COONECTA Taps BPC’s Next-Generation Platform to Empower Communities and Drive Financial Transformation
- 3 days 15 hours ago
- Banking
COONECTA, Ecuador’s leading transactional network serving financial institutions regulated by the Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria (SEPS), has partnered with BPC, a global leader in payment solutions, to drive country-wide digital transformation and financial inclusion.
SMB Banking Platform Lili Sets the Standard for Five-Star Customer Support for Business Owners
- 3 days 18 hours ago
- Banking
Lili, the leading business banking platform, today announced that they are setting the standard for five-star customer support for business owners. The company leverages a mix of AI chatbots and personalized human support for optimal customer service. With this balanced approach, 83% of customers gave Lili’s support experience a high score of 9 or 10.
Barclays Announces Collaboration with ExpectAI
- 3 days 18 hours ago
- Banking
Barclays today announced it is collaborating with ExpectAI, a pioneering technology company that uses AI with the aim of helping small and medium-sized businesses grow their profits, using sustainability insights. At Barclays, we are harnessing artificial intelligence to drive efficiency, create capacity and fuel innovation, helping our people to become more productive and improving client service.
Temenos Named a Leader in Everest Group Peak Matrix® Assessments
- 3 days 18 hours ago
- Banking
Temenos , a global leader in banking technology, today announced it has been named a leader in two key Everest Group assessments. Temenos is positioned as a Leader in the Banking Customer Experience Orchestration Products (CXOP) PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 and a Leader and Star Performer for the strongest year-over-year improvement in the Asset and Wealth Management (AWM) Customer Experience Orchestration Products (CXOP) PEAK Matrix® Assessment... more
Monzo Announces Plan to Acquire Habito in Another Step Towards Transforming the Mortgage Experience for Customers
- 5 days 16 hours ago
- Banking
Leading digital bank Monzo today announces its agreement to acquire Habito, the UK’s leading digital mortgage broker, as it moves to transform one of life’s most important financial moments — getting a mortgage. The acquisition will make Monzo the first UK bank to offer a fully end-to-end mortgage broking experience within its app, making the process simpler, faster, and built around customers’ needs.
Griffin Closes 2025 with 50+ Platform Customers, Welcomes Uber, Marqeta, Sidekick, Aspora, Access Group and Many More
- 5 days 18 hours ago
- Banking
Griffin, the UK's leading bank for fintechs and platforms, today announced it is closing 2025 with significant growth across all key metrics just over a year after beginning full operations. The bank now serves over 50 platform customers and hundreds of thousands of their end users, reporting a 5x growth in revenue and about £3 billion processed in payments value with a growing customer base that includes names such as Uber, Marqeta, Access... more
HSBC and Hang Seng Bank Announce Despatch of Scheme Document on Proposed Privatisation of Hang Seng Bank
- 6 days 14 hours ago
- Banking
HSBC Holdings plc and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited today announced the despatch of the scheme document regarding the proposal for the privatisation of Hang Seng Bank by way of a scheme of arrangement.
Cultura Bank Selects Tieto Banktech in Strategic 5-Year Technology Partnership
- 6 days 15 hours ago
- Banking
Cultura Bank, a Norwegian ethical savings bank with approximately NOK 1.4 billion in assets and more than 4,500 customers, is joining Lokalbanksamarbeidet (the Local Bank Collaboration), a consortium of 16 independent Norwegian savings banks. This provides access to competitive and modern solutions in line with the strategic partnership entered with Tieto Banktech in May 2025.
British Caribbean Bank Goes Live with Finastra Essence to Drive Innovation, Efficiency, and Agility
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Banking
Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced British Caribbean Bank (BCB), a Turks and Caicos-based financial institution focused on delivering innovative banking products to its customers, has successfully gone live with Finastra Essence, a next-generation core banking platform. This move signifies a major step in democratizing access to enterprise-grade technology for small banks, empowering BCB to compete and... more
BBVA And OpenAI Collaborate to Transform Global Banking
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Banking
BBVA and OpenAI are expanding their collaboration with a multi-year strategic AI transformation program that will see ChatGPT Enterprise rolled out to all 120,000 global employees—a 10x increase on their current deployment. Under this new agreement, OpenAI will help advance BBVA’s AI strategy, which aims to transform the customer experience, enable new ways of working, and optimize internal operations.
Banco Industrial-Backed Zigi Sets A New Standard In Banking Innovation With Thought Machine Technology
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Banking
Zigi, the digital innovation arm of Banco Industrial, is setting a new standard for continuous transformation in modern banking, powered by Thought Machine’s next-generation core banking platform, Vault Core. Guided by a philosophy of experimentation, speed, and inclusion, Zigi operates as the bank’s engine for digital business creation—designing, testing, and scaling new financial products that expand access and drive sustainable growth.
10x Banking Partners With Audax To Accelerate Digital Banking Modernization Across APAC, Europe, And Middle East
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Banking
10x Banking, the cloud-native core banking platform, has partnered with audax Financial Technology (“audax”), a comprehensive digital banking technology solutions provider supported by Standard Chartered, to transform how banks in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East scale new digital offerings and modernize their core banking services.
Merchants Entrust SumUp's Business Account With Over €1 Billion In Deposits
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Banking
Global financial technology company SumUp today announced its merchant business account ecosystem has achieved two major milestones: surpassing €1 billion in customer deposits and growing to 1.5 million active Business Account users globally. The rapid adoption comes as SumUp rolls out a suite of new features, including cash deposits and local IBANs, deepening its role as the primary financial partner for Europe's small businesses.
Accountants Predict Business Growth In 2026, But Warn Banks Are Failing To Keep Up
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Banking
A new survey by Allica Bank of 199 of its accountant partners reveals they have confidence in business growth over the next 12 months. 83% of accountants believe their SME clients will achieve some level of growth over 2026, according to the survey, with 13% expecting high growth. Just 6% predict no growth at all, signalling that established businesses remain resilient and ambitious despite a challenging economic backdrop.
Publicis Sapient And Murex Partner With Aldermore Bank On Landmark Cloud-Native Treasury Transformation
- 1 week 6 days ago
- Banking
Publicis Sapient, a global technology company that provides enterprise AI platforms and services, and Murex, a leader in trading, risk and processing solutions for capital markets, today announced the successful go-live of Murex’s MX.3 front-to-back-to-risk platform for the treasury business at leading U.K. specialist financial services provider Aldermore Bank.
