Bolt, the checkout, identity and payments leader powering faster, smarter commerce, and Paysecure, the cutting-edge payment orchestration platform built for modern global merchants, today announced a strategic partnership. Through the integration, Paysecure will embed Bolt One-Click into its Cashier, allowing merchants using Paysecure’s checkout to offer Bolt’s one-click checkout experience. 

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has partnered with Starbucks Coffee Company to transform its payment infrastructure in Europe and the UK. Adyen has partnered with Starbucks in a multi-market European rollout, which spans 943 Starbucks stores across the UK, Austria, and Switzerland, supported by 2,375 Adyen payment terminals. 

As trade, employment, and digital payment flows continue to accelerate, OSN, a global on-chain FX settlement infrastructure provider, today announced the activation of its Philippines payment corridor, delivering enterprise-grade access to the conversion of fiat to stablecoin FX settlement for businesses operating across emerging and major financial markets. The new corridor offers transaction fees of up to 50% lower than those of leading payment platforms.

HSBC UK today announces the relaunch of its Premier Credit Card. Reimagined to deliver significantly greater value, enhanced travel rewards, and instant access to exclusive lifestyle perks.

The refreshed card offers a fee-free alternative to the existing HSBC Premier World Elite (£290 annual fee) for eligible customers*.

Simply Asset Finance, the specialist SME lender, today announces it has launched a fully automated lending experience. Integrating seamlessly with Simply’s personal, expert-led approach the new functionality allows customers and partners to complete a lending journey, from application through to payout of funds, in under eight minutes.

PEXA, the digital property completions and data insights business, today announces that it has been selected to take part in the Bank of England’s Synchronisation Lab, an initiative set up to test use cases for atomic settlement of funds across various sectors.

PensionBee, a leading online retirement savings provider, has today called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ensure that proposed reforms to pension transfers apply across the entire UK pensions market - warning that anything less would entrench a two-tier system and fail consumers.

EthSwitch, Ethiopia’s national switch owned by all public and private banks together with the National Bank of Ethiopia has launched the country’s National Instant Payment System powered by BPC’s next-generation SmartVista platform. The system was officially launched at the Ethiopia Digital Payment Conference 2.0 in December 2025, opened by H.E. Dr. Eyob Tekalign, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, and H.E. Temesgen Tiruneh, Deputy Prime Minister.

Bracket, a leading FX, treasury and cash management platform for mid-market businesses, has raised $7 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets business and Blackfinch Ventures, with participation from existing investor Failup Ventures.