SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) and solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its AI-driven reconciliation and data management platform, SmartStream Air, into the insurance sector. This move aims to help insurers tackle fragmented data challenges, reduce operational costs, and strengthen compliance through robust audit trails.

PNC Bank today announced the launch of PNC Mobile Accept®, a fully integrated payment solution that provides its micro business clients with the ability to accept in-person credit and debit card payments directly within the PNC Mobile app.

New data from a global leader in verification and anti-fraud provider Sumsub shows a dramatic global increase in synthetic identity document fraud from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025. This fraud type, when gen-AI is used to generate totally artificial documents, has increased by 195% globally -  showing the continuation of a clear move towards AI-enabled fraud.

Fashion company Bonprix, part of the Otto Group, is taking a major step in its digital expansion by entering into a partnership with Trustly. Through this collaboration, Trustly's innovative Account-to-Account (A2A) payment solution will be implemented in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. This enables a faster, smoother, and more secure payment experience for Bonprix's Nordic customers.

Upvest, Europe’s leading investment infrastructure provider, is today announcing a milestone partnership with Webull UK, a leading online investment platform. Through this strategic partnership, Webull UK end users will be able to access fractional trading in UK stocks and ETFs for the first time via Upvest’s cutting-edge Investment API.

Payment Assist, the UK’s leading provider of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and retail finance solutions for the automotive sector, has announced the launch of a business lending division, expanding its offering to include merchant cash advance, business loans, invoice finance and business credit cards.

New research by YouGov commissioned by Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments platform, has found that merchants and financial institutions not offering ID verification and biometric payment authorisation are at risk of losing customer trust.

inDrive, a global mobility and urban services platform operating across 48 countries, has introduced seamless Pix via Open Finance payments for its ride-hailing and delivery services in Brazil. 

Stripe, a leading financial infrastructure platform for the Internet, today announced the acquisition of Privy, a provider of seamless wallet infrastructure powering over 75 million accounts across more than 1,000 development teams. The acquisition underscores Stripe’s commitment to enabling developers to build next-generation products where crypto and traditional finance converge.