Fime Supports PCI MPoC Testing with New Software Security Lab in Melbourne
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Payments
Fime, a global leader in consulting and testing for payments, digital identity, and smart mobility, today announced its new software security laboratory, specializing in PCI Mobile Payments on COTS (MPoC). The new lab in Melbourne, Australia, marks a significant step in Fime’s expansion into software security and strengthens its ability to support the SoftPOS ecosystem to test and certify their solutions.
Navro Appoints Anna Andreeva as Chief Financial Officer
- 7 months 1 week ago
- People Moves
Navro, the pioneering fintech that simplifies international payments for businesses, today announces the appointment of Anna Andreeva as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Corpay Cross-Border Extends Exclusive Partnership with Rugby Australia
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Corpay, Inc., a global leader in corporate payments, today announced that its Cross-Border business has entered into a multi-year agreement to extend their successful and exclusive collaboration with Rugby Australia, as their Official Foreign Exchange (FX) Payments Partner. As part of this extension, Corpay Cross-Border will continue to act as an Official Partner of both the Men’s Australian National Rugby Union Team, the Wallabies, and the...
Amazon Launches ‘Pay by Bank’: A Secure, Card-Free Payment Solution
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Payments
Amazon today announced Pay by Bank, a new payment method on amazon.co.uk that allows customers to complete retail purchases directly from their UK bank accounts, with the ability to pay for their Prime membership coming soon.
Novum Investment Management Backed by UK Pension Fund to Scale Revolutionary, Industry-First Technology
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Investment
London-based fintech Novum Investment Management has secured a significant equity investment from a UK local government pension fund to launch and scale Doris, a patent-pending investment technology designed to help more people move from saving to investing with greater confidence.
AI Tipping Point Reached as Just 2% of Financial Institutions Report No AI Use, Finds Finastra Research
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Financial services has reached a decisive AI tipping point, according to new research from Finastra, a global leader in financial services software. Only 2% of financial institutions now report no use of artificial intelligence, signaling a clear shift from experimentation to execution across the industry.
LHV Bank Doubles Its Deposits and Loans with Profit After Tax of £5m in 2025
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Banking
LHV Bank returned 99% growth in deposits and 136% in loans, recording a profit after tax of £5m and a 5% return on equity in its 2025 annual financial results. The bank recorded £1.1bn in customer deposits and £0.7bn in lending, marking a strong year of growth in its second full year since launch across both retail and business services.
After Record-Breaking $48M Series A Funding, Fintech Alaan Launches New Product SuperPay™ to Enable Global Supplier Payment Transfers
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Fundraising News
Alaan, Middle Eastern corporate card and spend-management player, today announced the launch of SuperPay™, a new product which caters to UAE businesses who make payments to suppliers abroad. With SuperPay™, Alaan now combines card payments, invoice automation, approvals, accounting and international transfers in a single workflow - a major step in the company’s expansion into a complete finance-operations platform for the region.
74% of Asia Pacific Consumers Already Use AI to Shop, But Trust and Transparency Hold the Key to Checkout: Visa Survey
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today released new survey findings on the state of digital commerce in Asia Pacific, revealing that while consumers are increasingly using AI to shop, concerns over security and transparency are creating hesitation at the crucial moment of checkout.
iPiD Partners with Mazepay to Accelerate Secure Supplier Onboarding and Payments
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Payments
iPiD, a global provider of Know Your Payee (KYP) or real time payee and account verification solutions, today announced a partnership with Mazepay, a process platform that helps large enterprises streamline procurement, supplier compliance, and invoice payments.
Bound Raises $24.5M Series A
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Fundraising News
Bound, the FX risk management platform built for modern international businesses, today announced it has raised $24.5 million in Series A funding, led by AlbionVC, with participation from existing investors. The raise comes at a time of heightened global currency volatility, when even small FX movements can have outsized impacts on margins, hiring plans, and cash flow.
Tokenovate Joins Bank of England Synchronisation Lab Alongside Key Industry Participants
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Tokenovate, a UK-based fintech delivering post-trade lifecycle automation and digital settlement solutions, is participating in the Bank of England’s Synchronisation Lab, alongside 17 other industry participants drawn from across the financial ecosystem.
iDenfy Launches New AI Features to Improve Its Business Verification Platform for Compliance Teams
- 7 months 1 week ago
- RegTech
iDenfy, a leading global provider of digital identity verification and compliance solutions, recently announced significant updates to its Know Your Business (KYB) software, also known as the Business Verification platform.
ai.com Launches Autonomous AI Agents to Accelerate the Arrival of AGI
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Artificial Intelligence
ai.com, a new AI platform founded by Kris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, today announced the launch of its Autonomous AI agent offering for consumers. With a few clicks, anyone can now generate a private, personal AI agent that doesn’t just answer questions, but actually operates on the user’s behalf - organizing work, sending messages, executing actions across apps, building projects, and more.
Lüt Announces Strategic Partnership with Safe Harbor to Expand Access to Compliant Closed-Loop Payments for Cannabis and Specialty Merchants
- 7 months 1 week ago
- Payments
Lüt, a new financial ecosystem built for accessibility, reliability and growth with a first-of-its-kind closed-loop digital payments platform for cannabis and other high-risk industries, has announced its new partnership with leading financial services provider Safe Harbor to address one of the cannabis industry’s most persistent challenges: compliant and reliable payments.
