Checkbook, a leading all-in-one payments platform, today announced the successful expansion of its Global Push-to-Card feature powered by Visa, a global leader in payments.

NatWest has joined ParalympicsGB as their official banking partner, and with an extension to their existing partnership with Team GB, will support both teams through the Milano-Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Numeral, a Mambu company, a leading payment technology provider for financial institutions, today announces the launch of its fully managed Verification of Payee (VOP) solution, empowering financial institutions to comply with the European Union’s VOP regulation by the October 9, 2025 deadline. Numeral has also released its “ultimate guide to Verification Of Payee” to help financial institutions navigate VOP regulation. 

IBM today released its annual expectations for technology and transformation in the global financial services industry in the year ahead in the IBM Institute for Business Value 2025 Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets.

Mastercard has announced the opening of its first office in Uganda, marking a significant milestone in its expansion across East Africa. This strategic move underscores Mastercard's dedication to fostering financial inclusion and accelerating digital transformation in the region.

MoneyGram, a financial technology company creating trusted global payments and financial solutions for an increasingly connected world, today announced the appointment of Luke Tuttle as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Tuttle will lead product development and technology, overseeing engineering, platform operations, information security and emerging technologies like blockchain. He will report directly to Anthony Soohoo, MoneyGram Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and will serve on the Executive Leadership Team.

Moody’s has launched Maxsight™ unified risk platform, designed to help businesses decode risk and unlock opportunity across third-party relationships, supply chains, and compliance processes.

Lendscape, a global leader in secured finance technology, today announces a leadership transition as Kevin Day steps down as Chief Executive Officer. Kevin, who has been instrumental in shaping Lendscape into the global leader it is today, will remain with the company as an Executive Advisor and a member of the Board of Directors.

Ahead of Safer Internet Day 2025 (11th February), inclusive global payments platform, has reported its latest data on fraud protection for e-commerce merchants.  Since early 2022, Ecommpay’s market-leading Graph Analysis tool has unveiled nearly 13,000 fraudulent chains involving almost 51,000 users across 207 unique merchants. 29% were confirmed scammers, while others were part of unsuccessful or unreported fraudulent attacks.

Financial Cloud, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions, has partnered with global bank payment company GoCardless to improve payments for financial service providers in the UK.

This collaboration will see GoCardless’ Direct Debit payments and Instant Bank Pay (IBP), its open banking payment feature for one-off payments, embedded directly into the Financial Cloud CRM platform.