/startups
Slash has raised $41 million at a $370 million valuation for its business banking platform that promises to end the one-size-fits-all model and instead provide bespoke offerings for different industries.
23 May 2025
Keep, an all-in-one financial platform for small businesses, has emerged from stealth with C$33 million in equity financing to build a Canadian Brex.
/payments
After arriving on Android, London-based digital wallet curve has taken advantage of the opening up of the iPhone NFC interface to provide a compelling alternative to Apple Pay on iOS devices.
22 May 2025
/ai
BBVA has overhauled its mobile app to offer faster response times and more personalisation through AI integration.
/retail
Digital pension provider Penfold has raised £3.9 million in a funding round led by Gresham House Ventures.
Google is to launch an agentic shopping experience within search results, enabling shoppers to set a price for a particular product and allow the AI agent to make the purchase.
Temenos CEO Jean-Pierre Brulard opened this year’s Temenos Community Forum (TCF), in Madrid, Spain, with an impassioned speech focused on customer and partner gratitude.
Visa has launched a programme it says will turbo-charge the fintech ecosystem by making it easier for businesses to embed payments into their applications.
Airwallex has raised $300 million in a Series F funding round that values the payments firm at $6.2 billion.
/crypto
Binance Pay has integrated with Brazil's Pix system to enable people to use crypto to make instant payments in reais.
21 May 2025
/markets
Bloomberg terminals were hit by a global outage on Wednesday, disrupting trading round the world.
A vast majority of banks are unprepared for the advent of artificial intelligence, according to recently published research
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