Personetics, the global leader in AI-powered Cognitive Banking, today announced the launch of PrimacyEdge, a groundbreaking product designed to help banks achieve primacy by understanding their customers’ relationships with other financial institutions, and providing a personalized, programmatic approach to strengthening loyalty and increasing share of wallet. PrimacyEdge is part of Personetics’ Engage product suite.

Rimes, a leading provider of enterprise data management and investment platform solutions to the global investment community, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vijay Mayadas as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mayadas, a seasoned FinTech executive with a track record of scaling global businesses and driving innovation in financial markets, succeeds Brad Hunt, who will assume the role of Vice Chair, Rimes Board of Directors.

Orbital, a global payment orchestration platform across stablecoins and traditional payment rails, today released its inaugural Stablecoins Retail Payments Index. The Index offers a comprehensive view of how stablecoins are actually being used in retail payment contexts, focusing on consumer payments (up to $10,000 in value).

Pegasystems Inc., The Enterprise Transformation Company™, today announced Pega Smart Investigate Agentic Automation™,

Ant International, a leading global provider of digital payments, digitisation, and financial technology, today announced its role as a launch partner of Google to develop Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open rulebook that defines how AI agents can reliably transact with the authorisation of users.

The proposals mirror many requirements which already apply to traditional financial firms, such as on operational resilience and systems and controls to fight crime.

The rules aim to be proportionate, allowing UK firms to compete internationally.

Leading finance provider BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK has kickstarted the third year of its UK FinTech Incubator Programme in partnership with SuperTech WM and delivered by STEAMhouse, and invited 8 tech businesses to join this year’

Evolving customer expectations, global standardisation efforts and regulatory  pressure from the G20 Roadmap for cross-border payments are driving the  implementation of One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst) solutions in  Europe. These solutions are designed to enhance cross-border payments by  leveraging existing domestic real-time infrastructures, particularly within the  Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). 

Key recommendations of the white paper include the following: