Wealth & Asset Management

Wealthtech Farther notches unicorn status with $150m Series D

Temenos Forward Awards Celebrate Innovation and Impact in Banking

Farther Raises $150 Million Series D Led by General Atlantic to Scale Intelligent Wealth Management

Wealth management: Getquin raises €12m

DBS remains committed to investing in young Singapore talent in AI era

AI Agents in Finance: How They Transform 70% of Processes

Executive Moves

A Japanese bank promoted a new head of markets, with a curious mandate

Northwest Bank taps banking tech veteran as CIO

HSBC's emerging tech chief Ian Glasner to depart

Broadridge Appoints Ian Williams as Head of International Broadridge Trading and Connectivity Solutions

HSBC emerging technology chief Glasner departs

Visa-backed fintech Branch lays off staff in Nigeria and Kenya despite $30 million profit

Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Modulr partners with Alloy to strengthen compliance and onboarding

Philippines and Australia Deepen Fintech and Digital Economy Cooperation Ties

Mal secures in-principle regulatory approval for UAE bank licence

Bsquared Technology Payment License Revoked Over Serious Breaches, MAS Says

UK regulators warn firms on AI-driven cyber risks

Zerohash lands EMI licence in the Netherlands

Retail Banking

Marqeta expands account and money movement offer across Europe

Mastercard renews partnership with Egypt's CIB

Alipay+ targets Latin America growth with PVS partnership

Paytm injects fresh capital into European FinTech operations

SA banks battle rising fraud attempts amid digital banking growth

Mastercard asks Brazilian payment processors to split Will losses

Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI

Your bank’s AI just blocked your payment – what can you do?

Generative AI and legal privilege: What boards need to know

BNP Paribas partners Mistral to strengthen AI defences

TIFIN Australia Launches to Accelerate AI-Powered Wealth Innovation in the Region

SBI Group invests in Temple Digital

Cayman’s CV5 Capital warns of crypto onboarding bottlenecks

Mobile Banking

BT Mobile’s return signals nostalgia-led brand pivot despite EE convergence gains, says GlobalData

Tucson Federal Credit Union embeds InvestiFi tech into online banking platform

Bunq applies for Mexican banking license

Google Finance lands in Europe

Ethiopia’s Commercial Bank Announces Digital Banking Disruptions

Vodafone Qatar buys Maktapp to boost SME solutions

Comment & Analysis

Can compliance become a real-time control layer?

It’s always been complicated

Fintech Landscape in the Caribbean: Barbados in 2026

Ludivine and Chloé - Two paths, one shared ambition: Empowering women to take action

1 in 3 Irish adults fallen victim to financial fraud

Revolut’s UK banking licence unlikely to disrupt incumbents, Citi says

Cyber Security

New cyber security centre to defend the Bailiwick of Guernsey to launch

GCC insurers are betting big on cyber and risk cover amid geopolitical pressures

Big banks use OpenAI’s Daybreak for cybersecurity defence

Mugen expands into cybersecurity for decentralised organisations

Hybrid Threats in Africa: Cyber, Disinformation & Operational Resilience in Pan-African Banking

UK regulators warn of new threats from frontier AI models

Research

Middle East digital banking users show rising fraud vigilance, study shows

Why business owners’ biggest planning gap comes after the sale

India sees spike in AI driven ransomware attacks

Nasdaq Verafin unveils agentic AI AML workers

Research Reveals More Than 75% of UK Wealth Managers Planning Acquisitions

66% of Zillennials Use Their Phones as Bank Branch

Innovation & Startups

Newland NPT gains Fiserv Rapid Connect L3 certification for PayExplorer

US Senate Federal Credit Union partners with Thought Machine to modernise banking infra

BankSouth migrates core to FIS Horizon

Pohon Dana Selects Oradian to Scale Digital Lending

EBAday 2026 Fintech Zone unveils 16 finalists set to pitch in Copenhagen

SoFi acquires lendtech start-up Peach

Trading Platforms

Santander launches Navigator Global in Spain, its platform to drive companies’ international expansion

Ex-Royal Mint Executives Launch Fintech to Modernise Physical Gold Investment

GoTyme expands banking platform, includes investment

Endowus partners CIP to offer renewable energy investments

XDC Network partners with Australian fintech to bring modern payment tools to small businesses

LSEG partners Dell to build private cloud platform

Alternative Investments

Royal London taps SS&C for Australia fund expansion

VMease and Logiq partner to deliver sovereign, cost-effective private cloud solutions

Mizuho launches global fintech ops centre in Pune

SEI Converts $1 Billion Mutual Fund Into High Yield Bond & Alternative Credit ETF (LEND)

ABE Capital strengthens its technology strategy with the addition of LIS Global to its portfolio

Apex Fintech Solutions links with Plaid

Planet SOS

EIB and BNP Paribas Finance Clean European Farm Technology

Advisors warm up to emerging energy plays in client portfolios

Temenos continues to top ESG ratings from Dow Jones, S&P Global, Sustainalytics and CDP

ESG in Action: The Role of Fintech Companies in Belgium’s Sustainable Financial Future

Cynergy Bank issues debit cards made from Parley Ocean plastic

Modern Bankers in an age of sustainable banking: Three take-aways