Digital wallets have become an essential part of the travel experience for many, with 74% of U.S. travelers now using them on their trips. Kicking off the summer travel season, Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced its Digital Emergency Card Replacement, a new service that promptly delivers a digital card replacement on behalf of card issuers via text or email.

Eltropy, the leading AI-powered conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), today announced significant enhancements to its Unified Conversations Platform. These improvements include Voice+, a modern voice and contact center solution, SBR 2.0 for advanced skill-based routing, Lobby Management features, and additional productivity-boosting updates.

Virgin Money’s AI-powered virtual assistant, Redi, is being expanded to more customers, having already supported over one million conversations since its launch in March 2023. The intuitive, easy-to-use chat function is now available 24/7 for personal banking customers who manage their current accounts via the app, following the success it’s had with helping credit card customers over the last year.

London-based fintech Pozitive Payments, the soon-to-be-launched financial services offering from tech-first utilities and business solutions firm PE, has appointed Alex Daly as its new chief financial officer (CFO).=

Global financial technology leader FIS® has conducted new research showing that widespread financial anxiety among UK consumers has led to a phenomenon known as 'financial doomscrolling’ - a term describing the excessive monitoring of account balances and banking apps.

Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company, today announces that Payset will deploy Vault Payments, Thought Machine’s cloud-native payments processing platform. Payset is an existing customer of Thought Machine and is currently live with Vault Core, Thought Machine’s next-generation core banking platform.

Temenos, the banking software company, today announced that Haventree Bank, a federally regulated Schedule 1 bank in Canada, has selected Temenos to support its digital transformation and business growth.

SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today announces a significant upgrade to its Advanced Payment Control (APC) solution. This update further streamlines and optimises payment investigations by accommodating any number of disparate payment rails to improve resolution times and reduce costs in the era of instant payments.

Qonto, the leading European business finance solution for SMEs and freelancers, announces today two new features which reinforce its commitment to offer the best business banking solution to its 500,000 customers. The first is a new strategic partnership with Wise Platform, Wise’s market-leading global infrastructure for banks and enterprises, to further enhance Qonto’s cross-border payment capabilities.

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform provider, today announced that it has partnered with Hidden Road, the global credit network for institutions, through Hidden Road Partners CIV US LLC, its futures commission merchant regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The move will enable Hidden Road clients to utilize the TT platform for trading across a broad range of asset classes and products, including traditional cleared derivatives as well as digital assets.