Cloud2Me survey finds finance staff using AI daily, but worries mount over GDPR, data storage and compliance after disciplinaries.
Bybit EU bolsters Austrian onboarding controls with Fourthline as crypto firms face tighter MiCAR identity and anti-money laundering scrutiny across Europe.
British Business Bank joins HarbourVest-led USD $170 million 9fin round as the London fintech tops USD $1 billion and eyes US growth.
ExpressVPN expands beyond its VPN roots with ExpressAI, a privacy-focused platform using confidential computing to keep prompts and chats hidden.
Australia's Big Four loan scandal highlights how process intelligence can expose ghost paths, bypassed checks and hidden fraud networks.
Plaid builds a foundation model to improve transaction analysis, lifting income classification and loan payment detection across financial services.
Bybit EU taps Fourthline to streamline EEA customer checks as MiCA raises the bar for crypto onboarding and compliance in Austria.
Rosella bags AUD $3.7 million to automate commercial insurance broking as it targets the USD $215 billion US market.
Kelleher hails Limerick's role as ACI Worldwide marks decade of running European payments hub and data centre.
Ripple Treasury adds Digital Asset Accounts as finance teams get a single view of cash and crypto balances across banks, custody providers and onchain wallets.
Vection strikes AU$ deal for DXLabs, adding automation firepower and local scale as the ASX group targets faster Asia-Pacific growth.
NinjaTrader turns to Adclear's AI to speed compliance checks on marketing across the US and Europe as financial promotion rules tighten.
Marqeta has embedded an AI-driven risk score into its Real-Time Decisioning tool, aiming to curb payment fraud and reduce false declines.
Thunes wins Juniper Research top-three nod for cross-border payments as network breadth, interoperability and stablecoin links reshape the market.
Stacked unveils New Zealand's first locally built self-custody Bitcoin wallet as it broadens beyond payments and targets Kiwi users.
PEXA launches pay-per-use compliance tool for property firms as Australia's AML and counter-terrorism rules approach in 2026.
Mphasis helps Flagstar Bank cut six data centres to two in major US modernisation as the lender boosts resilience without disrupting services.
Airwallex secures Bank Negara Malaysia approvals to broaden its payments and foreign exchange services for businesses across the country.
New Zealand's open banking rollout is set to expose weakly secured AI tools in financial services, with certification fast becoming a must-have.
New Zealand will extend regulated open banking to SME banking channels from June 2027, giving smaller firms wider access to fintech tools and automation.
