The merger between UniCredit Bank S.A. (UniCredit Bank in Romania) and Alpha Bank România S.A. (Alpha Bank Romania) has been successfully completed. The combined UniCredit Bank strengthens the market position of the UniCredit Group in the country in both corporate and retail segments.

Globant introduced Globant Enterprise AI 2.0, a new version of its flagship platform removING friction and empowers rapid AI deployment

Finastra has announced the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)'s successful go-live with the Loan IQ platform

Wio has launched a direct integration with Xero to simplify Business customers accounting processes with seamless bank feeds

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) launched by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has officially welcomed the Bank of Algeria into its growing network. Algeria now becomes the 18th country of presence for PAPSS, marking a significant step in advancing Africa’s journey towards deeper financial integration. This development is expected to further support cross-border payments and enhance the regulatory framework governing intra-African trade.

The British Business Bank has agreed a transaction of up to £300m with Close Brothers under the ENABLE Guarantees programme, unlocking significant additional lending capacity.

American businesses showed striking levels of financial anxiety in the final weeks before new tariffs took effect

Q2 announced the dual listing of its common stock on NYSE Texas, based in Dallas, Texas

Santander has taken the fight to the fraudsters, with its latest update to its OneApp banking app, available to download today[1], now including screen sharing detection technology. This technology will automatically blur a customer’s mobile screen and prevent them from carrying out any banking actions where screen sharing technology is being used on their device.

AKUVO, a leading technology organization specializing in collections and credit risk management, is pleased to announce that the $9 billion PSECU, Pennsylvania’s digital-first credit union, has selected the AKUVO collections platform to modernize its collections operations.

Luminance, the pioneer of Legal-Grade™ AI for enterprise, today announced that leading Banking Services Provider, LHV, has adopted its technology to streamline and enhance contract workflows. As the business continues to scale, the legal team was facing growing volumes of agreements under tight deadlines. Manual review processes were time-consuming and prone to bottlenecks, which led the team to adopt Luminance to improve both accuracy and eGiciency across their legal workflows.

KlariVis, a leading data analytics solution for financial institutions, announced today it has been named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for the second year in a row, ranking No. 367 overall, 33rd in the software industry, and 7th among Virginia-based companies.

DNV, the independent assurance and risk management provider, has issued a Second-Party Opinion (SPO) on L&T’s ESG Finance Framework.

Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade (Al Masraf) has signed a strategic partnership with Lexzur, a leading legal technology provider offering AI-powered solutions for end-to-end management of legal practices.

HuLoop Automation, a leader in AI-powered work intelligence, has released the latest version of its Unified Work Intelligence Platform (v7), the seventh major release of its flagship solution which includes HuLoop's new AI assistant, HuGO Sidekick. These solutions are designed to accelerate the automation builder experience and improve ease of use for HuLoop end users.