EToro has constructed a passive investor portfolio composed solely of shares in 40 leading fintech companies.

A combination of geopolitical uncertainty, high inflation and low interest rates has seen investment in the UK’s fintech industry slump to its lowest level since 2020.

Innovation within Ireland’s banking sector has been hindered by a lack of government funding, claims a newly published report.

Australia’s Securities and Investment Commission is suing the country’s top exchange over misleading statements about the progress of its much delayed and now abandoned blockchain-based Chess replacement system.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined the London Metal Exchange (LME) £9.2 million for failing to ensure its systems and controls were adequate to deal with severe market stress.

Exchange operator Nasdaq is integrating a GenAI-powered feature into its market surveillance technology.

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI is building a commercial framework for cross-border distribution of tokenised securities with pilots in fixed income and asset and weath management.

The next year will see an industry tipping point for AI innovation in the financial sector, says Zac Maufe, global head of regulated industries at Google Cloud.

Investment Association (IA) data reveals that index trackers attracted £1.1 billion in inflows in June 2025 marking a strong continuation of momentum for passive investing, particularly in equity exposures across Europe and North America.

UK regulators are inviting feedback on draft guidance for firms looking to enter the country’s new Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS).

Members of Parliament have hit back at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its seeming failure to adequately address an earlier report that branded the watchdog as ‘incompetent at best, dishonest at worst’, amid calls far-reaching reforms.

Global custodian Citi Securities Service has announced its membership of BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), a DLT-based platform that claims to be the world’s first fractional bond exchange.

A filing suggesting that BlackRock was preparing to launch a spot XRP exchange-traded fund briefly sent the token’s price soaring this week before the asset manager confirmed that the paperwork was fake.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has acquired the Veris post-trade processing business and related intellectual property from Axoni. Financial terms were not disclosed.

US semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm is under investigation in China for allegedly breaching antitrust laws for its acquisition of Autotalks.