SmartSearch has expanded its partnership with Twenty7tec, a prominent UK-based advice tech business supporting mortgage, protection and wealth advisers. The firms have strengthened their collaboration to deliver smarter, faster and more secure identity verification. Although the value of the agreement has not been disclosed, the deal aims to improve seamless onboarding for advisers, lenders and providers while supporting full regulatory...

A new report from InvestorsObserver suggests that many experienced investors remain wary of using AI for financial decisions, despite rapid advances in digital tools across global markets. The survey of more than 1,000 U.S. internet users aged 35 to 60 found that 19% of respondents do not trust AI with any financial task, and only 5% act on AI recommendations...

Selecting an enterprise content management (ECM) system has become a major decision for organisations looking to streamline processes, reinforce compliance, and manage data more intelligently. With a wide range of providers now offering increasingly sophisticated tools, the challenge is to understand which capabilities will deliver the greatest long-term value. Businesses are expected to handle more information than ever, making a...

Santander UK, one of the UK’s largest retail and commercial banks, has published new research calling for a consumer-first approach to the evolution of payments across the country. The bank has launched its latest report in response to growing concerns among consumers that future payments innovation must prioritise fraud prevention and security above all else. The findings underline a pressing...

Ralf Heim has been named Entrepreneur of the Year 2025, a major recognition for the co-founder and co-CEO of fincite. The award was presented by Bitkom and Payment & Banking during DigiFin 2025, marking a significant milestone both for Heim personally and for the wider fincite team. Shortly after receiving the award, Heim reflected on building a company in one...

Tieto, a global software and digital engineering services provider with a broad international market presence, has entered into an agreement to divest its Norwegian subsidiary Bekk Consulting AS to private equity firm Axcel.

Pave Finance, a New York-based next-generation WealthTech company specialising in portfolio automation and personalisation tools for investment advisors, has announced a major integration with global investment research provider Morningstar. Pave Finance provides software and services designed to help advisors customise, personalise and automate portfolio construction, management and trading. Its business units include Pave Labs, which offers a portfolio management platform;...

Revolut, the global FinTech app with over 65 million customers, has launched a new safety feature, Street Mode, across the UK and the EEA. The new feature has been released in response to a sharp rise in phone thefts and the emergence of transfer mugging, where criminals force victims to complete transactions on an unlocked device. Phone thefts have surged...

Love Finance, the UK’s fastest-growing SME lender and broker, has partnered with iwoca, one of Europe’s leading SME lenders, to enhance access to fast and flexible finance for small businesses. Founded in 2016, Love Finance offers a mix of direct lending and brokerage services designed to simplify business funding. The integration of iwoca’s API aims to accelerate loan decisioning and streamline...

ID-Pal has acquired NorthRow, the Know Your Business specialist, in a move designed to bolster compliance capabilities across KYC, KYB and AML screening workflows. The deal brings together ID-Pal’s AI-driven verification platform and NorthRow’s business due-diligence expertise, although the value of the acquisition has not been disclosed. The aim is to create a single intelligence layer offering perpetual risk visibility...