Anthropic Brings Claude to FCA Sandbox for Safer Fintech AI Testing
Anthropic is putting Claude inside one of the United Kingdom’s most closely watched financial technology testing programmes. The AI company…
London Stock Exchange Plans 24-Hour Trading With New LSE 24 Platform
The London Stock Exchange is preparing to keep trading open long after the traditional closing bell. Its new platform, London…
AngelList Acquires Ark to Build a Bigger Private Markets Platform
AngelList has acquired fund management software company Ark PES, bringing together two platforms that handle some of the less glamorous—but…
Lightning Reach Acquired by European Technology Group as Fintech Targets One Million Users
Lightning Reach has been acquired by European Technology Group, giving the UK financial support platform a permanent owner as it…
Monterro Acquires Majority Stake in Finnish Banking Software Firm MORS
Nordic software investor Monterro has acquired a majority stake in MORS Software, a Finnish fintech company building treasury, balance sheet…
Ant International Raises $1.2 Billion to Push Its Global Fintech Expansion
Ant International has raised approximately $1.2 billion in Series A funding, giving the payments company fresh capital to expand well…
Samsung Launches Its First Credit Card With Barclays and Visa
Samsung has spent years trying to own more of the experience around its phones. The device, the software, the wallet,…
Nubank Buys Banco Porto Real to Secure Full Banking Licence in Brazil
Nubank is buying a traditional Brazilian bank. That sentence would have sounded slightly strange a few years ago. Nubank built…
VAP Group Announces Global Trading Show, The Most Influential Unified Multi-Asset Trading Show
Abu Dhabi, UAE — VAP Group today announced the Global Trading Show from 15-16 December 2026 at Emirates Palace, Abu…
Banking Tech Awards 2026 Brings Together 50+ Fintech and Banking Judges
The Banking Tech Awards 2026 has assembled a judging panel of more than 50 executives, founders, investors and technology specialists…
Bank of Maldives Picks Finastra Essence for Major Core Banking Overhaul
Bank of Maldives is rebuilding the technology sitting underneath its banking operations. The country’s largest bank has selected Finastra Essence…
Revolut Secures Australian Banking Licence and Prepares for a Bigger Fight
Revolut is no longer operating in Australia as merely a financial app with banking-style features. It is now an actual…
Natural Raises $30 Million to Build Payment Infrastructure for AI Agents
Natural is betting that artificial intelligence agents will need more than access to shopping websites and banking APIs. They will…
Pay.UK Adds Monzo, Equals and Bank of Ireland Executives to Board
Pay.UK is bringing more industry voices into the room. The UK interbank payments operator has appointed three senior executives from…
Strata Acquires c. myers as Financial Institutions Face Tougher Planning Pressure
Strata Decision Technology is buying deeper expertise, not just another software feature. The company has acquired c. myers, a financial…
MoonPay Acquires Glide as Crypto Deposit Infrastructure Becomes the Next Payments Fight
MoonPay is buying again. The crypto payments company has acquired Glide, a San Francisco-based crypto deposit infrastructure provider, in a…
S&P Global Says Digital Payment Volume Could Hit $83.9 Trillion by 2030
Global digital payments are not slowing down. Not even close. A new forecast from S&P Global Market Intelligence says consumer-to-business…
Saudi Arabia Sets Guinness World Record With Largest Fintech Hackathon
Saudi Arabia has added another record to its fast-growing fintech story. The second edition of the AMAD Fintech Hackathon has…
Italy Makes Its Fintech Hub Pitch at Money20/20 Europe
Italy is no longer trying to quietly sit in the background of Europe’s fintech conversation. At Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam,…
Temenos Completes additiv Acquisition as WealthTech Race Gets More Serious
Temenos has closed its acquisition of Swiss fintech company additiv, giving the banking software group a stronger position in the…