Cross-border and instant payments continue to grow worldwide, and so do fraud and misdirected payments. Faster settlement leaves less time to catch errors and stop scams, and recovery becomes harder once funds move. In Europe alone, the European Central Bank and European Banking Authority report total payment fraud value in the EU/EEA reached €4.2 billion in 2024. 

In the face of rapidly evolving global regulatory standards and rising Anti-Money Laundering (AML) scrutiny, ThetaRay today announced the launch of Ray, an Agentic AI AML investigation suite designed to transform how financial institutions conduct transaction monitoring investigations.

 AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics (AlHuda CIBE) has entered into a groundbreaking partnership with MAC & RO Capital, a leading shariah complaint gold investment firm, to drive the worldwide expansion of Islamic finance. This collaboration is designed to enhance research, intellectual development, and the promotion of Shariah-compliant financial products and services on a global scale.

Unlimit, a leading global fintech company providing the world’s largest portfolio of financial technology services, today announced the appointment of Pedro Azevedo as Head of Sales, EU. Based in Lisbon, Portugal, Azevedo will lead Unlimit’s commercial strategy across the European Union, strengthening the company’s regional presence and accelerating its next phase of growth.

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WealthAi, a wealthtech company and the first AI-driven operating system (OS) designed specifically for wealth managers, family offices and private banks, has raised an initial  $1 million pre-seed in a round led by Fuel Ventures and Founders Factory.

Viva.com, the first Tech Bank in Europe for businesses, has rolled out support for BLIK 6-digit code payments on its Tap on Any Device technology, enabling Polish merchants to accept, and software partners to embed, one of the country’s most popular payment methods through a fully software-based checkout experience. The rollout delivers a future-proof, locally relevant solution that seamlessly connects in-store and online commerce, enabling scale across sectors and European markets.

Volt, the real-time, rail-agnostic money movement platform, today announces its new strategic partnership with ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking. The collaboration enables Volt to offer critical enhancements to its account-based cash management capabilities, in the UK and Europe, moving open banking payments a step closer to realising their full operational potential.

Form3, the secure cloud-native account-to-account global payments platform, today announced the successful delivery of a fully compliant Verification of Payee (VoP) solution for leading European payments service provider Mollie. The implementation enables Mollie to meet European VoP requirements and better protect its customers from misdirected payments and authorised push payment fraud.