Embat, the AI-powered cash and treasury management platform, has been selected for the Google for Startups Gemini Founders Forum. The company is one of just 53 startups chosen from more than 1,000 global applicants to participate in the exclusive program at Google’s Mountain View headquarters this November.

More than 28 million UK adults are now turning to artificial intelligence to help manage their money – making personal finance the nation’s number one use of AI.

Lloyds Banking Group’s latest Consumer Digital Index is the UK’s largest study of digital and financial capability, now in its 10th year.

Affirm, the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced an expansion of their long-term capital partnership with New York Life, America’s largest1 mutual life insurance company.

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. announced today that David Clifton, an ICE executive and a founding member of Bakkt’s Board, has stepped down from his position on the Company’s Board, following years of service in establishing and guiding the Company’s foundation.

Everee, a leading payroll software built for staffing and gig work, today announced the launch of the Flex Platform, a real-time payroll system that allows employers to run fully compliant payroll whenever work is completed, instantly, automatically, and without the limitations of traditional pay cycles.

Marketnode, Asia-Pacific’s trusted and neutral digital market infrastructure operator, today announced a strategic collaboration with Maybank Asset Management Singapore to bring its Money Market Fund (MMF) on-chain — marking a significant step in enhancing the accessibility, utility and transferability of such funds as the financial industry explores the promise of tokenisation.

mea Platform today launched mea Operations, a suite of insurance-specific agentic AI products designed to unlock the massive value trapped inside (re)insurance operating expense. Having already enabled clients to transform underwriting performance with AI that ingests, interprets, and accelerates decisions, mea is expanding its proven platform across industry workflows.

Project Nemo, the not-for-profit grassroots initiative accelerating disability inclusion within fintech, has been named the overall winner of this year’s Money20/20 Diamond Grand Prix.