Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., , today announced the appointment of industry veteran Lucas Swertloff as Global Head of Custom Policy.

The appointment underscores Broadridge’s new investments in innovating in the Institutional Governance space, focused on custom voting policies and AI-driven data and analytics for Asset Managers, Asset Owners and Wealth Managers.

In line with its commitment to offer clients safe, trusted and efficient digital assets solutions and following the successful launch of its digital assets custody service, Standard Chartered has today launched a fully integrated digital assets trading service for institutional clients. The offering includes spot trading for Bitcoin (XBT/USD) and Ether (XET/USD) through its UK branch and will soon be introducing non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) trading.

With just two months to go, anticipation is building for the highly awaited Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS) 2025, the region’s premier gathering of banking, fintech, and AI thought leaders. Set to take place on 17-18 September at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai, MEBIS 2025 is poised to redefine the conversation around the digital transformation of financial services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Gatehouse Bank has today announced a series of rental rate* reductions of up to 0.20% across its range of two-year and five-year fixed term Buy-to-Let (BTL) Purchase Plans for UK Residents.

Telr, the award-winning digital payment gateway and financial solutions provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Peko, a global fintech leader, to launch Telr Incepta, a world-class, all-in-one platform designed to help in setting up businesses in the UAE and empower SMBs with advanced tools that transform the way businesses manage their finances and operations.

Chargebacks911, the global leader in dispute resolution and chargeback prevention, announced Monday the official release of its 2025 Cardho

Offa, the UK’s leading Islamic property finance fintech, has today launched an innovative bridge-to-let finance service – combining Offa’s ultra-fast bridge product with its modern, paperless buy-to-let (BTL).

Clear Junction, a specialist in global payments and banking infrastructure for regulated financial institutions, has extended access to its named virtual IBAN (vIBAN) services to licensed virtual asset service providers (VASPs) – a functionality previously only available to banks and electronic money institutions (EMIs).

HSBC has launched an enhanced receivables finance solution to help large corporates optimise their working capital, reduce their exposure to trade risk and build their financial resilience.

Named HSBC Receivables Advantage, the solution enables businesses to unlock cash from their receivables on a non-recourse basis, by selling receivables to HSBC and transferring non-payment risk on the receivables to HSBC.

New research from The Payments Association, a trade group representing the payments sector, has revealed a dynamic yet fragmented landscape for A2A payments, enabled by open banking infrastructure, among UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), highlighting both a growing interest in payments innovation alongside a need for education on the opportunities and risks A2A p