The transposition deadline for AIFMD II passed on 16 April 2026, marking a significant turning point for the European fund management industry. As reported by Zeidler Group in its monthly update, national regulators across the European Union are now required to comply with the updated requirements set out in Directive (EU) 2024/927, which amends both the 2011 Alternative Investment Fund...

Booking a flight online takes minutes. Ordering a taxi takes seconds. Even applying for a loan can now be done in a handful of taps. Buying insurance, by contrast, often feels like stepping back a decade. The process slows, the questions multiply, and what should be simple quickly becomes something to work through rather than complete. That friction has consequences....

If your financial institution depends on cloud infrastructure, data centres, or specialist technology vendors, there is a regulatory development you cannot afford to overlook. According to Copla, the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has introduced a new and consequential concept: the designation of "critical ICT third-party service providers," or CTPPs. Copla recently discussed who are the critical ICT third-party service...

M-Files has been recognised as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Document Management, with the placement based on the company's completeness of vision. M-Files CEO Jay Bhatt said, "We believe being named a Leader by Gartner is a testament to our team’s relentless focus on making work easier, with stronger trust and control. "M-Files is a trusted system...

Adyen, the global FinTech payments platform, has announced a new partnership with Lavazza, the coffee brand, to consolidate the company's digital payments operations across international markets in support of its B2B and B2C ecommerce and retail ambitions. The tie-up is already active in three markets, live for B2B in the US and for direct-to-consumer channels in the UK and Australia,...

Astrada, the data layer for autonomous finance, has closed a $3.8m seed funding round backed by a roster of prominent investors including Visa and Mastercard. The round was co-led by Bain Capital Ventures, QED Investors, and Nyca Partners, with strategic participation from Mastercard and follow-on investment from existing backer Visa. Since its launch in 2024, Astrada has handled more than $750m...

dLocal, a cross-border payments platform serving emerging markets, and inDrive, a global mobility and delivery platform, have partnered to introduce card payments and local driver payouts in South Africa. The collaboration enables inDrive to accept local card payments in-app, split fares in real time between drivers and the platform, and disburse driver earnings via South African domestic payment rails, all...

Fun, a payments infrastructure company building high-converting payment flows for large global applications, has raised $72m in a Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire. The funding will be used to expand Fun's presence across Asia-Pacific through a new office in Singapore, pursue acquisitions to deepen its infrastructure capabilities, and grow its engineering and operations...

Hashgraph, an enterprise software firm powering digital markets, has made three major strategic announcements at HederaCon, covering a new cross-ledger protocol, the general availability of a private network product, and a strategic investment in a digital asset solutions provider. The firm introduced CLPR (pronounced "clipper"), a cross-ledger protocol currently in development that is designed to allow tokens, data, and messages...

On 1 September 2026, the FCA's Code of Conduct will extend to cover bullying, harassment and discrimination across every FCA-authorised organisation — not just banks. Most firms have already completed the visible groundwork: policies have been refreshed, training programmes are underway and "reasonable steps" have been committed to paper. Yet a harder question persists beneath the surface. When the first...