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Benefit and Ant International bring Alipay+ to Bahrain

Benefit, the Bahraini innovator and a leading company in fintech and electronic financial transactions service, and Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, headquartered in Singapore, have partnered to launch cross-border QR payments between Bahrain’s BENEFIT QR payment scheme and Ant International’s global wallet gateway, Alipay+, during 2026 to support the transition to toward a more inclusive digital payments ecosystem.

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AI platform Gnomi launches Finance Mode

Gnomi, the AI platform redefining how people access and act on real-time information, today unveiled Finance Mode - the first agentic AI experience for live, multilingual global market coverage.

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BlackRock and AccessFintech partner on post-trade connectivity

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and AccessFintech (AFT), a leading data and workflow collaboration network for financial markets, today announced a strategic partnership.

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Worldpay rolls out Model Context Protocol

Worldpay, a global leader in payment technology, has announced the launch of Worldpay MCP (Model Context Protocol), a publicly available set of server specifications and tools, designed to accelerate AI-powered payment integration and open the door for agentic commerce innovation.

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Tech Mahindra delivers AI-driven sustainable lending platform

Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM), a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, announced the launch of i.GreenFinance, an advanced sustainable lending platform designed to transform the origination, evaluation and management of green and sustainability-linked loans for financial institutions worldwide.

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GFT and Fico form fraud fighting partnership

In the U.S., losses hit $12.5 billion in 2024. Online crime there reached $16.6 billion. In Europe, payment fraud topped €2 billion in just the first six months 2023.

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DNB extends partnership with Tietoevry Banking to modernise its payment infrastructure

DNB and Tietoevry Banking have signed a new extended agreement to transition DNB’s domestic payments from the current RBS infrastructure to the unified Payment Initiation (PIN) platform.

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Wio Bank introduces a new way for households to manage money together

Wio Bank has launched Wio Family, the UAE’s first fully shared banking experience – and a movement that rethinks how families save, spend, and plan together. Wio Family offers shared banking, built in response to a growing need among households for a more collaborative, transparent, and intuitive way to manage money.

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Mollie prepares for ChatGPT agentic commerce

Mollie has become one of the first European payment providers to build a fully functional payment integration with ChatGPT.

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OCBC rolls out in-app calls for travel outside Singapore

OCBC is introducing in-app calls on its digital banking apps, providing stepped-up convenience to customers, especially those who travel outside Singapore, while strengthening protection against fraud.

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Intuit QuickBooks goes live with open banking in Australia

Intuit Australia (Intuit) has engaged SISS Data Services (SISS) as an outsourced service provider to facilitate open banking data feeds for Intuit’s QuickBooks customers across Australia.

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Trader's Hub implements Acuity's research and analytics tools

Traders’ Hub today announced a strategic partnership with Acuity Trading, the market-intelligence firm known for AI-driven research tools and news analytics.

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