Convergence Tech

Dell's UK survey reveals financial services SMEs are embedding AI faster than other sectors, yet a skills gap threatens to stall momentum.

A four-way public-private coalition targets Africa's 90%-SME economy with finance, digital tools and logistics to unlock cross-border trade.

A three-year renewal signals AI-driven, journey-wide fraud detection displacing manual review in high-velocity digital goods markets.

Flywire's Pay by Bank expansion into the US and Canada marks a significant step in open banking's move from European test bed to

LatAm fintech VC surged to $1.05bn in Q2 2026, with Mexico and Brazil claiming nine of the region's ten largest deals.

The Goldman-backed valuation platform adds a president and CPO as private capital firms race to govern AI-generated NAVs at scale.

Abu Dhabi's exchange becomes the first in the MENA region to stream official live market data through conversational AI platforms.

Global Finance's Innovators 2026 award spotlights how embedded ML is reshaping real-time fraud prevention across Latin America's fast-digitising payments market.

InsurTech platform Redkik teams with specialty broker Fortress to offer flexible, real-time gap and excess cover for freight operators.

Abu Dhabi's TAQA posts AED 4.1bn net income as a 38% capex surge funds power, water and clean-energy expansion.

The Euronext-listed investment group acquires a controlling stake in Genesis Digital Assets, targeting a 4 GW digital infrastructure platform.

Gulf sovereign capital joins a16z and Tiger Global to back Colombia-founded Yuno as it targets $100bn in annual transaction volume.

Blockchain.com integrates Adclear's AI review tools as the FCA prepares its toughest-ever cryptoasset marketing regime for 2027.

An India-US services partnership aims to bridge the gap between AI capability and measurable business outcomes in customer experience.

Corpay's new plain-language Virtual Assistant targets the six-plus hours UK finance teams lose weekly to manual spend admin.

Defacto's SEPA integration with Mambu Payments automates SME receivables financing, signalling a shift in how fintechs plug into institutional banking.

Farsight's expanded PitchBook tie-up pipes private-market deal and valuation data directly into AI-driven financial workflows.

The London partnership merges AI transaction monitoring with client lifecycle management to cut financial crime compliance costs.

Emily Pilkington joins from HSBC Innovation Banking to head NatWest's life sciences and healthcare venture unit.

Stanbic IBTC's platform upgrade signals Africa's corporate banking shift toward real-time payments and intelligent liquidity management.