Brite Payments, a leader in instant bank payments, has been recognised at the Merchant Payment Ecosystem Awards 2025, winning the award for ‘Best Use of Opening Banking for Payments’. Additionally, Brite was a finalist in the ‘Merchant Payment Acceptance of the Year’ category. Hosted in Berlin, the annual MPE Awards brings together industry leaders to celebrate excellence and innovation in the payments industry. 

Banking Circle S.A. (Banking Circle), a Luxembourg licenced bank and a leading international provider of next-generation banking services, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary BC Payments Pte. Ltd. (BC Payments Singapore) has received the In-Principle Approval (IPA) for the Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) presents immense opportunities for innovation and growth across the sector, but with this comes a myriad of challenges for financial advice, planning and wealth management firms in building, testing, and deploying reliable AI solutions. 

Access to high-quality data, robust evaluation metrics, and seamless integration tools remains a barrier for many looking to leverage AI effectively.

Upvest, Europe’s leading investment infrastructure provider, has announced the appointment of Starling Bank’s former Head of SME Banking, Symmie Swil, as UK General Manager, as the company embarks on an ambitious scale-up strategy across the region.

Employees at TransUnion in the UK, a global information and insights company, raised an impressive £44,812 for charity organisations in 2024.

Youverse, a leader in privacy-first digital identity and biometric authentication, is  expanding its innovative solutions into the gaming and mobility industries. With a proven  track record in banking, fintech, and hospitality, Youverse is now bringing its expertise to  these dynamic sectors, providing frictionless, secure, and user-centric identity  verification. 

Viamericas, a leading licensed money transmitter known for its international money transfer, bill payment, check processing, and top-up services, is proud to announce the launch of its domestic cash-to-cash money transfer service, available at thousands of agent locations across the United States. This new service improves how customers send and receive money within the United States, with funds available for cash pickup at any participating Viamericas location.

KIKO Milano, Italy's number 1 Italian global beauty brand with stores in more than 70 countries, has implemented in its physical and online stores a Unified Commerce solution together with Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, with the aim of optimizing the payment experience of its customers, making the moment of purchase unique and meaningful.

Sift, the AI-powered fraud platform, today announced significant new product innovations following the recently unveiled Identity Trust XD framework.

The latest enhancements include the introduction of Global Identity Insights, along with substantial improvements to Sift's payment fraud protection model and several Sift Console upgrades designed to streamline operations and improve decisioning accuracy across the platform.

Liquidity, the global multibillion dollar AUM asset manager specializing in growth-stage private credit, today announced the closing of a structured credit facility of up to $450 million. The facility is anchored by senior debt from KeyBank, with the remaining facility populated with mezzanine and equity. The initial commitment from KeyBank is $75 million, which is expected to scale to $250 million, and is aimed at supporting the expansion of Liquidity’s lending capabilities in the US market.