UK-based fintech Legacy has launched a non-profit app designed to modernise how people give to charity

Equifax® (NYSE: EFX), a global data, analytics, and technology company, and GBG (LSE: GBG), a global identity and location technology business, are expanding their global partnership into the United States and strengthening the power of their identity and fraud protection offerings globally. As part of this expanded relationship, Equifax Identity and Fraud solutions will be integrated into GBG’s adaptive identity platform, GBG Go. This will allow more businesses to leverage proprietary Equifax data to protect themselves from the rising cost of fraud – critical when synthetic identity fraud alone is expected to generate at least $23 billion in losses by 20301.

Equifax, the global data, analytics and technology company, has launched Authorized Payment Protection in the UK, a purpose-built solution designed to help prevent Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud in real-time, before funds leave a customer’s account.

JPMorganChase officially launches its new digital bank, Chase, in Germany with first product is a fee-free savings account

USSFCU has announced a landmark partnership with Thought Machine to replatform its entire foundation onto the Vault platform

The FCA’s Scale-up Unit provides tailored support to firms, helping them navigate regulation so they can scale sustainably

CFIT marks the culmination of the first phase of its Open Property Coalition, publishing a landmark Roadmap for Open Property

SBS, the global financial technology company that more than 1,500 financial institutions rely on to digitally transform the way they operate, has launched Digital Branch, a cloud-native, tablet-based branch servicing platform that replaces legacy teller systems for UK building societies and banks. Now, institutions can keep branches economically viable and regulatorily compliant at a time when more than 6,000 UK bank branches have closed since 2015.

iplicit, the leading cloud accounting platform purpose-built for the UK and Ireland mid-market, has today launched iplicit Insights, its AI-enabled analytics and reporting suite giving finance leaders visibility into their organisation's financial position.

Historically, community banks have relied on relationship-driven in-branch visits to open complex accounts. However, this high-touch model naturally limits scaling velocity. By integrating MANTL’s omnichannel software directly into its core banking ledger, FVSBank can slash retail account opening times to under five minutes online and under ten minutes in-branch. This strategy removes geographic restrictions entirely, allowing the Wisconsin lender to cross-sell specialized and specialty deposit accounts across digital boundaries without expanding its physical branch footprint or scaling up operational headcount.

ThetaRay, a global leader in AI financial crime compliance, today released The ThetaRay UK Banking & Fintech Trust Report 2026. The findings, launchedon the eve of The Global RegTech Summit, reveal a systemic shift in consumer behavior: 88% of UK customers are prepared to abandon their primary financial institutions over failures in preventing money laundering or terrorist financing.

Axiology, the financial technology company specialising in distributed ledger technology (DLT) infrastructure for capital markets has registered a record-breaking digital bond, funded through the leading crowdfunding platform in Lithuania – Profitus. The bond was registered by Axiology and distributed through Profitus, closing at a final value of €3.4 million. It is secured by shares in companies owned by Lithuanian Shark Tank investor Gediminas Kvietkauskas.

Mifundo, a pan-European credit data platform, has integrated credit data from Equifax BoaVista, subsidiary of Equifax Inc. in Brazil, enabling European banks to access verified Brazilian credit information as part of their credit assessment processes.

Triathlon Ireland, the national governing body of triathlon and multi-sport in Ireland, hosting 250+ events nationwide and supporting 20,000 athletes has automated its financial reporting with AccountsIQ’s cloud accounting software.

Souhoola, Egypt’s leading consumer finance company and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform, announced the opening of its new branch at City Stars on May 15, 2026, as part of the company’s expansion strategy aimed at strengthening its presence and reaching a broader customer base through key locations and major commercial hubs across Egypt.