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central add-on developed by Softera, has partnered with Salt Edge, a leading open banking solutions provider, to help SMBs across the EU and the UK manage multi-bank financial operations with greater efficiency, accuracy, and stability.

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, today announced a return to full-year EBITDA profitability and record-breaking volume in 2025, validating its long-view strategy centred on a strong core business, a high-performance culture, and capital reinvestment into key growth markets.