Three quarters of UK couples (74%) are speaking different ‘money languages’, with different communication styles causing conflict for two-thirds of couples (66%) and delaying major life milestones such as home ownership and starting a family.

As a result, financial compatibility has become a top three priority for people when looking for a partner, alongside sexual compatibility and shared interests, and above shared political and religious beliefs.

Mastercard has joined forces with TerraPay, a global money movement company, to equip its wallet partners including mobile money wallets, fintechs, and banks, with the latest digital payment capabilities. 

Following close behind its previous announcement that it had achieved Digital Accessibility Centre (DAC) certification for its mobile SDK and Hosted Payment Page, inclusive global payments platform, Ecommpay has now gained full DAC compliance across its website and product pages. This follows a rigorous three-strand testing process by the DAC to ensure it meets the WC3 (World Wide Web Consortium) WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.2 AA standard for accessibility. 

New research from Checkout.com reveals that Christmas 2025 will mark a turning point for agentic AI adoption, as consumers increasingly turn to intelligent digital agents to manage the stress, cost and complexity of peak-season shopping. With 47% of consumers planning to use an AI agent for their Christmas shopping and a third saying they planned to rely on agentic tools over Black Friday, this year’s festive season could be the first in which automated shopping becomes a mainstream behaviour.

The UK is experiencing rapid AI adoption in financial services, with 75% of financial firms now using artificial intelligence, up from 58% in 2022, as reported by the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (2024 report). But new research from FIS, a leading provider of financial technology, reveals that consumer confidence is failing to keep pace with innovation, creating a widening AI trust gap and an imperative for banks to educate and build trust with their customers. 

Ant International, HSBC and Swift today have completed a successful Proof of Concept (POC) for the cross-border transfer of tokenised deposits using ISO 20022 standards. The initiative leverages Swift’s global messaging network and HSBC’s recently launched Tokenised Deposit Service, combined with Ant International’s blockchain technology.

Pension-finding platform, Raindrop has joined forces with some of the UK’s largest financial providers to track down over £1 billion in lost pension pot savings for UK savers since launch.  

In total, Raindrop’s pension-finding technology has recovered over 100,000 individual pots with an average value of over £11,000.

Simply Asset Finance, the specialist business lending provider, has announced that following a successful Q3 2025 it has reached a £2 billion total loan origination milestone - building on its continued growth and lending support for SMEs this year. 

2025 saw Simply grow its gross loan book to £543 million, and increase its customer base to 13,000 as the business brought new digital origination channels onstream and introduced products such as commercial loans to its suite of finance solutions.   

Today, Zilch, the consumer payments platform powering the future of commerce, has announced that it has secured a payments services licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), further cementing its position as a trusted leader within the market.

Yonda Tax, the global tax automation platform helping businesses stay compliant across borders, today announces its first institutional funding round, bringing total investment to $15 million. The round was led by Kennet Partners, with participation from NYO Capital and Portfolio Ventures. The funding will be used to enhance platform features and functionality, and to support its expansion into new industries and tax jurisdictions.