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ACI Worldwide acquires A2A fintech Payment Components

ACI Worldwide has acquired Payment Components, a European provider of financial messaging and open banking technology for A2A payments.

03 November 2025

/retail

Experian overhauls credit scoring system

Credit ratings agency Experian is to include rantal payments in its credit scoring system as part of a major overhaul that better reflects how credit applications are assessed, giving people a clearer picture of their borrowing potential and more ways to improve their score.

03 November 2025

/payments

Worldline to explore stablecoin payments with Fipto

French payments processor Worldline has entered a strategic collaboration with local fintech Fipto to integrate stablecoins into European payment rails.

03 November 2025

/wholesale

Kinexys by JP Morgan launches blockchain-based fund flows tool

JP Morgan's blockchain unit Kinexys has unveiled an offering that promises to enable the seamless distribution and servicing of alternative investment funds.

03 November 2025

/ai

28m Brits use AI tools to help manage their money - Lloyds

More than half of UK adults have used artificial intelligence in the last year to help them manage their money – making personal finance the nation’s number one use of AI, according to research from Lloyds.

03 November 2025

/regulation

Judge temporarily blocks CFPB open banking rule

A US judge has granted a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule.

31 October 2025

/people

Bowman to axe 30% of the Fed's bank-supervision staff

US Federal Reserve chair Michelle Bowman will cut 30% of staff in the bank-supervision unit, according to an email sent to staff on Thursday.

31 October 2025

/inclusion

Lloyds expands partnership with MyPocketSkill to boost financial literacy

Lloyds Bank is scaling up its partnership with financial education platform MyPocketSkill to encourage positive money habits in 13-25 year-olds.

31 October 2025

/Sibos

BNY executives on combatting CX fragmentation and integrating AI

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Finextra spoke to BNY executive platform owner of payments platform Isabel Schmidt, and executive platform owner for treasury services Carl Slabicki, on everything AI, blockchain, and cross-border.

31 October 2025