Fintech Miconex has announced the appointment of Idong Usoro as chief digital and operations officer as it continues its global, scale up journey.

An experienced technology and business leader and on the back of recent tenures at the helm of Revenue Scotland, Abbeyfield, and global awarding organisation, NEBOSH, Idong will lead on driving digital maturity, investment and operational transformation at the Perth based fintech, following 7 years of supporting Miconex in a strategic advisory capacity.

The ClearScore Group (the “Group”), a leading financial marketplace, today announced the acquisition of Acre Platforms Limited(“Acre”), a leading technology solutions provider to the mortgage industry.   The acquisition accelerates ClearScore’s entry into the mortgage industry, adding to its leading position in unsecured credit broking. It follows the Group’s successful acquisition of Aro Finance in early 2025, which expanded its capabilities in secured loans.  

FinTech Global, a specialist research firm, will be hosting its first-ever CX in Financial Services Forum on March 25, 2026, bringing together professionals from across the financial services sector to discuss the latest trends and innovations shaping customer experience.   

The event, which will be held at One America Square, London, builds on the success of FinTech Global’s renowned global FinTech events and arrives at a pivotal moment for the industry. 

Capital One Financial Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brex, in a combination of stock and cash transaction valued at $5.15 billion.

Iliad Solutions, a global leader in payments testing, has moved to new headquarters in Leeds city centre at 1 City Square. The strategic move marks a new chapter for the business as it looks to build on its recent period of significant growth. This is on the back of several recent contract wins with major worldwide payments companies who rely on Iliad Solutions and its market-leading payments testing solution, t3.

Nu, one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team today announce a new multi-year partnership establishing Nu as Official Team Partner, ahead of the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship Season.

New research from ClearBank, conducted by Celent, and in collaboration with Plaid, reveals that Europe’s payments industry is on the cusp of a significant transformation, resulting from the introduction of the Instant Payment Regulation’s SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SEPA Instant) mandates. The report, ‘SEPA Instant: Build it and they will come,’ finds that real-time SEPA Instant payments will surpass traditional transfers by 2030, becoming the second most used non-cash payment type by 2035, accounting for 18% of all eurozone payments.

Global payments infrastructure platform Mercuryo and Visa, a world leader in digital payments, have announced a partnership that will provide fast and user-friendly crypto-to-fiat global off-ramping via Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time payments platform.

AI has taken center stage in financial services, automating the research and execution behind algorithmic trading and helping banks more accurately detect fraud and money laundering — all while improving risk management practices and expediting document processing. 

Token.io today announced that Gideon Fourie, Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) of Token GmbH, has been appointed to the Berlin Group’s openFinance Advisory Board, effective 1 January 2026.