Sola, a European fintech infrastructure company building a next-generation payments and open banking gateway, has partnered with Salt Edge, a leading provider of open banking solutions, to enhance its payment capabilities and accelerate the adoption of alternative payment methods across Europe. 

Digital bank Zopa has launched a market-leading Easy Access savings product offering 4.75% AER.

The exclusive savings rate is available to both new and existing customers who a) open or hold a Biscuit current account with Zopa, and b) deposit £500 per month into Biscuit – these actions unlock a 1.50% AER fixed bonus for 12 months on Zopa’s standard variable Easy Access rate.

As innovation accelerates across every corner of the financial and digital economy, one notion rises above all others: trust. Payments, identification, and security are converging, creating both new opportunities and new responsibilities for the ecosystem’s leaders. In this fast-evolving context, TRUSTECH 2025 stands out as a forum where the industry’s foremost thinkers explore how to turn technological disruption into durable confidence.

Through these dialogues, TRUSTECH 2025 bridges the gap between technological vision and operational reality. It is a space where regulators, innovators, and business leaders can engage openly, test new ideas, and build the trusted frameworks that the digital economy urgently needs.

Leading foreign exchange company Travelex has launched onshore wholesale banknote operations in Canada, marking a significant milestone in its global expansion strategy.

Piere, an AI-first financial automation platform, today announced it has raised $2.1M in pre-seed funding. The round was led by early-stage fintech fund Grand Ventures, with participation from Selah Ventures, Trustage Ventures, Samvid Ventures, and Fabric VC. These investors have backed fintech leaders including Affirm, MoneyLion, Alloy, Happy Money, and Unit.

Finova, the UK’s leading cloud-based lending and savings software provider, has appointed Daniel Broadhurst as its new Commercial Director. Daniel will be responsible for driving Finova’s commercial strategy, strengthening client partnerships, supporting the company’s continued growth and helping to modernise lending processes and technology architecture across the UK market.

Volante Technologies, the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced a new partnership with British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB), to modernize the bank’s payment processing infrastructure and replace legacy systems with a cloud-native platform.

Global fintech SumUp has officially launched in Mexico, set to transform the way small businesses operate with its cutting-edge payment and business tools. With this launch, SumUp aims to introduce a new level of efficiency and ease that the Mexican market has yet to experience. 

UK wealth managers are trailing behind their global counterparts when it comes to advising clients on crypto investing, according to new research from Avaloq, a global leader in digital banking solutions and wealth management technology.