Visa, a global leader in digital payments and sponsor of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025, today releases new data revealing consumer spending patterns during the first week of the tournament. 

The number of travellers to Switzerland rose by 12% year-on-year during the opening week of the UEFA Women’s EURO: 

Murphy, the AI-native platform transforming debt servicing through fully autonomous agents, comes out of stealth after raising $15 million in pre-seed and seed funding to accelerate its expansion across Europe and the United States. The round was led by Northzone, with participation from ElevenLabs, Lakestar, Seedcamp, and existing investors.

A new report by the UK’s leading credit-building business, Loqbox, has uncovered a startling gap in financial literacy with one-third of UK consumers saying that they don’t fully understand the terms of their credit agreements and that younger generations, especially people aged 18-24 are experiencing the most financial stress in managing credit.

UniCredit announces the launch of a new international payment service for retail customers, developed in partnership with Wise, the global technology company specialising in cross-border payments. This strategic collaboration makes UniCredit the first bank in Italy to integrate a fast, secure, and transparent solution for foreign-currency payments directly into its mobile banking app.

Volante Technologies, the global leader in

Taiwan has launched a new Asset Management Hub in Kaohsiung to accelerate the development of onshore private banking and strengthen its position as a regional wealth management centre. As the first bank to establish private banking operations under this initiative, Cathay United Bank, in partnership with its longstanding technology provider Avaloq, is helping to shape the future of onshore private banking in Taiwan.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., , today announced the appointment of industry veteran Lucas Swertloff as Global Head of Custom Policy.

The appointment underscores Broadridge’s new investments in innovating in the Institutional Governance space, focused on custom voting policies and AI-driven data and analytics for Asset Managers, Asset Owners and Wealth Managers.

In line with its commitment to offer clients safe, trusted and efficient digital assets solutions and following the successful launch of its digital assets custody service, Standard Chartered has today launched a fully integrated digital assets trading service for institutional clients. The offering includes spot trading for Bitcoin (XBT/USD) and Ether (XET/USD) through its UK branch and will soon be introducing non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) trading.

With just two months to go, anticipation is building for the highly awaited Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS) 2025, the region’s premier gathering of banking, fintech, and AI thought leaders. Set to take place on 17-18 September at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai, MEBIS 2025 is poised to redefine the conversation around the digital transformation of financial services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Gatehouse Bank has today announced a series of rental rate* reductions of up to 0.20% across its range of two-year and five-year fixed term Buy-to-Let (BTL) Purchase Plans for UK Residents.