/security
More than eight in ten of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be willing to pay for a Digital Company ID service, according to research commissioned by the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT).
10 September 2025
/crypto
The founder of low-budget airline easyJet is entering the crypto sector through the launch of an easyBitcoin app.
/payments
Rainforest, an embedded payment provider purpose-built for software platforms, has raised an oversubscribed $29 million Series B funding round led by Matrix Partners and Infinity Ventures with participation from Accel and Tech Square Ventures.
Mastercard has moved to give financial institutions more control over authorisation decisions through the launch of the On-Demand Decisioning (ODD) tool.
09 September 2025
BNP Paribas and HSBC are the latest financial services giants to join the foundation behind the Canton Network blockchain platform for tokenised assets.
Ripple has signed an agreement with BBVA to provide its digital asset custody technology to the Spanish bank.
/people
ANZ is to cut 3500 jobs over the next 12 months, marking a 14% reduction in the Australian lender's workforce.
/retail
Revolut is to launch in the UAE after securing in-principle approval from the Gulf region's central bank.
Canadian wealth management platform Wealthsimple says a security breach has left the personal information of some customers compromised.
Ireland's top three retail banks are to jointly launch a mobile payment service, Zip Pay, next year to rival fintech giant Revolut.
08 September 2025
/inclusion
Non-profit group Accion International is boosting its investment initiative for seed stage fintech startups working on financial inclusion, raising $61.6 million from international investors.
/markets
UniCredit is to create 200 new jobs in the next phase of a securities services revamp that calls on BNP Paribas for custody and FNZ for the build of a cloud-based post-trade securities platform.
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