Volante Technologies, the enabler of Payments as a Service, announced it has upgraded its clients to meet the latest SEPA Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) and SWIFT SRG 2025 mandate, which came into effect October 9th and November 22nd, 2025, respectively. This announcement follows the major… Read More
Tagged europe, fintech, payments, volante technologies
Architect Financial Technologies Inc. announced the completion of a $35 million strategic Series A investment round. The funding will now aim to accelerate the growth of AX, the financial industry’s centralized exchange for perpetual futures on traditional asset classes, “launched by the company last month.”… Read More
Tagged architect financial, fintech, funding round, investments, trumid
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the market infrastructure for the financial services industry, and BNY (NYSE: BK), a global financial services company, announced that DTCC’s Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) subsidiary has launched its Collateral-in-Lieu (CIL) service under its Sponsored General Collateral (GC)… Read More
Tagged bny, clearing, digitalization, dtcc, infrastructure
Australians really splashed out during this past Black Friday, with consumer spending reportedly reaching $23.8 billion – which is 19.5 per cent higher than a typical fortnight. The latest figures come from CommBank iQ, which combines data from one of Australia’s largest banks with over… Read More
Tagged australia, commbank, consumer behavior, consumer spending, insights
The US Federal Reserve Board has proposed a new “payment account” that certain financial institutions could use solely for clearing and settling payments. This may appeal to Fintechs in the payments sector. This would differ from a “master account,” which is what many regulated financial… Read More
Tagged payments, us federal reserve
Kaspersky has recently shared end-of-year insights on AI-driven shopping and privacy. and what the retail and e-commerce sector should expect in 2026. Kaspersky had launched its 2025 update focused on cybersecurity in the retail and e-commerce sector, examining “real-world incidents and key threat trends affecting… Read More
Tagged ai, insights, outlook 2026, privacy, Research Study
CB Insights noted that AI is now considered to be a universal focus area for retail banks, with various generative AI use cases increasingly emerging across operations, from fraud prevention to enhancing a range of customer service solution. CB Insights also mentioned that as agentic… Read More
Tagged banking, fraud, generative ai
The United Kingdom’s credit ecosystem is changing, according to an extensive update from industry body UK Finance. The regulation that now governs this seemingly critical area of consumer finance will see several bursts of change, with an outdated regime reformed and a new regulatory framework… Read More
Tagged consumer finance, credit, fca, regulation, uk finance, united kingdom
PitchBook noted that e-commerce enablement startups made a fairly strong comeback in Q3 2025, securing $3.8 billion, which represents a significant 35% quarter-over-quarter jump and the sector’s “strongest funding performance in over two years.” PitchBook also mentioned that while the overall deal volume dipped slightly,… Read More
Tagged digitalization, e-commerce, insights, PE, research, vc
Hana Securities announced it gained exposure to a Digitally Native Note (DNN) through a Total Return Swap (TRS) structure, marking their entry into the digital bond market. The investment aligns with their strategy to participate in tech-driven capital-market innovation. Standard Chartered acted as the TRS… Read More
Tagged digital assets, digitalization, hana securities, standard chartered
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