Kani Payments (“Kani”), the pioneering payment reconciliation and reporting platform, today announced it has secured a multi-million pound Series A investment. The funding round was led by Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s leading private equity firms. 

The transaction includes an investment from the Maven VCTs alongside NPIF II – Maven Equity Finance, which is managed by Maven as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (“NPIF II”).

S-RM, leading global cybersecurity and intelligence consultancy, has released its 2025 Cyber Incidents Insights Report, which reveals that in 2024, the cybersecurity landscape became increasingly fractured as ransomware attacks incre

 Nexi, the European PayTech, serving millions of merchants in more than 25 countries, and Klarna, the AI-powered payments and commerce network, have expanded their relationship into a global partnership. 

FINOM, the European financial services platform for SMEs, today announced an autonomous AI agent that streamlines financial management and automates accounting workflows for freelancers and small businesses. The AI Accounting agent will first launch in Germany, Europe's largest SME market, with plans to expand across the EU throughout 2025.

AI is advancing as a strategic driver of the next generation of payments and treasury solutions, as organisations seek to leverage technology to address operational challenges effectively, a new report by HSBC, in collaboration with Accenture, highlights.   

The report, Navigating the AI Wave: Innovations in Commercial Payments, underlines how finance leaders expect AI tools to become increasingly integral to their risk management decision-making processes, with 61% saying AI is expected to be very or extremely useful compared to 38% today.

Firenze, the fast-growing fintech offering Lombard lending to wealth managers, has formed a strategic partnership with Monument Bank, the UK’s first challenger bank dedicated to the mass-affluent segment.

Monument has committed a £160m funding line to Firenze, empowering the fintech to scale its Lombard loan offering for wealth management firms while reinforcing Monument’s position as a leading provider of tailored financial solutions to its target market.

Gatehouse Bank, a Shariah-compliant, ethical UK challenger bank, has published a report* outlining four key recommendations for the UK government to unlock further growth by levelling the playing field between Islamic and conventional finance.

Zopa, the British digital bank pioneer with more than 1.4 million customers, will almost double its office footprint as it makes plans to relocate to brand-new headquarters at 20 Water Street in Canary Wharf. 

PAIR Finance, the leading provider of AI-based receivables management, is today announcing its entry into the Portuguese market. The expansion strengthens the fintech company's presence in Europe, where it is now active in a total of nine markets. The first major existing customers are already using the service in Portugal.

Embat, a European fintech specialising in real-time treasury management, has acquired Necto, a US-based company and the global leader in premium bank API connectivity, enabling seamless access to banking data and the execution and monitoring of instant payments.