Latest news headlines: Finextra Research

Industry associations highlight cybersecurity risks at US regulatory agencies

Four industry trade associations have called for significant reforms to how federal financial regulators handle sensitive data following a data breach at the Office of the Comproller of the Currency that exposed over 148,000 private correspondences containing sensitive supervisory information about US financial institutions.

11 June 2025

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Starling rolls out AI-based 'Spending Intelligence' tool

Starling Bank is putting Generative AI into the hands of its customers with the roll out of a new 'Spending Intelligence' Large Language Model that customers can interrogate to get insights into their spending habits.

10 June 2025

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Australian Payments Plus to bring least-cost routing to online Cick to Pay transactions

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has selected Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to develop eftpos Click to Pay with integrated least-cost routing (LCR), a project that is billed as a world first for online debit card payments.

10 June 2025

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Payroll data startup Teal raises £1.4 million

Payroll data platform Teal has raised £1.4 million in pre-Seed funding led by Passion Capital.

10 June 2025

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Payments fintech Navro acquires first US licence

Navro, the London-headquartered fintech that simplifies international payments for businesses, has secured its first US money transmitter licence.

10 June 2025

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Barclays to roll out Microsoft Co-Pilot to 100,000 staff

Barclays Bank is to extend its delivery of Microsoft Co-Pilot AI agents to 100,000 staff worldwide.

10 June 2025

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Walmart's OnePay adds credit cards to financial services portfolio

Walmart's fintech unit OnePay is to add credit cards to its expanding portfolio of financial services.

09 June 2025

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FCA sets up 'Supercharged Sandbox' for AI experimentation

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to set up a 'Supercharged Sandbox' to help firms experiment with innovative AI applications.

09 June 2025

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Worldpay scores new business distribution channel with Santander UK

Santander UK has joined forces with Worldpay to offer e-commerce and POS technology to its business banking and corporate clients.

09 June 2025

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JPMorgan opens Fintech Forward programme in the UK

JPMorgan has opened applications for a new fintech accelerater programme for startups and business founders in the UK.

09 June 2025

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PitchBook: AI disruption rises, VC optimism cools in H1 2025

The latest PitchBook survey finds that venture capital investors are making "strategic adjustments as they navigate geopolitical uncertainty and technological transition."

06 June 2025

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Keeta, Solo partner on blockchain-native credit bureau

Keeta Network, a high-performance blockchain that connects Web3 and traditional financial systems, aims to be a real-world tokenisation and financial interoperability frontrunner by working with Solo. Solo turns data into reusable, verified credentials, enabling banks, fintech firms and cryptocurrency platforms to make smarter, faster decisions, without compromising privacy.

06 June 2025