Meanwhile, the first life insurer licensed to operate entirely in Bitcoin, has raised $37.5 million…
Members of the UK P&I Club and TT Club have voted overwhelmingly…
Appointments
View AllWillis, a WTW business, has named Trevor Madden Head of Captive and Insurance Management…
First Horizon Bank has promoted Catherine Wood to Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial…
Allianz Partners, a world leader in B2B2C insurance and assistance, has appointed Carsten Staat…
Income Insurance Limited has announced the appointment of Lim Sim Seng as Chairman of…
The former Deutsche Bank dealmaker brings over 25 years of experience as Standard Chartered…
Banking
Commonwealth Bank is cutting its Merchant Service Fee for in-store payments from 1.1 per cent to 0.99 per cent per transaction, effective 1 October 2026, for eligible customers on its…
United Overseas Bank has appointed Tan Choon Hin as Head of ASEAN and Greater China, a new senior role effective 1 September 2026. Tan steps up from deputy chief risk…
Bank of America has agreed to acquire information security specialist MDSec Consulting Limited, adding technical firepower to its cyber defences. The deal…
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InvestGB, the investment arm of Gulf Bank, has gone live on Avaloq’s platform. Wealth management, portfolio…
HDFC Life Insurance said sales through parent HDFC Bank are recovering after rival insurers ate into…
Brazil’s Pix, one of the world’s most successful instant-payment systems, has become a flashpoint between Brasília…
At least five lenders have lifted rates to or above the US SOFR benchmark, in a…
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Payments & Cards
Interac Corp. has announced that Global Payments, a payment technology and software company that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes worldwide, will enable Konek across its merchant network in Canada. Konek is Canada’s digital wallet, powered by Interac and…
Fintech
Kredete, a real-time cross-border payments platform, has been granted Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration…
AI & Technology
View AllInfosys and ABN AMRO Bank, one of the largest banks in the Netherlands, have extended their strategic collaboration to accelerate the bank’s AI-driven transformation. As part of the…
Form3, an account-to-account payments infrastructure provider trusted by Tier 1 banks including Barclays, Santander,…
NatWest Group is set to trial what it calls an industry-first, fully generative audio-visual…
Deutsche Bank Private Bank has launched an Agentic AI-enabled Source of Wealth (SoW) solution,…
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Mergers & Acquisitions
View AllFNBO has agreed to acquire Denver-based InBankshares Corp. in a cash deal valued at up to $204 million, expanding its presence across Colorado and northern New Mexico. The acquisition will add nine Colorado branches and four New Mexico locations, strengthening FNBO’s footprint in key Mountain West markets.
InsuranceDekho and RenewBuy are merging to create India’s largest insurance distribution platform, combining a ₹6,600 crore premium book, 600,000+ digital partners and access to 52 insurers across a pan-India network.
The deal brings a two-million-user youth banking platform into Barclays UK, with US…
Raiffeisen Bank International has now received acceptances covering more than half of Addiko’s…
Wealth & Investment
View AllSEI, a global provider of financial technology, operations, and asset management services, has opened an…
DBS and Avaloq have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their 18-year partnership, aiming…
Ebix has launched Ebix Meridian, a new operating platform built for independent U.S. financial advisory…
Global money market funds attracted $46.1 billion, their biggest weekly inflow since August 5, as U.S.-Iran tensions, rising oil prices and inflation concerns drove investors toward cash and short-duration assets. Yet continued inflows into equities, gold and emerging markets suggest caution and hedging rather than outright panic.
DBS Hong Kong has appointed Kyle Tan Managing Director and Head of Global Financial Markets,…