Aryza Group, a leading provider of financial software solutions, has announced the expansion of its partnership with GoCardless, a global bank payment company. This collaboration transforms the existing technology relationship into a comprehensive partnership that includes an introducer agreement across all Aryza platforms globally. 

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the launch of enhancements to its interactive, public-facing Value at Risk (VaR) calculator adding cross-margining and repo transaction functionalities. These enhanced risk tools are intended to support firms as they prepare for the expansion of U.S. Treasury Clearing in 2025 and 2026.

PXP Financial, experts in global acquiring, payment, fraud and data analysis services, today announces a new partnership with North. Founded in 1992, North builds payment technologies that power businesses and organizations – from point of sale to eCommerce and payment APIs, backed by in-house processing.

Klarpay AG, a leading fintech providing modern Swiss accounts and global transactional banking, is excited to announce that it will officially rebrand to Bivial AG in the coming weeks. The new name reflects the company's evolving vision and core values while incorporating a personal touch—the initials of its founders.

Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking (FISPB) – the private bank of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group – is set to accelerate the growth of its Digital Wealth Management offering in Italy and across Europe, in collaboration with BlackRock, the world’s leading asset manager.

Blink Payment, a UK paytech platform that offers businesses seamless digital payment solutions, today announces its entry into B2B fashion payments through integration with ERP Zedonk, in a move that will enable more than 1,000 leading fashion brands and showrooms to streamline their buyer payments.

Credit reference agency Equifax UK has launched a first-of-its-kind solution for lenders, combining bureau insights with real-time transaction data accessed via Open Banking and statistical estimates to boost affordability assessments and customer outcomes.

New research from Pay.UK, owner and operator of the Current Account Switch Service, reveals a stark generational divide in financial confidence and knowledge across the UK.1   Younger generations, particularly Gen Z, reveal lower levels of financial competence, with only 26% able to correctly calculate compound interest and just 35% understanding how savings accounts work. In contrast, 47% of Baby Boomers were able to correctly calculate compound interest, while 59% understood how a savings account worked.

Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud continues to be one of the most pressing concerns for financial services, the payment industry, law enforcement, and the general public – and new developments in cross-border payments may be making it easier. A new study by The Payments Association, the UK’s community and advocate for the payments industry, highlights how the speed and anonymity of cross-border payments, and the global patchwork of different regulatory regimes, is being exploited by criminals.