Katharine Braddick CB appointed as the next Deputy Governor for Prudential Regulation at the Bank of England and Chief Executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), succeeding Sam Woods when his term ends in June 2026.

Katharine brings deep City, regulatory and policy expertise to keep the UK safe and open for investment, and to support growth and competitiveness. 

Banco Santander and Mastercard today announced the successful completion of Europe’s first live end-to-end payment executed by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent, representing the first agentic payment carried out within a regulated banking framework and marking a significant milestone in the application of AI systems capable of initiating and completing transactions on behalf of customers.

Strategy is no longer enough. Supervisors want  evidence. Clients expect systems that simply work. And the $90.5 trillion in global HNWI wealth  sitting on the table makes the cost of inaction very real. 

Payhawk, the AI-native spend management platform, today announces new capabilities for its Financial Controller Agent, verified with Cloudflare, to retrieve invoices directly from vendor portals after an employee authenticates it in a secure browser session.

Pluvo, an AI-native financial analysis platform built for CFOs and FP&A teams, today announced $5 million in seed financing to accelerate development of its agentic analysis engine and expand its go-to-market operations.

The round includes participation from Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z speedrun, Deel, The Perseverance Fund, StandUp Ventures, and AltaIR Capital. A group of strategic angel investors, including existing Pluvo clients, also participated in the round.

Yonder, the UK debit and credit rewards cards, today launched integrated eSIM connectivity, completing its vision to consolidate all core travel needs - flights and hotel booking, no FX payments, travel insurance, and mobile data - into a single app with unified points earning.

The launch positions Yonder as a focused alternative to super-app approaches from brands such as Revolut, whose travel benefits sit alongside broader banking services.

Supermicro, Inc., a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is announcing expanded support for infrastructure solutions powering sovereign AI platforms and Artificial Intelligence - Radio Access Networks (AI-RAN). At Mobile World Congress Barcelona (MWC), the world's largest event for the telecom industry, Supermicro and its ecosystem partners are featuring the latest real-world use cases that bring together performance, efficiency, and scalability.