Ortec Finance, the global provider of risk and return management solutions, today announces the BETA launch of OPAL Targeted Support: a framework designed to help wealth management and financial advice firms deliver on the operational reality of Targeted Support, not just its regulatory threshold.

Access to professional-grade investment research has always come at a price most people can’t afford. Bloomberg and FactSet terminals cost between $30,000 and $60,000 a year — tools built for institutional desks, not the tens of millions of self-directed investors who are now active on the markets. Two brothers, Peter Pavlov and Miroslav Pavlov decided to change that. Over the past six months, the two co-founders have committed €1.5 million of personal capital to build Edge Hound: an AI platform that distills the kind of multi-signal, narrative-driven intelligence that hedge fund analysts spend their careers developing, and puts it in the hands of anyone with a trading account.

New quarterly data from V12 Retail Finance shows that UK consumers continued to turn to point-of-sale finance for high-value purchases in the first three months of 2026, with total finance values across the platform growing 4% between January and March, compared to Q1 2025.

Tanium, a leader in Autonomous IT, announced today that Mizuho Financial Group, one of the world’s largest full-service financial conglomerates, has expanded its deployment of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform to enhance its security operations and threat hunting driven by real-time endpoint intelligence.

FloQast, the Accounting Transformation Platform created by accountants for accountants to automate accounting and audit workflows with AI,, has announced the opening of its new Berlin hub, marking a strategic expansion across the DACH region. The move reflects growing demand from finance teams facing increased regulatory pressure, operational complexity, and limited headcount, while seeking practical ways to adopt AI with confidence.

CSI, a leading provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, today announced that Forte Bank has selected CSI as its core banking provider. The independent community bank will implement CSI’s NuPoint® core platform, along with fully integrated Apiture® digital banking as well as loan origination capabilities, enabling the bank to modernize operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive future growth.

Camunda, the enterprise platform for agentic orchestration, today announced that AU10TIX, a global leader in identity verification and fraud prevention, is using Camunda to support Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) workflows at scale - powering secure, high-volume identity verification worldwide. Camunda allows for the management of complex identity processes without embedding decision logic deep inside application code.

The first NatWest remortgage transaction to complete on the PEXA platform did so within two working days

Kiwe has received final approval from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to launch its application marking the arrival of a new wave of fintech

Luby announced significant growth milestones for Finfy, its core banking platform designed to support fintechs, banks, and digital financial operations in Brazil

Prisma has successfully gone live on Tuum’s next-generation core banking platform

Nubank announces investments of approximately BRL 45 billion (US$8.2 billion) in Brazil in 2026

Absa Group has dramatically improved debt collection strategies and fraud protection using customer communications technology from global analytics software leade

Akbank AG has successfully completed Phase 1 of its core banking transformation, to the leading SaaS cloud banking platform Mambu

The FCA has led international action to stop illegal finfluencers putting consumers' money at risk