PayPal Ventures has co-led a $30 million Series C funding round for generative conversational AI platform Rasa.

The banking groups have publicised plans to jointly acquire payments processing technology for card holders and merchants.

German bank KfW is preparing to issue its first blockchain-based digital bond in the form of a crypto security in accordance with the German Electronic Securities Act (eWpG).

India is rolling out new domains for banks and other financial services providers in an effort to tackle cybercrime.

Bank of America scored a record 341 US patents in the first half of 2022, a 50% year-on-year increase, with information security and AI seeing the most action.

JPMorgan Chase is to get a good look at the next generation of software geeks emerging from US colleges by launching a ‘Code for Good’ challenge at its offices across the US.

Wise’s plan to move its primary listing to the US is drawing fire from co-founder Taavet Hinrikus and proxy advisory firms because the vote on the move will also ask shareholders to greenlight an extension of the money transfer company’s dual-class share structure.

At EBAday 2025, two expert panels explored the challenges of Verification of Payee and fraud prevention, as well as how growing volumes of instant and real-time payment systems impact PSPs and their customers.

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) has brought together nearly 30 financial firms for a Nato live-fire cyber defence exercise.

Eloquent AI, a startup focused on customer support automation for financial services, has launched its AI Operator platform and closed a $7.4 million seed round.

Abound, a UK-based fintech that uses a combination of open banking and artifical intelligence to offer better loan deals to consumers, has raised £500 million in a mixture of debt and equity finance.

DBS Bank has launched LiveBetter – a one-stop digital platform where users can access eco-friendly tips, donate to local green causes, as well as invest in sustainability-themed funds.

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded whitepapers, sentiment papers and surveys over the course of the past year. These reports are Finextra-led and cobranded, based on editorially balanced, independent, referenced desk-based and online research.

UK fintechs are set to increase professional hiring by 32% in 2025 despite challenging economic headwinds, according to Morgan McKinley and Vacancysoft’s latest fintech report.

Absa has launched Virtual Investor, an online self-service investment platform that uses algorithms to recommend a product for customers based on their financial attitudes to risk.