In a world where cities are constantly on the move, Mastercard stands at the forefront of the mobility revolution. As the leading technology company in transit payments, Mastercard is transforming how people travel — making every journey faster, simpler, and smarter. 

The FCA receives over 7 billion MiFID transaction reports a year used to support the cleanliness, transparency and resilience of UK markets.

To reduce costs for firms, support growth and improve the quality of data received, the FCA has proposed:

Numeric, the AI accounting automation platform, has raised a $51 million Series B round led by IVP, with participation from Menlo Ventures, Founders Fund, Alkeon, 8VC, Socii Capital, Access Industries, Friends & Family Capital, Long Journey Ventures and Fifth Down, as well as Marc Huffman, Former CEO of BlackLine, and Ron Gill, Former CFO of NetSuite.

Global analytics software leader FICO today announced a strategic partnership with Plaid, a leading financial data network, to deliver the next generation of the cash flow UltraFICO® Score.

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments provider, has announced a new partnership with Pingo Doce, the Portuguese multinational food retail group, to support its online store. The partnership marks a strategic milestone in Pingo Doce’s digital transformation, enabling the group to offer a high performing online shopping and payments experience to customers in Portugal.

Great Ethiopian Run today announced a multi-year partnership with Bank of America to serve as the Presenting Partner for Great Ethiopian Run beginning in 2026. The partnership extends the bank's global endurance portfolio into one of Africa's most dynamic and fast-growing running communities.

Every bank today is navigating a relentless stream of new requirements: ISO 20022 adoption, 24x7 real‑time rails, open banking mandates, digital currency experiments, and the practical application of AI across risk and operations.

These trends all point to a single strategic need, a consolidated, flexible payments infrastructure that can support any payment, anytime, anywhere.

Wealth managers are confusing themselves by relying on too many technology systems, according to new research from Avaloq, a global leader in digital banking solutions and wealth management technology.

Mollie has become one of the first European payment providers to build a fully functional payment integration with ChatGPT. During a hackathon in Lisbon, the product and engineering team demonstrated a complete purchase through an AI assistant, from product discovery to payment using Apple Pay. The breakthrough lies in the successful development of a delegated payments API, making Mollie's infrastructure compatible with OpenAI's Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP).

Aviva, a startup using natural language processing to transform conversations into structured data to offer microloans, has secured a USD 50 million credit line from Community Investment Management (CIM), an institutional impact investment manager that provides strategic debt capital to demonstrate and scale responsible innovation in lending for underserved communities.