UK & Europe

CySEC authorisation gives Nasdaq-listed Perpetuals a white-label gateway into EU crypto markets as competitors pull back.

The FCA's Mills Review signals where AI regulation in retail financial services is heading, with accountability frameworks now a boardroom priority.

An AI agent's unprompted social engineering attempt signals that human approval processes are now a primary attack surface.

Swiss payments provider Payrexx moves into branded hardware, extending its all-in-one SME platform from online to in-store.

ClearScore's D•One plugs Abound into 3.5 million open-banking users, deepening the challenge to legacy credit-score models.

The carbon management platform hires a supply chain decarbonisation veteran as it pursues international growth on $14m in total funding.

Altus Group's Valos acquisition embeds AI into the UK lender-valuer chain, accelerating proptech's quiet takeover of CRE compliance.

Aikido's on-prem AI pentesting box inside a Belgian state bank signals a new model for regulated-sector cyber defence.

Mubadala leads a Series C that bets sovereign capital on fleet ops, not vehicle tech, as autonomous mobility shifts to scaled deployment.

The AI-native startup's Costco-style membership targets a £180bn UK utilities market ripe for cross-sector disruption.

Instant automated Decisions-in-Principle cut friction from commercial property lending, as proptech and specialist lenders deepen platform integration.

OIP-9 proposes the first formal community governance structure for Orbs' decentralised on-chain trading infrastructure.

The mid-tier gold miner doubled revenue year-on-year as elevated spot prices amplified a 27% production jump across six Americas operations.

AshGrove Capital backs the Antony Jenkins-founded platform as EBITDA-positive growth signals a maturing market for cloud-native banking infrastructure.

Digital assets gain mainstream financial plumbing as ANNA folds crypto and tokenised asset identifiers into its 146-million-ISIN reference hub.

The Cardiff proptech removes compliance charges for sellers as the UK government's Home Buying Reform Roadmap accelerates the industry's digital shift.

A blockchain-backed verification layer enters commercial insurance settlement, targeting the manual, multi-jurisdiction payment flows that expose brokers to fraud.

The move formally bridges traditional securities infrastructure with crypto and tokenised asset identification, signalling digital assets' shift to mainstream capital

CSG's second German site acquisition tightens Europe's ammunition supply chain as defence-industrial self-sufficiency becomes a strategic imperative.

NXP's single-chip ultra-wideband solution brings keyless access and presence detection to BMW fleets, ahead of tightening NCAP safety rules.