UK & Europe

A ten-company cohort spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the US signals blockchain's rise as the default rail for cross-border finance.

TP ICAP's data arm pipes exclusive OTC pricing into ICE's consolidated feed, broadening transparency across rates, credit, FX and energy markets.

Two senior hires signal growing demand for transactional risk insurance across structured finance and Middle East M&A markets.

Broadridge's DLR network now settles G7 sovereign collateral atomically, processing $7.4 trillion in repo transactions in August alone.

Proprietary foundation models trained on billions of customer events are reshaping how neobanks underwrite, sell and retain.

A phone-number intelligence firm and Google's co-founded fraud clearinghouse merge datasets to close the gaps scammers exploit across services.

Stockholm fintech Float secures a Series A to build an AI-native financial platform for European tech SMEs locked out of VC.

The Sarfartoq acquisition could supply a third of all NdPr oxide refined outside China, reshaping Western magnet supply chains.

The Czech defence conglomerate uses Poland's largest arms fair to debut new tactical platforms as Central Europe's rearmament drive accelerates.

The mortgage-tech firm's new client portal targets the fragmented advice journey, where 62% of homebuyers still repeat the same data submissions.

LSE's blockchain equity push and Payward tie-up signal regulated markets are converging with on-chain infrastructure at speed.

NorthEdge's ninth tech exit hands Stockport-based cybersecurity distributor to Foresight, underlining regional PE appetite for security-channel plays.

The fintech and telecoms giants combine payments, issuing and wallet infrastructure into one pre-integrated platform targeting global digital money deployment.

Gary Harrison, newly appointed chief commercial officer at SolutionsHub, on regulated market entry, Irish reform and why licensing is only the start.

India's homegrown Lava International brings its flagship AGNI series to the UK, testing whether a Made-in-India brand can crack a saturated Western

The UK healthtech raises a significant Series round as digital infrastructure investment in primary care management accelerates.

A US strike on Iran sent gas prices soaring, pushing a small Estonian fibreboard maker into deeper losses despite rising revenue.

A 125-billion-parameter open-weight model needs one-ninth the training compute of its predecessor, testing whether architecture beats scale.

The partnership extends UK payee verification into SEPA and global markets, targeting the trust gap in cross-border payment flows.

Revolut's MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin tests whether European fintech can reclaim ground from dollar-denominated rivals at scale.