The 16th Annual Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS 2025) concluded this week at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers after two days of high-impact discussions, case studies, and panel sessions. Day Two brought a deep dive into cybersecurity, generative AI, open finance, cultural transformation, and customer-centric innovation, closing the summit with a clear message: banking transformation is here, and execution will define success.

Tide, the UK’s leading business management platform, today announced a strategic investment from TPG, a leading global alternative asset management firm.

JOI gaming, part of the JVH gaming & entertainment Group, has chosen Trustly as its main payment provider for the Dutch market. The partnership enables seamless iDEAL deposits and instant payouts, underscoring JOI gaming’s commitment to speed, security, and player convenience.

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, is powering Rail Europe’s growth by delivering faster, more secure and reliable payments. Since implementing Checkout.com’s platform, Rail Europe has achieved an 8% uplift in acceptance rates across its B2C and B2B platforms, while significantly reducing fraud and chargebacks - helping millions of international travellers book European rail with confidence.

Shawbrook has partnered with Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) to deliver its first branded savings product, launched through the HL Cash ISA. The collaboration highlights Shawbrook’s growing role as the specialist banking partner of choice for financial platforms, combining deep expertise with agile technology to co-create new savings and lending products at pace.

Beeks Financial Cloud Group, a leading provider of cloud computing and connectivity solutions for financial markets, today announced it has entered into an agreement with TMX Datalinx,  the information services division of TMX Group, the Canada based financial services company which owns and operates exchanges across equities, fixed income, derivatives, and energy markets, including the Toronto Stock Exchange.

As UK Savings Week (22-28 September) kicks off, Loqbox, an award-winning credit-building business, has revealed the most popular excuses we tell ourselves when it comes to saving money. Topping the list for over a quarter of adults (26%) is the classic: “I’ll start saving next month.”

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, announced today several new servers and is showcasing its latest AI-optimized systems at the Supermicro INNOVATE! event in Madrid, Spain. As part of the ongoing expansion of Supermicro's EMEA engineering, manufacturing, and sales efforts, the INNOVATE!

A new study by global tech strategists Juniper Research has revealed that the transaction value for Account-to-Account (A2A) payments globally will grow 113% over the next five years, from $91.5 trillion. The roll-out of real-time payment systems will enable new use cases such as instant payroll and real-time bill settlement.