FIS has won a contract to provide the core tech architecture for US neobank Bambu.

Barclays Bank has been fined £42 million by the Financial Conduct Authority for two cases of “poor handling” of money laundering risks.

Berlin-based payment software company Payrails has raised $32 million in Series A funding

Global fintech venture capital firm QED Investors has closed two new funds with combined capital commitments of $925 million.

BBVA is opening a global cybersecurity centre in Mexico as part of an alliance with IT services company Telefónica Tech aimed at boosting the bank’s defences against a rising tide of security-related threats.

Following a successful pilot, Edinburgh-based cryptocurrency platform Zumo has received government funding to continue its work on decarbonising crypto.

Blue-blooded wealth management house Quilter has acquired fintech firm NuWealth to boost its advisory service for novice investors.

Visa UK has introduced a raft of new measures to protect small businesses from soaring rates of ‘friendly fraud’, in which cardholders dispute a legitimate purchase with their card issuer.

Authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses in the UK hit £257.5 million in the first half of 2025, a 12 per cent increase on the same time last year, according to the latest data from UK Finance.

The UK government has launched a series of initiatives designed to attract more foreign fintech experts to work for UK startups and to encourage those same startups to remain in the UK rather than uproot to an EU-based neighbouring jurisdiction.

Goldman Sachs is considering the sale of its Personal Financial Management unit, further accelerating its retreat from the mass-market banking business.

Having once said he would shut the crypto industry down, Jamie Dimon has confirmed that JPMorgan Chase will now let its clients buy bitcoin.