DBS Bank, Southeast Asia's largest bank and Visa, a global leader in digital payments today announced their ongoing collaboration to drive the future of agent-initiated payments via a joint pilot under Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC). VIC brings together a comprehensive suite of integrated APIs and a partner programme, utilising Visa's secure infrastructure to enable safe, transparent and consent-driven payments by AI agents, on behalf of consumers.

NCR Atleos Corporation, a leader in expanding self-service financial access for financial institutions, retailers and consumers, today announced that UnionPay cardholders can now withdraw cash at thousands of Cashzone ATMs across the UK, timed to coincide with Chinese New Year celebrations.

Veriff, a global AI-native identity verification platform helping  businesses build trust online, today announced a partnership with Data Zoo, a  trusted gateway to authoritative global data assets, to further deliver a layered  approach to identity verification for organisations operating in complex, regulated  markets. The collaboration adds a trusted data-centric layer to Veriff’s AI-native  identity verification platform, helping businesses address evolving fraud and  regulatory demands. 

Paytently, a licensed payment institution authorised by the Malta Financial Services Authority, has partnered with SEON to deploy advanced fraud prevention and anti-money laundering controls across its payment orchestration platform. 

 Leading foreign exchange company Travelex has acquired over 150,000 members for its exclusive new loyalty programme, Travelex Plus, less than a year after the scheme’s UK launch.

Travelex Plus offers access to a range of benefits including exclusive rates, discounts, price-freezes and favourable-rate alerts.

Finova, one of the UK’s leading providers of cloud-based mortgage, savings and lending software, has announced the appointment of Anja Schneider as Chief Delivery Officer, as the business continues to strengthen its leadership team and scale its operations.

SWIAT GmbH, a German  fintech company specialising in the development of blockchain software  and a tokenisation platform for an open, decentralised financial market  infrastructure, has supported Bank of Greece in “Project Sovereign”, a  simulation of a digital sovereign bond issuance on the SWIAT blockchain. 

Transaction Network Services (TNS) today announced an upgrade to its TNS Data Usage Optimizer (DUO) with the launch of an interactive customer portal.

Medius, a leading provider of AP Automation and wider Spend Management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Adyen, ​​the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, ​​to introduce corporate expense cards integrated with its expense management solution Expensya by

New research from FIS suggests that digital currencies, such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, are firmly on the radar of younger consumers, but limited understanding and concerns around transparency continue to hold back wider adoption across the UK.

While the FCA recently confirmed that stablecoin payments are a 2026 priority, the data shows a clear knowledge gap among UK consumers, alongside uncertainty about how the technology works in practice and how it is regulated.