Visa, a global leader in digital payments, and CarCloud, the UK‑based mobility data, insights and cost‑management platform, have announced a new partnership to help businesses modernise how they manage work‑related travel in an increasingly complex mobility landscape.

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading Pay by Bank network, today announced that it has partnered with eBay, a global commerce leader, to introduce Pay by Bank at checkout, bringing instant, secure bank payments to millions of UK buyers.

Volt, the real-time, rail-agnostic money movement platform, today announces its new status as an Identified Institution in Australia. Approved by Australia Payments Plus, the status, which concerns the country’s New Payments Platform (NPP), has been made possible by Volt’s partnership with Banking Circle Australia – the trading name of Australian Settlements Limited, ASL.

PayCaptain, the world’s first B Corp-certified payroll solution, reports a landmark year of growth, with a 73% increase in new customers for 2025 and an average of 70% YoY revenue growth in the last two years. As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, PayCaptain has provided financial agility for 55,000 employees across 260 forward-thinking brands including TGI Fridays, Dishoom, Roadchef, NEOM, Charlie Bigham’s and Monica Vinader dedicated to combining efficient payroll with tools to support the financial health of staff. 

Creditstar Group, a European data-driven fintech, announces that its UK subsidiary has received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate as a mainstream consumer credit lender in the United Kingdom. The new permissions support the Group’s strategy to scale its lending activities and broaden its product offering in one of Europe’s largest consumer credit markets.

Today, the British Business Bank has announced a new cornerstone commitment of £60m to NorthEdge IV, made under the Bank’s new Growth Equity strategy.

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, today announces a significant step forward in its European growth journey with the appointment of a new European CEO and the opening of a new branch in France. 

A leadership appointment to drive the next phase of European growth 

BridgeWise, the global leader in AI for wealth, today announced the acquisition of Chicago-based Context Analytics, the top AI-powered alternative data processing company, used by tier-one financial firms including S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Zūm Rails today announced that it will enable companies to embed credit card acceptance directly into its all-in-one payment ecosystems, creating custom checkout experiences for customers across the US and Canada. This final piece of Zūm Rails’ payments ecosystem was contingent upon it becoming an official payments facilitator, which it has now completed through its work with Fiserv.