Loqbox, the UK’s leading credit-building business, is celebrating a standout night at the SPARKies 2025, taking home the FinTech Business of the Year Award in recognition of its innovation, positive impact, and sustained success in the South West’s dynamic tech scene.

OneUnited Bank is using Candescent’s extensible platform to deliver personalized digital banking experiences

Vestmark, Inc., a leading wealth management software and services provider, announced today the launching of a tax-managed unified managed account (UMA) with private assets. This long-awaited capability was developed in partnership with iCapital, BlackRock, and Dynasty Financial Partners and will be available to RIAs seeking to combine subscription-based alternatives with ETFs, mutual funds, equity SMAs, fixed income SMAs, and direct index SMAs in a single custodial account.

Vergent, a complete fintech platform and provider of loan and financial technology solutions, has launched its latest innovation, OmniaVerify. Powered by AI technology, OmniaVerify helps lenders identify potential fraud in digital loan applications while strengthening trust in automated lending.

Finery Markets, a leading provider of non-custodial crypto ECN and SaaS trading solutions, today announced that it has been named one of the world’s top 300 financial technology companies.

Leading emerging markets fintech M-KOPA has made CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies 2025 list, coinciding with the company announcing that it has disbursed over $2bn in credit to more than 7 million customers across Africa.

Wagestream has announced the acquisition of pensions technology company Zippen

Jump announced a new partnership with Women in Insurance and Financial Services (‘WIFS’), the preeminent organization devoted to attracting, developing and advancing women in the industry

N26 is expanding its travel oering with the launch of a new Travel eSIM – fully digital data plans designed to keep travelers connected

Aveni.ai, specialists in AI for Financial Services, has been selected by Advanta Wealth, the nationwide chartered wealth management business to enhance adviser customer service and reduce administrative time.

Young people have made it clear they want to learn more about money in school, as new research published today by GoHenry, the money app helping kids learn to earn, save, spend and invest, reveals 84% of kids want to see financial education on the Government’s new national curriculum.

Currency.com, the global digital finance provider, is entering a new chapter of innovation with a possible strategic shift toward AI-native infrastructure. As part of its long-term vision to build a more responsive, scalable, and secure financial platform, the company is actively scoping the integration of intelligent systems across its internal operations, development pipelines, and compliance workflows.

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) ("Alkami"), a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced that Towpath Credit Union (Towpath) has successfully completed a comprehensive digital transformation using the Alkami Digital Banking Platform.

Salt Edge, a global provider of API technology for financial services, has validated that its Open Banking API suite is fully compatible with IBM LinuxONE and IBM Z platforms and supported for deployment in production environments.

Moniepoint Inc. (“Moniepoint” or the “Company”), one of Africa’s leading business payments and digital banking platforms, announces it has been named as one of the world’s top fintech companies by CNBC, reinforcing the Company’s pioneering role in widening access to financial services across the continent.