Bharat Malesha – SmartStream

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.

SGX FX, a leading technology partner for the global institutional FX ecosystem, has adopted Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, to broaden access to its OTC FX data and support greater flexibility in how institutional participants consume trusted market information.

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.

MoneyHash, the payment orchestration platform for emerging and global markets, has appointed Hwan Lee as its new Regional Director for Africa. The strategic hire reflects MoneyHash’s continued expansion across high-growth African markets and its broader vision of helping businesses scale and manage complex payment operations across providers, methods, and markets in emerging economies.