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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...
New British bank thisbank targets growth and saver returns

New British bank thisbank targets growth and saver returns

A new entrant has arrived in the UK banking market, thisbank, a newly launched British bank, as it sets out its ambition to scale investor growth while offering competitive savings rates to customers.
Gen Z prioritise everyday perks over interest rates when choosing banks

Gen Z prioritise everyday perks over interest rates when choosing banks

Pay.UK, the owner and operator of the Current Account Switch Service, has commissioned new research revealing that Gen Z in the UK are more...
Jet Bank partners Backbase to launch Albania’s first digital bank

Jet Bank partners Backbase to launch Albania’s first digital bank

Jet Bank, a newly established digital bank, and Backbase, an AI-powered banking platform provider, have partnered to launch Albania’s first digital-only bank, enabling a...
WeLab secures $220m Series D in Asia’s largest digital bank raise

WeLab secures $220m Series D in Asia’s largest digital bank raise

WeLab, a pan-Asian FinTech platform operating digital banks and online financial services, has completed a $220m Series D strategic financing, marking the largest digital banking capital raise in Asia in 2025.
Thread raises $30.5m to expand embedded banking digital branch model

Thread raises $30.5m to expand embedded banking digital branch model

Thread Bancorp, the parent of Thread Bank, has closed a $30.5m funding round to support the continued build-out of its embedded banking proposition. The new...
Monzo to acquire Habito to launch digital mortgage broking

Monzo to acquire Habito to launch digital mortgage broking

Monzo, a UK-based digital challenger bank, has announced plans to acquire Habito, a London-headquartered digital mortgage broker in a move designed to simplify how...
Flex raises $60m Series B to launch AI private bank

Flex raises $60m Series B to scale AI private bank

Flex, the AI-native private banking platform for high net worth middle-market business owners, has secured $60m in a Series B equity round led by...
Digital-first wealth advice reshapes client expectations

Digital-first wealth advice reshapes client expectations

The wealth management sector is entering a period of structural change, driven by shifting competition, evolving operational models, and new expectations from clients.
Grasshopper launches ChatGPT-enabled AI banking tools

Grasshopper launches ChatGPT-enabled AI banking tools

Grasshopper, a client-first, full-service digital bank, has partnered with Narmi, a leading digital-banking-platform provider, to roll out the next stage of their Model Context...

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AI governance gap puts financial firms at examination risk

Financial regulators across the US, UK and UAE are converging on a single message: firms do not need to wait for AI-specific rules before...
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Seoul’s financial watchdog targets AI hallucinations

The Financial Security Institute has built a new evaluation system aimed at catching the hazards that come with financial firms deploying artificial intelligence, including...
Exante turns to AI to solve the developer performance puzzle

Exante turns to AI to solve the developer performance puzzle

Measuring developer performance has long been one of the hardest problems in software management, and traditional metrics are proving increasingly unreliable, according to Exante...
AI can't fix AML if no one checks what it actually catches

Why more AI alerts could mean better AML, not worse

Napier AI's Michael Joseph attended a recent ACAMS New Jersey chapter discussion on the shift from threshold-based transaction monitoring (TM) to AI-driven systems, alongside...
Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Stock Exchange access

Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Stock Exchange access

Interactive Brokers (IBKR), an automated global broker, has added access to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), giving eligible clients a route into one of...

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