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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...
DeepWorq AI lands funding to expand Financial AI tools

DeepWorq AI lands funding to expand Financial AI tools

DeepWorq AI, an applied AI startup automating repetitive business operations, secures new investment DeepWorq AI, an applied AI company specialising in automating labour-intensive workflows for...
Zoho launches enterprise billing and spend tools

Zoho launches enterprise billing and spend tools

Zoho has expanded its finance and operations platform with the launch of Zoho Billing Enterprise Edition and Zoho Spend. The company introduced the solutions to address...
Pan-African digital banking platform Zazu, which is built exclusively for entrepreneurs and SMEs, has raised $1M in pre-seed funding from a group of leading African and European investors to accelerate its rollout in South Africa and Morocco, with plans to expand across the continent in 2026.

Zazu raises $1m pre-seed to expand across Africa

Pan-African digital banking platform Zazu, which is built exclusively for entrepreneurs and SMEs, has raised $1M in pre-seed funding from a group of leading...
Pine launches AI agent as it secures $25m Series A

Pine launches AI agent as it secures $25m Series A

Pine, an AI-driven consumer digital-chore automation company, has secured $25m in a Series A funding round led by Fortwest Capital. The new product investment is...
BKN301 launches AI upgrade with new Series B extension

BKN301 acquires Planky alongside new Series B extension

BKN301 Group, a global FinTech architecture provider, has reinforced its expansion trajectory with a €33m Series B extension, accompanied by the acquisition of Planky,...
Model ML secures $75m to expand AI workflow product

Model ML secures $75m to expand AI workflow product

Model ML, the global AI workflow automation platform for financial services, has raised $75m in a Series A round led by FT Partners.  Significant participation...
Maybern secures $50m Series B to launch new fund OS

Maybern secures $50m Series B to launch new fund OS

Maybern, the New York-based operating system for private funds, which develops AI-driven infrastructure for alternative asset managers, has secured $50m in Series B funding. The...
Celent’s 2025 Global Commercial Banking Onboarding Survey of 409 professionals across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific highlights the scale of onboarding challenges for banks with $10bn–$500bn+ in assets. The study found 73% of banks lack a single source of data for onboarding, leading to inefficiencies and higher costs, with operations averaging $15.9m annually. To tackle this, many European banks are turning to nCino to unify data, streamline processes, and enhance client experience.

Solving European banks’ data nightmare with nCino

Celent’s 2025 Global Commercial Banking Onboarding Survey of 409 professionals across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific highlights the scale of onboarding challenges for banks...

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The WealthTech platform built to help advisors demonstrate real value

The WealthTech platform built to help advisors demonstrate real value

While many WealthTech tools support portfolio construction, 2ND ENGINE was built with a different goal: give advisors the ability to convey real, defensible value...
FloQast opens Berlin hub to boost DACH presence

FloQast opens Berlin hub to boost DACH presence

FloQast, an accounting transformation platform built by accountants to automate financial and audit workflows using AI, has announced the launch of a new hub...

9fin launches in APAC to boost credit intelligence

9fin, the AI-native debt markets information platform, has formally entered the Asia Pacific market, giving credit professionals across the region access to news, data...
Nexi and Visa partner to modernise German card issuing

Nexi and Visa partner to modernise German card issuing

Nexi, a European PayTech, and Visa, a global payments technology company, have formed a strategic partnership to expand managed issuing solutions across Germany, with...

How agentic AI transforms risk-based compliance

The risk-based approach (RBA) has been a cornerstone of anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. Yet, the RBA has largely been deployed as a static governance...

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