New Zealand’s The Co-operative Bank revamps core with 10x Banking
The Co-operative Bank in New Zealand has selected UK-based vendor 10x Banking’s core banking platform to replace its legacy infrastructure,…
UAE Fintech Alaan Raises $48m Series A to Expand Across MENA Region
UAE-based business-to-business Fintech startup Alaan has secured $48 million in Series A funding led by Peak XV Partners, formerly Sequoia…
Former Fintech CEO Fined $1M, Banned as Director
Formerly ASX-listed fintech iSignthis has been ordered to pay a $10 million fine for breaching disclosure laws. Its co-founder and…
FirstBank champions inclusion at Canada-Africa fintech summit
FirstBank has championed inclusion amid innovation in the fintech space as it sponsored the Canada-Africa Fintech Summit. In a statement…
US fintech Stavtar secures $55m Series A investment from Elephant
Venture capital firm Elephant has made a $55 million minority investment in the Series A funding round of New York-based…
NatWest’s chief data and analytics officer Zachery Anderson set to depart
Zachery Anderson, NatWest Group’s chief data and analytics officer and head of open banking, personalisation, and AI, is set to…
Bank Albilad selects Intellect’s eMACH.ai for cash management overhaul
Saudi Arabia’s Bank Albilad has selected the eMACH.ai Digital Transaction Banking platform of Indian-headquartered fintech Intellect Design Arena to help…
Wealth Platform Vennre Taps Into Saudi Vision 2030 With New Private Market Investment Product
Vennre, a digital wealth creation platform enabling access to private market investments, has launched ‘Capital Co-Investments’, a new offering promising…
Paymentology Unveils PayoCard, Simplifying Mobile Card Services in South Africa
Paymentology, the global issuer-processor, has launched a new mobile-first card management platform, dubbed PayoCard, to help digital banks and fintechs…
Accountants Rapidly Adopt AI But New Challenges are Emerging, Warns Intuit
Intuit, the global fintech platform, says that accountants need to move beyond routine compliance work and embrace AI-powered workflows to…
TransferMate Secures MAS In-Principle Approval to Expand Payment Services in Singapore
TransferMate, the embedded B2B payments infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider, has secured in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of…
Mastercard Partners with Monak to Cut Costs in Migrant Remittances
Payments giant Mastercard is teaming up with Oman-based fintech Monak to enhance cross-border money transfers for migrant workers, while improving…
Yaspa Highlights Worrying Fraud Stats and Proposes Uptake of Pay by Bank as a Solution
Forty per cent of Brits who have fallen victim to fraud or scams in the last year haven’t been able…
Fintech funding hits $11b in Q2 as average deal-sizes hit two-year high
Mega rounds surged to its highest in three years. Financial technology (fintech) funding reached $11b globally across 390 funding rounds…
Korean Quantum Fintech Firm Orientom Expands Into Southeast Asia
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Orientom (CEO AlfredBang), a company developing domestic quantum financial technology, has begun expanding into Southeast…
US fintech Saphyre lands $70m investment from FTV Capital
Saphyre, a US-based fintech that develops AI-powered software to automate finance operations and trading workflows, has received a $70 million…
Wells Fargo expands Google Cloud partnership to deploy agentic AI tools across the bank
Wells Fargo has extended its partnership with Google Cloud to deploy AI agents across the bank with the aim to…
Irish paytech TransferMate gains in-principle approval to expand Singapore services
Ireland-based B2B payments provider TransferMate says it has received in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to add…
Principality Building Society selects Jade ThirdEye to enhance AML capabilities
Principality Building Society, the largest building society in Wales, has selected Jade ThirdEye to enhance its ability to detect and…
PingPong Picks ClearBank to Enable Client Access to UK Payment Schemes
ClearBank, the real-time clearing and embedded banking enabler, is teaming up with PingPong, an embedded cross-border payment solution provider, to…