/people
UK-based Atom Bank has announced a series of changes to its technology senior leadership team, including a chief of staff and a new AI and data science team.
1 hour
Citi has named former JP Morgan executive Pankaj Goel as the co-lead of its technology investment banking team.
2 hours
/retail
Brazilian financial infrastructure fintech QI Tech has raised $63 million in a Series B extension funding led by General Atlantic.
10 hours
/crypto
Visa is expanding its backing for stablecoins, adding settlement support for three more coins as well two new blockchains.
/payments
North American merchant acquirer and payment technology provider Payroc has agreed to acquire payment orchestration and AR automation platform BlueSnap. Financial terms were not disclosed.
23 hours
/startups
Due, a payment startup founded by Revolut alumni, has extended its Seed round to €6.3 million to launch a new API platform encompassing stablecoin payments.
Shares in growth capital fund Chrysalis jumped by 10% on a significantly upgraded valuation of portfolio company Starling Bank.
/regulation
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has called for improvements in digital loans processes to help people better understand what they're signing up for.
31 July 2025
/ai
Royal Bank of Canada is using its own proprietary AI foundation model to improve credit adjudication capabilities and loyalty programme personalisation.
The technical build for Canada's Real-Time Rail (RTR) payments system is almost complete, with testing set to be carried out in autumn ahead of launch.
/markets
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has bought a stake in capital markets tech provider Trading Technologies (TT).
Less than two months after raising $200 million at a $16 billion valuation, Ramp has pulled in another $500 million in a round that values the expense management startup at $22.5 billion.
30 July 2025
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