Newcastle-based Atom bank has today announced the successful distribution of £13,250 to recipients of the Atom Futures Fund, reaffirming its deep-rooted commitment to supporting and developing early career talent in the North East of England.

Allica Bank, the leading digital bank for small and medium businesses (SMBs), has announced a $155m Series D capital raise from Ventura Capital, GLG , Sona AM and existing investors TCV and Blue Owl. The majority of the round consists of common equity, alongside a portion of new additional Tier 1 equity capital. 

Allica is the category defining digital bank for established SMBs (businesses with typically 5-250 employees), providing a full stack of services using proprietary technology.

With GenAI deployment delivering measurable business results, financial services firms are doubling down on technology transformation and taking aim at the tokenization of market infrastructure.

Ortec Finance, a leading provider of financial decision-making technology, has appointed Jamie Holland as Senior Client Manager within its Global Wealth Solutions team in the UK. Jamie will join the firm effective 1 March 2026.

Form3, the secure cloud-native account-to-account global payments platform, today announced a significant expansion of its partnership with SumUp, as the global fintech extends its use of Form3’s payments platform to support European payment schemes.

ShapeShift, one of the longest-serving community-led decentralised anti-KYC trading platforms, today announced a major expansion of its multichain infrastructure, increasing to 17 swappers and expanding support to 46 blockchains as part of its push to become the leading privacy-first, anti-KYC trading venue in crypto. This is a sign of significant growth, with swappers up 41% and chains up 59% since November 2025.

Investing and trading platform, IG, has unveiled a new integrated UK marketing campaign as part of its broader brand repositioning, aimed at redefining how the FTSE 250 fintech engages today’s digitally native, self-directed investors.

Astelia, a cybersecurity platform founded by the leaders of Israel's National Red Team, announced today it has raised $35M million in combined seed and Series A funding led by Index Ventures and Team8 with participation from Holly ventures. The company is already working with dozens of customers, including leading Fortune 500 companies.

The British Business Bank has invested £25 million into Wayve, the UK autonomous driving company, as part of a $1.2 billion Series D investment round.

The round was led by Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and brings in new investment from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Baillie Gifford, Icehouse Ventures, Schroders Capital and other global institutional investors.

Mambu, the leading SaaS cloud banking platform, today announced the expansion of its Payments Hub solution into new territories, marking the first time the platform will be available to customers in Asia. The expansion builds on strong adoption of Mambu Payments Hub by banks and fintechs operating across multiple payment schemes and jurisdictions, further broadening the portfolio of Mambu Payment solutions available in Asia.