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Banks close the AI trust gap to unlock real returns

Banks close the AI trust gap to unlock real returns

Adoption was never going to be the hard part. Most banks have already brought AI into the building. The harder question, and the one...
Chime to acquire Stride Bank for $590m

Chime to acquire Stride Bank for $590m

Chime, the Nasdaq-listed US FinTech, is set to acquire Stride Bank, N.A., its long-standing banking partner, for $590m as it moves to bring its...
Mastercard, Backbase push banks towards AI-native transformation

Mastercard, Backbase team up to accelerate AI-native banking

Mastercard, the global payments and technology company, and Backbase, the provider of an AI-native Banking Operating System, have partnered to help financial institutions move...
Vision Bank launches platform-led SME trade finance proposition

Vision Bank launches platform-led SME trade finance proposition

Vision Bank, the Abu Dhabi Global Market-headquartered Islamic lender wholly owned by GII Group, has launched a new SME financing proposition designed to improve...
UK payments infrastructure faces major redesign

UK payments infrastructure faces major redesign

The UK's retail payments infrastructure could be set for a major redesign, with the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) launching a consultation on how...
Embedded finance enters its next phase of growth

Embedded finance enters its next phase of growth

Embedded finance has spent the past decade bringing financial services closer to the customer. Its next phase could be about making those services intelligent...
TerraPay taps Deutsche Bank to widen cross-border payment reach

TerraPay taps Deutsche Bank to widen cross-border payment reach

TerraPay has partnered with Deutsche Bank to strengthen its cross-border payments infrastructure, gaining access to the bank’s correspondent banking network, payments capabilities and foreign...
280m identities could reshape Southeast Asia KYC

280m identities could reshape Southeast Asia KYC

Hopae Connect is expanding its identity verification network across Southeast Asia, adding the Philippines National ID and Indonesia’s NIK to its platform and giving...
Why tax needs one trusted source of data

Why tax needs one trusted source of data

Data is becoming increasingly central to how tax functions operate, but having more information does not necessarily mean having better information. For many organisations,...
Bretton AI lands multi-year MVB Bank compliance deal

Bretton AI lands multi-year MVB Bank compliance deal

MVB Bank, a West Virginia-based subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed MVB Financial Corp., has agreed a multi-year partnership with Bretton AI to use AI-powered operations for...

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Big deals dominate in bumper week for FinTech investments

There was $1.33bn raised across 19 reported deals in the FinTech sector this week, showcasing the ongoing power of the growing sector. The raise was...
PRA move could free smaller firms from outdated limits

PRA move could free smaller firms from outdated limits

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the UK body responsible for supervising banks, insurers and credit unions, has put forward plans to tie 128 regulatory...
Rein Security lands $25m as AI agents outrun security

Rein Security lands $25m as AI agents outrun security

Rein Security, an AI-native platform protecting enterprises at runtime, has secured $25m in a Series A round as companies race to hand autonomous AI...
Powerful September funding drives strong third quarter for RegTech deals

Powerful September funding drives strong third quarter for RegTech deals

As the sizzling hot summer of 2026 rolled through, equally intense was the climbing investment in the RegTech sector seen through the third quarter...
What separates the winners from the losers in the AI race?

What separates the winners from the losers in the AI race?

The commercial divide between AI leaders and laggards is less about efficiency than what comes next. The latest findings from the AI in Risk...

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