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Santander and Mastercard Complete Europe’s First Live Agentic AI Transaction
This groundbreaking transaction marks a milestone in AI-driven financial technology.Highlights: Santander and Mastercard execute Europe’s first agentic AI transaction.The transaction demonstrates advanced fintech capabilities in real-time.This milestone showcases the...
FinTech
Apple Strengthens Reach with Apple Pay Launch in India
Apple Pay expands its footprint, aiming to capture the Indian digital payments market.Highlights: Apple Pay officially launches in...
FinTech
Brink’s Strengthens Position with $6.6B NCR Acquisition
Brink's expands its services through strategic acquisition of NCR's Atleos.Highlights: Brink's acquires NCR Atleos for $6.6 billion.The deal...
FinTech
Barclays Strengthens Blockchain Payments Platform Discussions
Bank explores blockchain vendors for enhanced payment solutions.Highlights: Barclays explores blockchain technology for payments.Bank engages with various vendors...
FinTech
Lloyds Tightens Bank Account Opening Process in Branches
The bank limits account openings amidst ongoing service updates.Highlights: Lloyds will restrict opening some bank accounts in branches.The...
Basware acquires invoice management and statement reconciliation platform AP Matching
Finnish fintech Basware is acquiring AP Matching, a UK-based provider of invoice management and statement reconciliation solutions.
The financial terms of the...
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Fundcraft, Volta, Swypex, SAVR and more
Fundcraft:Raised €5 million in Series A funding round.
Led by Swiss VC Aperture Capital with support from SIX Fintech Ventures and other...
NAB partners UK fintech Banked to boost merchant adoption of A2A payment solutions
Partnership Objective: National Australia Bank (NAB) collaborates with UK-based fintech firm Banked to enhance the adoption of account-to-account (A2A) payment solutions among Australian...
Start-up Swaystack launches personalised engagement platform
Company and Product Launch: Fintech start-up Swaystack debuts its personalised engagement platform aimed at banks and credit unions to foster digital channel growth...
Digital challenger GoTyme Bank acquires salary lender fintech SAVii
Acquisition Announcement: GoTyme Bank, a Filipino digital challenger, has acquired Manila-based lendtech SAVii to enhance its expansion into payroll-enabled financial products.
SAVii Overview:...
AYA Bank taps SmartStream for transaction lifecycle management solution
Partnership Overview: AYA Bank, the second-largest bank in Myanmar, selects SmartStream's digital payments platform for transaction lifecycle management (TLM) to manage a surge...
Lloyds Banking Group collaborates with Red Hat to adopt modern open source engineering practices
Partnership Overview: Lloyds Banking Group collaborates with US-based open-source solutions provider Red Hat to enhance developer experience, software quality, and speed to market...
Iwoca lands £270m debt funding package from Citibank and Barclays
UK-based SME lender Iwoca has secured a debt funding package totaling £270 million to address the increasing demand for finance from small businesses.
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Turkish fintech Iyzico acquires Paynet in $87m deal
Turkish fintech Iyzico is acquiring Paynet, a B2B and B2B2C payment solutions provider, from parent company the Arena Group in a deal valued...

