Sajid Gani, Standard Bank – What has changed in the last couple of years in the payments landscape?

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, has signed a multiyear transformation and managed services agreement with Canada Life, a leading global life and pensions insurer. The partnership will support the modernisation of Canada Life’s IT infrastructure services across its European Businesses.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), a global leader in banking technology, and Interswitch Group, a leading integrated payments and digital commerce company in Africa, today announced a collaboration, wherein Interswitch will adopt Temenos technology to enhance its digital banking capabilities, supporting its growth and expanding access to modern financial services across the continent.

Monzo, the UK’s leading digital bank, and Fair4All Finance, a not-for-profit focused on improving financial inclusion, announce a new partnership to widen access to affordable¹ credit, as 16m+ UK adults face barriers to borrowing - a figure that has increased around 30% since 2018.²

FinregE released a research note designed to help financial regulators safely accelerate their adoption of AI

Lloyds Banking Group is expanding the use of AI across its fraud prevention systems, combining agentic AI and real time scam detection

First-time buyers, older borrowers and the self-employed could find it easier to get a mortgage, as the FCA sets out next steps to help reform the market.