Accelex, a leading provider of AI automation for private markets data acquisition, reporting and analytics, has today announced its expansion into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with the opening of a new office in Sydney. The firm has appointed two seasoned industry professionals, Brett Angwin, Head of Sales, APAC and Kai Jebens, Sales Director, Southeast Asia, who will lead the firm’s drive to bring transparency to the region’s thriving private markets ecosystem.

The Experian Ascend Platform™ helps financial institutions improve credit and fraud decisions, offered a 183% return on investment (ROI) and paid for itself within 12 months, according to a recently commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study of Experian’s global customers by Forrester. The firm’s independent findings provide banks and lenders with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of the platform on their organizations.

Shield, the global leader in digital communications compliance and governance, expands its leadership in data science as Asi Messica, Ph.D, joins as Vice President of data science. Her appointment underscores Shield’s continued momentum in delivering scalable, explainable AI—fully integrated across the compliance lifecycle— empowering financial institutions to take proactive, confident, and regulatory-aligned action.

Frontier Credit Union, located in Idaho Falls, ID, today announced it has selected leading cloud-native digital banking provider, Lumin Digital, as its new digital banking solution. This partnership enables Frontier to enhance its digital experience and deliver innovative, secure, and member-centric financial services.

Feedzai announced the launch of Feedzai IQ, a new family of solutions that enables network fraud intelligence without compromising customer privacy

FinTech Scotland unveiled today the latest innovation programme in collaboration with TSB Labs at Money20/20

XYB announced a strategic partnership with Bud Financial, the leading provider of AI-powered data intelligence solutions for financial services

Liberis today announced the launch of its proprietary AI underwriting agent, Ada

Started PR has launched its new expert advisory board, uniting eight of the sector’s most influential leaders

KAF Digital Bank has gone live with Temenos SaaS to power its new Islamic digital bank in Malaysia

Signicat, the European leader in digital identity and fraud prevention solutions, today announces a new report on identity fraud in partnership with cybersecurity training and consultancy firm, Red Goat Cyber Security. The research reveals most European businesses remain confident despite reporting a rise in identity fraud in the last year. Businesses estimate that 19% of all transactions are fraudulent.

The British Business Bank has reached the landmark milestone of £5bn of lending across its structured guarantee programmes, ENABLE Guarantees and ENABLE Build, with more than £3bn delivered to businesses outside London and the South East. A total of £500m of funding has been provided in each of the North West, East Midlands and East of England regions.

LHV Bank’s recent launch of a market leading 3.25% AER interest paying UK current account for balances up to £1 million has made headlines across the financial world. As the first new current account to enter the UK market since 2021, LHV Bank’s launch represents a bold step forward in digital banking, and allpay cards is proud to have played a key role in bringing this vision to life.

Nearly three-quarters of financial services firms are currently ‘comfortable’ absorbing the cost of fraud, according to new findings taken from The Future of Global Identity Verification research report from Entrust and Docusign.

Akkuro, the composable banking platform built for banks and fintechs seeking full-stack banking capabilities, proudly welcomes Kamuno as its newest client. Kamuno, a Swiss fintech initiative backed by Urner Kantonalbank (UKB), is simplifying access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through a fully digital lending platform built with Akkuro’s modular technology.