Zellis, the UK and Ireland’s leading provider of HR, pay, workforce management (WFM) and benefits solutions, has released its Financial Wellbeing Report 2025, exposing a deepening financial stress crisis affecting employees across both countries. The report has been launched to shed light on the scale of financial anxiety in the workforce and to encourage employers to treat financial wellbeing as...

Access PaySuite, a payments solutions provider, has released new research revealing a significant shift in consumer expectations around payment choice in the UK. The company commissioned a study to understand how generational preferences shape purchasing behaviour and overall customer experience. The findings show that a lack of preferred payment methods is now a material driver of purchase abandonment. According to...

FreemarketFX, a global payments and FX infrastructure provider, has expanded its strategic partnership with Napier AI, a London-headquartered RegTech specialising in financial crime compliance, to reinforce security across its international payment flows. With financial institutions facing an estimated 250–300 money laundering alerts per day, according to the Napier AI / AML Index 2025–2026, the company has prioritised advanced monitoring tools...

Sokin, a London-based global business payments provider known for its multi-currency capabilities and cross-border financial infrastructure, has secured fresh capital to accelerate its next phase of expansion.

Since 2025, the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has fundamentally changed the way very large online platforms (VLOPs) and digital marketplaces must manage compliance, risk oversight, and operational governance. The rules raised expectations around transparency and accountability, compelling technology giants to embed far stronger controls across their businesses, said Moody's. Now, another wave of regulatory reform is approaching, this time...

Manchester-based digital managing general agent (MGA) Ripe has entered the holiday homes insurance market with its acquisition of specialist insurer Schofields Limited. The move, Ripe’s third acquisition in its strategic growth plan, brings 10,000 policyholders into its leisure insurance portfolio, according to InsurTech Digital. Founded in 1984, Schofields has been a family-run business based in Bolton, providing insurance for holiday properties...

Regnology has completed its acquisition of Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting business, known for its long-standing expertise in finance, risk modelling, and compliance technology. The deal is designed to strengthen Regnology’s position as a leading partner for regulatory reporting worldwide, while expanding its capabilities across finance and risk management. Although the value of the transaction was not disclosed,...

In today’s financial landscape, compliance and risk teams constantly walk a fine line between fraud prevention and customer experience. The goal is clear: keep bad actors out without driving legitimate customers away. However, a sluggish or overly complex know your customer (KYC) process can do more harm than good, pushing users towards faster competitors and hurting business growth, said Resistant...

A major North American mutual fund manager controlling more than $100bn in assets recently faced heightened scrutiny over its fixed income oversight. While the firm had developed strong transaction cost analysis (TCA) and best execution processes for equity trading, a regulatory examination exposed gaps in how it monitored its bond trading activity, claims ACA Group. With the asset manager expanding...

The rapid development of artificial intelligence has propelled deepfakes from online novelty to a major threat for regulated sectors. What began as light-hearted face-swap videos has now become a serious challenge for industries that rely heavily on remote onboarding and digital identity checks. Financial services firms, estate agents, law firms, and gambling operators increasingly depend on digital channels where customers...