FCA AI review puts regulatory data in focus for financial firms
The FCA’s Mills Review outlines retail finance uses and risks for AI, while FinregE says compliance infrastructure may become a ke...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoFintech Correspondent
Rafael Ortiz
Rafael covers payments, banking infrastructure, and the software eating financial services. Former product lead at a payments processor.
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Infosys manager says Africa fintech must tackle fragmented payment rails
Rajeew Vishvakarma says Africa’s payment boom now needs shared standards, regional settlement and trusted identity to lower fricti...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago
Apheon agrees to buy French frozen snacks group Alma
PE Hub said Alma brings together Foo Seng and Varachaux, with about 115 employees and roughly €40 million in revenue.
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoBitcoin Suisse wins Abu Dhabi permission for institutional crypto services
The Swiss digital asset group said its ADGM-regulated unit can now serve institutional and professional clients in the UAE.
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoOpen banking fraud trails UK payments benchmarks, OBL monitor says
Open Banking Limited says fraud in open banking payments remains below broader UK payments rates, even as reported fraud volumes r...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago
Halma buys Dreampath Diagnostics from Summit Partners
Summit Partners sold Dreampath Diagnostics, a pathology lab automation provider that manages more than 300mn tissue samples, PE Hu...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoStoa raises £1.8mn to build perks-based savings products
The UK savings technology start-up secured pre-seed backing from Bespokeist Partners and Ingenii Capital for its fixed-term deposi...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoTapix CEO says banks should test payment enrichment on their own data
Ivan Dovica said procurement teams should judge enrichment vendors by accuracy on their own transaction mix, not sales claims or b...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoMbanq engineering executive warns banks over application sprawl
Igor Kostyuchenok says large banks’ software estates can block AI, data integration and technology transformation.
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoSantander opens 11 AI projects to developers on GitHub
The Spanish bank released AI Lab tools under an open-source licence as it expands staff access and targets more than €200 million...
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months agoUK productivity debate turns to skills use and workplace systems
ONS and CIPD data cited by Dmytro Spilka point to weak output per hour and unused worker capacity in UK organisations.
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago
RMH Systems buys Ohio material handling integrator Top Shelf
The deal is RMH Systems’ second add-on since its February 2025 partnership with Rotunda Capital Partners, according to PE Hub.
By Rafael Ortiz 3 months ago