As we gear up for the New Year, Exactly.com spotlights the trends that are set to redefine e-commerce in 2026. Mark Andreev, COO at Exactly.com and a renowned fintech leader with decades of experience launching card payment solutions, shares his expert predictions for the year ahead.  

X Open Hub, part of the well-established XTB Group, spent the better part of 2025 further developing its already robust brokers’ liquidity infrastructure. This development is crucial to ensure its clients are never constrained by their liquidity provider, because the ultimate goal of any broker is growth. Another benefit of this ongoing development is that it ensures X Open Hub’s products and services keep pace with the latest industry trends, market demands, and regulatory changes. 

BridgeWise, the global leader in AI for investments, today announced the development of FixedWise, a new solution designed to transform how European and global investors analyse corporate bonds. Built to address the unique dynamics of Europe’s expanding debt market, this is the first solution delivering granular, AI-driven bond insights at scale and providing in-depth analysis at the individual bond level for every investor, from retail to institutional. 

Volt, the real-time, rail-agnostic money movement platform, today announces its new strategic partnership with BVNK, the l

xpate, the all-in-one payments and banking hub, has launched ScheduleFX, a new automation feature that allows merchants to schedule and automate currency conversion directly within their xpate wallet. The release extends xpate’s broader automation capabilities, following the recent launch of Scheduled Transfers, and gives merchants full control over how and when funds are converted after settlement.

Currensea, the market-leading payments technology platform for co-branded debit cards and the UK’s top-rated travel spending card, today announces the appointments of James Hickman as Commercial Director and George Head as Head of Business Development. The strategic hires both join from Ecospend, a UK market leader in Open Banking technology.

NatWest Group has opened applications for the second year of its Fintech Programme, targeting fintechs across the UK that are using AI to help redefine the future of customer experience in financial services.

Orange Poland, one of the leading telco providers in Poland today announced the launch of “Insure with Orange”, a new digital insurance comparison platform in Poland developed in partnership with bolttech, the global insurtech. The service is the first insurance comparison platform offered by a telecom operator in Poland, giving Orange customers a simple, fast, and transparent way to compare and buy insurance from multiple trusted insurers in one place.

FinTech Scotland is aiming to help address the growing link between people’s financial situation and their health in later life with the launch of a new initiative that will accelerate innovation through the development of new research, technologies, and services. 

PayTabs Egypt, MENA’s award-winning payments powerhouse, announced today a strategic partnership with Edita Trade as a subsidiary of Edita Food, a leader in the Egyptian packaged snack food market. This collaboration will integrate PayTabs Egypt's cash collection solution into Edita's operations, streamlining payments and cash collection between their representatives and end-point distributors.