/markets
Partior’s digital cash settlement network has connected to Osttra and Baton Systems' on-demand FX payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement service.
17 June 2025
/wealth
Sidekick has launched a new UK digital wealth platform built to serve six-figure earners who’ve outgrown basic financial products but don’t have the millions needed to access private banks.
/payments
Brazil's Pix instant payments platform has added a recurring payments feature.
16 June 2025
/ai
Klarna has launched a hotline to an AI avatar of CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski where consumers can provide conversational feedback on product features, issues and suggestions for improvements.
/inclusion
LemFi, a financial services platform for immigrant communities has acquired UK fintech Pillar to expand its credit services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
/retail
Shares in Metro Bank have continued to climb in early-morning trading after it emerged that the UK lender may have been lined up for a takeover by private equity firm Pollen Street Capital.
BNPL provider Sezzle has sued Shopify, alleging that the e-commerce marketplace has been stifling competition on its platform.
/crypto
Shopify is partnering with Coinbase and Stripe to allow merchants to process stablecoin payments for everyday commerce.
13 June 2025
Guernsey’s last locally-based bank ceased trading in 1996, making Bank Aston the first to be licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) for almost thirty years.
/regulation
Cryptocurrency could be nearing a point where it poses a system risk to the world's financial system, the outgoing chair of the Financial Stability Board has warned.
GrailPay, a risk and data platform for bank payments, has secured $6.7 million in funding to expand its suite of tools that make ACH transactions safer and faster.
Klarna has partnered AI-powered gifting platform Nift to deliver personally tailored gifts to shoppers to boost customer loyalty.
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