Banco Santander and Mastercard have completed what they describe as Europe’s first live end-to-end payment executed by an AI agent within a regulated banking framework. Santander carried out the ...

Plaid hits a US$8 billion valuation in its latest funding round, raising funds to provide employee liquidity for shares.

Barclays is exploring blockchain for payments and tokenised deposits to grow its digital-asset services and compete with ...

Adnovum CEO Thomas Zangerl has stepped down. Reto Isenegger becomes interim CEO as the Board seeks a permanent successor.

OpenAI secures US$110b at a US$730b valuation, backed by SoftBank, NVIDIA and Amazon, to expand AI products and ...

Statrys launches a Statrys flexible accounting plan in Hong Kong, aligning SME accounting fees with monthly transaction ...

Lithuania is emerging as an EU AI hub, with policies, regulatory sandboxes, talent, and infrastructure supporting AI development.

The Brink’s Company and NCR Atleos have announced a definitive agreement for Brink’s to acquire NCR Atleos in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$6.6 billion. The deal includes ...

The FCA selects Revolut and three firms to test stablecoin issuance in its sandbox, with trials starting in Q1 2026 to inform UK rules.

Aarau-based startup findependent has become the first pure ETF asset manager to receive approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as a custodian bank. Clients will now be ...

Allica Bank, a London-based digital bank for SMBs, raises $155M Series D to grow lending, boost technology, and expand ...

Basis raises US$100 million at a US$1.15 billion valuation to scale AI agents for accounting, tax and audit workflows.