Payhawk, the global spend management solution that helps businesses manage company cards and payments at scale across 32 countries, today announces the launch of new innovations as part of its ‘Fall Edition’ product release.

The Capgemini Research Institute’s World Payments Report 2025, published today, reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary edition, the report predicts instant payments will account for 22% of all non-cash transaction volumes by 2028 globally.

Marking UK Savings Week, LHV Bank, one of the UK's newest licenced banks, has launched a new Fixed Rate ISA.  Offering an attractive interest rate of 4.30% per annum, the new ISA is available exclusively through Hargreaves Lansdown’s Active Savings platform.

BKN301 Group, a London-based leading digital payments and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider with a focus in the EMEA region, unveiled its latest innovative payment solution, ‘301 Retail Account.’ The solution is a payment account that will support the rapidly evolving financial landscape and will cater to the unique needs of traditional banks, fintech companies, and neobanks.

Ecommpay, the inclusive global payments platform has launched a new brand identity and inclusivity programme, reflecting its focus on accessibility, inclusivity and sustainability and closely tied to its mission to achieve ultimate financial inclusivity. Ecommpay for Good is a dedicated on-going programme focused on inclusivity and providing merchants with critical support to improve their own accessibility.  Making a website more accessible can drive 23-24% more traffic to a website.

DNA Payments has introduced Apple Pay Express Checkout, giving Ecommerce clients a new way to accept customer payments. Now, merchants can offer Apple Pay at checkout or via the Express option through the Safari browser, ensuring consumers a swift and seamless buying experience. 

Leading consultancy Kearney has today released the latest data from its annual European Retail Banking Radar, finding that more than two-thirds (73%) of European bank clients have kept their primary account at the same institution for five years or longer.

According to Kearney, over half of Europeans (55%) still bank with one institution, with this figure as high as 77% in Austria.

 FinScan®, an Innovative Systems, Inc. solution, is proud to announce a series of successes it has achieved throughout 2023 and 2024. The accomplishments highlight the company’s commitment to technological innovation, customer satisfaction, and market adaptation and the response from new and existing customers resulting in double-digit revenue growth over the last year.

Griffin, the UK’s leading bank for fintechs, today announced it is opening its platform up to UK fintechs as it concludes its early access programme, Foundations. As a licensed UK bank and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, Griffin enables companies to seamlessly embed banking products like payments, savings, safeguarding and client money accounts, and unlock more revenue opportunities across their value chain.