LHV Bank, a fully licensed UK bank, today launches its new fee-free current account with market leading 3.25% AER on all balances up to £1 million, tracking the Bank of England Base Rate minus 1%.

In a country where more than 60% of the population is under the age of 25 and women remain underserved by formal banking, access to financial services can be a life-changing enabler. EmpowerBank Limited, Zimbabwe’s youth-focused microfinance institution, is meeting that need head on by building a future where young people, including women, are equipped with the financial tools, knowledge, and support they need to succeed.

At the Temenos Community Forum ’25 in Madrid, Temenos (SIX: TEMN), a global leader in banking technology, today launched the Temenos Product Manager Copilot, empowering banks to design, launch, test and optimize financial products faster using Generative AI.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced that Moneycorp, a leading global payments and FX platform, has selected Temenos to power their next phase of products and services offering. The UK headquartered payments and FX specialist will adopt Temenos SaaS for core banking and payments to achieve speed to market and scale efficiently as it expands products and services around the world.

Tuum, the next-generation core banking provider, is set to unveil its comprehensive Islamic Banking suite at Seamless Middle East, reinforcing its commitment to empowering financial institutions with cutting-edge, Sharia-compliant banking solutions. This marks a major milestone following last year’s announcement of Tuum’s foundational Islamic Banking capabilities.

Tuum, the next-generation core banking provider, is set to unveil its comprehensive Islamic Banking suite at Seamless Middle East, reinforcing its commitment to empowering financial institutions with cutting-edge, Sharia-compliant banking solutions. This marks a major milestone following last year’s announcement of Tuum’s foundational Islamic Banking capabilities.

Take a front-row seat to the future of banking innovation as MoneyNext announces the full agenda and speaker lineup for Banking Transformation Summit 2025.

Backbase, the global leader in AI-powered banking technology, today announced the successful launch of BSF’s next-generation digital banking platform. The new solution delivers enhanced omnichannel services via BSF mobile and BSF online, marking a key step in the bank’s digital transformation.

Square announced new Square Banking tools that give sellers instant access to their cash flow and free, easier ways to manage their earnings.

Crypto.com and Green Dot are partnering to offer new banking and money management tools and features to Crypto.com’s U.S. customers

Allica today publishes its latest Annual Report, revealing a near doubling in profits

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: QTWO), a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services, today announced that Signature Bank has launched Q2’s Digital Banking Platform to accelerate its digital banking transformation. Q2 will help Signature Bank deliver robust digital banking products to serve their commercial and retail customers.

The FCA will make it easier for firms to test innovative products and support new firms applying for regulatory approval as part of its work programme

Thales, has announced the findings of its 2025 Digital Trust Index – Consumer Edition, which surveyed over 14,000 consumers across 14 countries about their online relationship with brands and services, their privacy expectations, and how brands can earn their trust.

Mobile money reached two significant milestones in 2024, surpassing two billion registered accounts and over half a billion active monthly users across the globe. The industry took 18 years to achieve one billion registered accounts and 250 million active users from 2001, but doubled in size in the following five years. This is according to the ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2025’ prepared by the GSMA Mobile Money programme which works to advance the mobile money ecosystem for communities worldwide that lack access to more traditional banking services.