Starling, the digital bank, and FinTech North, the first ever regional UK FinTech hub promoting growth across the north of England, have launched a year-long partnership. 

Banco de Chile, one of the largest financial institutions in Chile, has established a collaborative alliance with Integral, a leading currency technology provider to the financial markets, to bolster its FX operations. Through the partnership, Banco de Chile has adopted Integral’s Price Engine and Liquidity Aggregation products to consolidate FX pricing logic and streamline execution workflows.

In a world where artificial intelligence is reshaping how people shop, pay, and connect, Mastercard is introducing Agent Pay in the UAE, and today marked its first transaction outside the US. 

As part of this pilot phase in the UAE, Mastercard is collaborating with Majid Al Futtaim, a leader in shopping malls, communities, retail, and leisure across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and with fintech Dataiera. 

Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced at Microsoft Ignite 2025 that its Nutanix Cloud Platform solution will support Microsoft AzureVirtual Desktop for hybrid environments. This will enable organizations to run Azure Virtual Desktop on premises on the Nutanix AHV hypervisor, offering a new level of flexibility in how virtual desktops are deployed and managed.

One Inc, the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced it was named one of the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, an annual ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America. Ranked at 311, this is One Inc’s first appearance on the list.

CoinPayments, a global leader in cryptocurrency payment processing, today announced its re-entry into the United States, marking a significant milestone in the company’s growth and reaffirming its position as one of the world’s most trusted digital payment solutions.

Tokenovate, the UK-based fintech transforming post-trade lifecycle automation and digital settlement, has expanded its engineering team with four strategic hires to accelerate product development and scale its platform to meet growing client demand. 

Napier AI, the London-based financial crime compliance technology provider, today announced that Brighter Super, one of Queensland’s largest superannuation funds, has upgraded its compliance infrastructure with the Napier AI Continuum platform to enhance scalability, regulatory readiness, and operational efficiency.

Zopa Group PLC, the digital bank pioneer trusted by 1.6 million customers, has entered the Investments market to help the 15 million Brits who hold excess cash grow their money confidently.

Designed for the nation’s new generation of first-time investors looking to make their money work harder with peace of mind, Zopa Investments forms part of Zopa’s vision to build the Home of Money.

BR-DGE, the independent payment orchestration provider, has partnered with THG Ingenuity, the leading global e-commerce group, to deliver BR-DGE Vault, a PCI-compliant hybrid tokenisation solution.

THG Ingenuity provides cutting-edge ecommerce solutions designed to accelerate brand growth. The company will implement BR-DGE Vault across more than 250 online stores, reducing PCI compliance overheads while delivering measurable gains in authorisation rates.