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Cybersecurity
AI & ML

Europeans back slower bank checks to cut fraud risk, Fourthline finds

New six-market research shows 78% of European consumers prioritise fraud safety over fast onboarding, challenging a decade of fintech friction-reduction.
New six-market research shows 78% of European consumers prioritise fraud safety over fast onboarding, challenging a decade of fintech friction-reduction.
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AI & ML

SiriusPoint adopts DOCOsoft Vew for global specialty claims ops

A NYSE-listed global (re)insurer picks an AI-powered SaaS claims platform across Europe, North America and Bermuda.
A NYSE-listed global (re)insurer picks an AI-powered SaaS claims platform across Europe, North America and Bermuda.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Tungsten Automation launches agentic invoice-to-pay platform

InvoiceAgility+ automates AP end-to-end as UK e-invoicing mandates and agentic payments regulation converge.
InvoiceAgility+ automates AP end-to-end as UK e-invoicing mandates and agentic payments regulation converge.
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Fintech

The next fintech frontier: finance for global citizens

LemFi co-founder and CEO Ridwan Olalere argues that fintech must let migrants carry their credit history and financial identity with them across borders.

More than 300 million people now live outside their country of birth, and for many of them a credit history does not survive the move. The founder of one cross-border finance platform argues that this is the gap fintech has so far left open.

 

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Fintech
AI & ML
Wellbeing

Aviva extends Founders Factory deal to forge fintech startups

Aviva's decade-long venture studio partnership has backed 60-plus startups raising £500m, and now targets insurance AI and health tech.
Aviva's decade-long venture studio partnership has backed 60-plus startups raising £500m, and now targets insurance AI and health tech.
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AI & ML

Blue Fire AI closes $9m round with Mizuho and AM-One backing

A neuro-symbolic AI engine meets a $500bn Japanese asset manager, testing whether active management can be structurally rebuilt by technology.
A neuro-symbolic AI engine meets a $500bn Japanese asset manager, testing whether active management can be structurally rebuilt by technology.
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Fintech
Blockchain

Mesh, SBI Holdings and Money Forward form Japan digital asset JV

A Tokyo-San Francisco three-way joint venture targets Japan's newly permissive digital asset rules to build unified crypto payments infrastructure.
A Tokyo-San Francisco three-way joint venture targets Japan's newly permissive digital asset rules to build unified crypto payments infrastructure.
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Fintech
Real Estate

Broadridge and KSD sign MOU to modernise Korean proxy voting

The deal targets end-to-end digitisation of proxy voting for international investors holding Korean equities.
The deal targets end-to-end digitisation of proxy voting for international investors holding Korean equities.
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AI & ML

Nasdaq Calypso adds agentic AI layer to capital markets trade lifecycle

Nasdaq embeds a governed agentic AI environment into its Calypso platform, targeting the manual-process bottlenecks that block institutional AI adoption.
Nasdaq embeds a governed agentic AI environment into its Calypso platform, targeting the manual-process bottlenecks that block institutional AI adoption.
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Transportation & Logistics
AI & ML

HSBC deploys AI document checker to accelerate trade finance

HSBC's Smart Checking blends proprietary AI with specialist oversight to cut documentary trade processing times across three markets.
HSBC's Smart Checking blends proprietary AI with specialist oversight to cut documentary trade processing times across three markets.
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Blockchain

Circle and Volante bring USDC into T1 bank payments infrastructure

Circle and Volante are embedding USDC stablecoin workflows directly into the payments platforms used by most of the world's top banks.
Circle and Volante are embedding USDC stablecoin workflows directly into the payments platforms used by most of the world's top banks.
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AI & ML

IDEMIA Secure Transactions opens agentic commerce to all networks

IDEMIA's new trust infrastructure lets domestic and regional payment schemes compete as AI agents increasingly automate checkout decisions.
IDEMIA's new trust infrastructure lets domestic and regional payment schemes compete as AI agents increasingly automate checkout decisions.
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Datatech

ACI and Cognizant test card processing on AWS in cloud push

A joint AWS performance test signals banks may no longer need to build from scratch to move card processing to the cloud.
A joint AWS performance test signals banks may no longer need to build from scratch to move card processing to the cloud.
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AI & ML

LoanPro and Spring Labs embed AI compliance tools for lenders

LoanPro integrates Spring Labs' agentic complaint and dispute automation, bringing AI-native compliance inside the lending platform.
LoanPro integrates Spring Labs' agentic complaint and dispute automation, bringing AI-native compliance inside the lending platform.
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Wellbeing

Checkout.com adds Jaywan to UAE acquiring platform

Checkout.com integrates the UAE's sovereign card scheme, giving merchants local routing and built-in regulatory compliance in one platform.
Checkout.com integrates the UAE's sovereign card scheme, giving merchants local routing and built-in regulatory compliance in one platform.
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Transportation & Logistics

Finastra launches cloud-native Supply Chain Finance at Sibos 2026

Finastra's new SCF platform connects trade, lending and working capital in one API-first ecosystem for banks worldwide.
Finastra's new SCF platform connects trade, lending and working capital in one API-first ecosystem for banks worldwide.
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Retail & E-Commerce

Lloyds embeds invoicing in its app via BankiFi to tackle late payments

Lloyds' Get Paid tool brings invoicing and payment tracking into business banking, targeting the £26bn overdue payments crisis.
Lloyds' Get Paid tool brings invoicing and payment tracking into business banking, targeting the £26bn overdue payments crisis.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Volt's AFSL completes A2A regulatory trifecta across UK, EU, Australia

Volt's ASIC licence unifies real-time A2A payments under direct regulatory authority across three of the world's most advanced payment markets.
Volt's ASIC licence unifies real-time A2A payments under direct regulatory authority across three of the world's most advanced payment markets.
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AI & ML
Fintech

Mitratech acquires BotDojo to push agentic AI into legal ops

The legaltech incumbent bets that proprietary data depth beats standalone AI wrappers as agentic platforms go enterprise-standard.
The legaltech incumbent bets that proprietary data depth beats standalone AI wrappers as agentic platforms go enterprise-standard.
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Blockchain

Priority Technology's $1.6B buyout signals fintech privatisation wave

A CEO-led take-private of a US payments firm heads a week of cross-border fintech M&A and bank-charter manoeuvres.
A CEO-led take-private of a US payments firm heads a week of cross-border fintech M&A and bank-charter manoeuvres.
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