The Department for Work and Pensions has this morning published annual statistics on workplace pension participation and savings trends: 2009 to 2024.

The statistics showed that rates of participation in Auto Enrolment have remained stable in recent years, along with stopping savings levels and contribution levels.

Atom bank, the UK’s top rated bank on Trustpilot, has announced several key appointments in its technology senior leadership team, with a series of strategic changes and promotions designed to accelerate product launches and enhance delivery capabilities. 

Payroc WorldAccess, LLC a leading North American merchant acquirer and payment technology provider, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire BlueSnap, a Boston-based global payment orchestration and AR automation platform. This strategic acquisition unites Payroc’s direct-connect acquiring infrastructure across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, and transforms Payroc’s capabilities by adding BlueSnap’s robust global and enterprise capabilities.

Ecommpay’s enhanced open banking solution is helping trading brand, The Money Platform (TMP), deliver timely and accurate payments.

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, today announced the appointment of David Samper as Group Chief Financial Officer. Samper will lead the organisation through its European expansion, as well as its next phase of international growth. 

He succeeds Mark Fairless, who was appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer in March, having previously served as Group CFO since 2023.  

Checkout.com, leading global digital payments provider, has announced a new partnership with TeamSystem, Italy’s leading digital business management software provider, which reported €1 billion in revenue in 2024 (+19% vs 2023). The partnership supports TeamSystem’s mission to bring digital innovation into every business, aligning with Checkout.com’s commitment to empowering companies to thrive in the digital economy.

BIBD Securities Sdn Bhd (BIBDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (BIBD) and part of Brunei’s largest financial group, has successfully migrated its wealth management operations to the Avaloq platform. This marks a key milestone in BIBD’s digital transformation journey, allowing BIBDS to offer personalized, Shariah-compliant investment services to its growing base of affluent clients.

Temenos , a global leader in banking technology, today announced that MIDBANK has successfully gone live with Temenos, completing a full replacement of its legacy systems with Temenos’ core banking suite. This strategic transformation is part of MIDBANK’s broader initiative to modernize its operations and deliver next-generation banking services to customers across Egypt

Ultumus, the world’s leading provider of ETF and index data, today announced a partnership with BMLL, the leading, independent provider of harmonised, historical Level 3, 2 and 1 data and analytics across global equity, ETFs, futures and US equity options.

Visa , a global leader in digital payments, today announced a major advancement for Fleet Operators. With the addition of Google Pay tokenization and push-to-wallet, Visa addresses the long-standing challenge of fleet data tags being tied solely to the plastic card chip. Now, fleet data tags can be configured by the issuer, fintech or processor, allowing custom data tags to be dynamically provisioned during the tokenization process.