KAST Adds $MOVE Rewards As It Expands Premium Neobank Services
- 6 hours 21 min ago
- Banking
KAST, the global financial platform built on stablecoin rails, has announced a partnership with The Movement Network adding additional crypto rewards to existing KAST benefits. 500,000 users worldwide will now be able to earn $MOVE token rewards on every purchase and then hold, move and trade the token.
AlHuda CIBE Awards Shariah Compliance Certificate to AL BARAKAH MCSL
- 6 hours 31 min ago
- Islamic Finance
AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics (AlHuda CIBE) has officially awarded a Shariah Compliance Certificate to AL BARAKAH Multi-purpose Co-operative Society Limited, Mauritius, following a comprehensive Shariah review of its operations, products, and governance framework. The certification reflects AL BARAKAH’s adherence to Shariah principles across its cooperative and financial activities and marks a significant milestone in... more
Finastra Expands Global Footprint with New U.S. and India Offices
- 1 day 2 hours ago
- Banking
Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced the opening of two new offices as part of its continued global growth and modernization strategy: a new U.S. office in the iconic King building at Perimeter in Atlanta, Georgia, and a new innovation center located in Technopark, the premier technology park in Trivandrum, Kerala. The company also confirmed plans to expand its existing office space in Pune, one of its... more
Post Office Secures Five-Year Agreement To Continue Operating Banking Hubs
- 1 day 8 hours ago
- Banking
Post Office has signed a new five-year agreement with Cash Access UK to continue operating Banking Hubs across the UK. Post Office already operates 200 Banking Hubs and will play a central role in delivering on the Government’s ambition to have 350 Banking Hubs operating by the end of this Parliament.
COONECTA Taps BPC’s Next-Generation Platform to Empower Communities and Drive Financial Transformation
- 5 days 5 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.
Barclays Announces Collaboration with ExpectAI
- 5 days 7 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.
SMB Banking Platform Lili Sets the Standard for Five-Star Customer Support for Business Owners
- 5 days 7 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.
Temenos Named a Leader in Everest Group Peak Matrix® Assessments
- 5 days 8 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
- 1 week 6 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
- 1 week 7 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
- 1 week 1 day 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
- 1 week 1 day 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 4 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 4 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 6 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.
