Author: Banking Herald

Surely, the life insurance brand from Certua Life, has teamed up with employee benefits platform Heka to bring flexible life cover directly to Heka’s members. The…

Ebix has launched Ebix Meridian, a new operating platform built for independent U.S. financial advisory firms. It’s built on Ebix MoneyWare, the company’s existing wealth and…

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…

Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, revealed on Sunday that roughly $320 million had been withdrawn from its federation wallet in a hack. According…

Avaloq has named Nidhi Singh as its new Chief Product and Development Officer and a member of the Group Executive Board, starting September 7, 2026. The…

Willis, a WTW business, has named Trevor Madden Head of Captive and Insurance Management Solutions for Asia Pacific, starting November 1, 2026. Madden will be based…

Revolut’s national charter bid, combined with its stablecoin plans, faces significant regulatory hurdles as it seeks both banking and digital-dollar approvals from U.S. regulators.

Standard Chartered has launched institutional spot trading in Bitcoin and Ether in the United Arab Emirates through its Dubai International Financial Centre branch, becoming the first…

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.

ACI Worldwide has agreed to acquire UK-based paytech Cranium Ventures, adding its SYNAP card-switching technology to ACI Connetic for Cards. The deal will strengthen ACI’s cloud-based card processing capabilities and accelerate its strategy to modernize payment infrastructure for financial institutions.