Investment

Crypto-native travel infrastructure startup targets mainstream fintech platforms after powering booking for Kraken and MetaMask.

A Bank of England pilot puts sterling at the final settlement leg of a cross-border trade flow dominated by dollar stablecoins.

The FCA's Mills Review signals tighter AI governance for financial services as automated systems move from assistance to autonomous action.

The publicly listed US neobank is exploring embedded stablecoin wallets as its fastest-growing users shift upmarket.

India's Persistent Systems acquires Munich-listed Nagarro at a 140% premium, marking one of the boldest cross-border IT services consolidations of 2026.

Klarna's four-tier membership overhaul targets credit card displacement across Europe, bundling travel, media and wellbeing perks.

A $5bn raise at a $190bn valuation confirms Databricks as the default data infrastructure layer for enterprise AI agents.

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.

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.