Banking Infrastructure

As competition intensifies in specialist SME lending, Shawbrook Bank found its growth ambitions increasingly constrained by outdated processes and fragmented technology. Despite its strong reputation for bespoke, high-touch commercial lending, the UK-based bank was struggling to manage complex deals efficiently. Portfolio managers were relying on spreadsheets and SharePoint folders, credit teams lacked real-time visibility, and capacity limitations were starting to restrict the bank’s ability to scale.

Shawbrook Bank tackles SME lending bottlenecks with nCino

As competition intensifies in specialist SME lending, Shawbrook Bank found its growth ambitions increasingly constrained by outdated processes and fragmented technology. Despite its strong...
TeamSystem expands in Spain with AIG Classic acquisition

TeamSystem expands in Spain with AIG Classic acquisition

TeamSystem, an Italian tech & AI company focused on digital platforms for business management, has strengthened its presence in Spain with the acquisition of...
GFT and Ozone API partner to advance open banking in Canada

GFT and Ozone API partner to advance open banking in Canada

Canada-focused digital transformation firm GFT has partnered with open API platform specialist Ozone API to help Canadian financial institutions navigate the country’s transition to...
Rogo raises $75m Series C to scale AI finance platform

Rogo raises $75m Series C to scale AI finance platform

Rogo, a FinTech company building an agentic end-to-end AI system for financial workflows, has raised $75m in a Series C funding round and announced...
Float secures close to $100m to expand Canadian business finance

Float secures close to $100m to expand Canadian business finance

Float Financial, a Canadian business finance platform, has secured close to CAD $100m in new funding to expand access to working capital and high-yield...
Lunar raises €46m to fuel Nordic banking expansion

Lunar raises €46m to fuel Nordic banking expansion

Nordic challenger bank Lunar, a digital full-service bank serving consumers and businesses, has announced a €46m capital increase to accelerate growth across the Nordic...
Fimple raises $10m to accelerate GCC expansion

Fimple raises $10m to accelerate GCC expansion

Fimple, a core banking technology provider, has raised $10m in a follow-on investment round to accelerate its international expansion, with a strategic focus on...
Onsetto closes $2.2m seed funding led by EJF Ventures

Onsetto closes $2.2m seed funding led by EJF Ventures

Onsetto, a FinTech platform designed to help financial institutions capture the core operating account and establish primacy with business customers, has raised $2.2m in...
Barclays backs United Fintech with strategic investment

Barclays backs United Fintech with strategic investment

United Fintech, the industry-neutral FinTech infrastructure and ecosystem for financial institutions, asset managers and wealth managers, has secured a strategic investment from Barclays. The investment...
For years, US financial institutions have poured resources into accelerating workflows, trimming underwriting cycles and pushing for ever-faster loan decisions. Industry events often spotlight case studies promoting 48-hour commercial loan processing as proof of competitive strength. The working assumption has long been clear: increase speed, attract more customers and outpace rivals.

The hidden cost of chasing speed in banking operations

For years, US financial institutions have poured resources into accelerating workflows, trimming underwriting cycles and pushing for ever-faster loan decisions. Industry events often spotlight...

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Middle East retail investing: the WealthTech opportunity

Retail investment and preparing for retirement is gaining traction in the Middle East. For Fredrik Davéus, CEO and co-founder of Kidbrooke, this isn’t just...
Why good-weather pension numbers are misleading participants

Why good-weather pension numbers are misleading participants

As the Netherlands' pension sector navigates its Wet toekomst pensioenen (Wtp) transition, a growing body of regulatory guidance and independent research suggests that the...
Nordic banks turn to CaaS to fight rising fraud

Nordic banks turn to CaaS to fight rising fraud

The Nordic region is among the most cashless in the world, with cash accounting for fewer than 5% of all transactions in Norway and...
Global FinTech funding continued its strong surge over the past two weeks, with approximately $2.17bn raised across 23 deals, as cybersecurity firms saw major deals come to fruition.

Global FinTech funding tops $2bn as RegTech deals run rampant

Global FinTech funding continued its strong surge over the past two weeks, with approximately $2.17bn raised across 23 deals, as cybersecurity firms saw a...
How metadata supercharges AI document processing

How metadata supercharges AI document processing

Artificial intelligence is rapidly embedding itself into document-heavy organisations, promising to transform everything from contract analysis to compliance monitoring. Yet despite this momentum, many...

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