AI benchmarking and intelligence platform Evident has today published its latest report, The State of AI Research in Banking, analysing over 2,700 AI-specific papers from 50 of the world’s largest banks.

Google and PayPal today announced a multiyear strategic partnership focused on advancing several commerce solutions. The collaboration will deliver innovative solutions that transform how businesses and consumers transact across platforms and devices. Combining their expertise and scale, the companies aim to deliver frictionless digital commerce experiences and set a new standard for commerce ecosystem innovation. 

Splash Financial ("Splash"), a leading AI-enabled lending marketplace, today announced it has secured more than $70 million in a Series C funding round and launched a new home equity line of credit (HELOC) product.

The first day of the 16th Annual Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS 2025) concluded today at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, bringing together over 400 senior bankers, technology experts, and innovators to explore how artificial intelligence, digital trust, and customer-first strategies are transforming financial services across the region.

More than half (59%) of Brits admit that they’ll use AI to help with their tax return

Tuum has partnered with Abwab.ai to deliver an end-to-end digital lending solution for SMEs across the GCC

GFT Technologies announced its work to launch a generative AI powered credit risk assistant in the U.S.

Marqeta released its sixth annual State of Payments Report, based on a survey of 3,000 consumers and 1,000 SMBs

FIS® announced a major leap forward in empowering banks to modernize faster as the Bank Modernization Framework sets its sights on modernizing the full banking ecosystem

Personetics announced the launch of PrimacyEdge, a groundbreaking product designed to help banks achieve primacy

Themis has launched AI Investigator — an intelligent LLM-driven due diligence platform designed to transform how organisations of all sizes detect and prevent financial crime

Canadian credit unions are taking a different approach to implementing AI technologies

WorkFusion, a pioneer in AI agents for financial crime compliance (FCC), today announced it raised $45 million in funding.

United Gulf Financial Services (UGFS North Africa), a leading venture capital firm offering innovative companies and startups with financial support and mentoring services, has announced a partnership with The Hashgraph Association, a Swiss non-profit organization driving global adoption of Hedera-powered solutions by funding innovation, training, certification, and venture building programs, and Exponential Science Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation accelerating responsible tech adoption, via research, education, and innovation activities, for Hedera Africa Hackathon 2025, the biggest hackathon in Africa aimed at enabling the next generation of Web developers and empower economic inclusion in Africa with a digital future for all.

Payhawk announced set of AI agents that complete everyday finance work as part of its product launch