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Smartstream unveils new version of Smart Reconciliations Premium – agentic AI reconciliations with GRIT

Smartstream, the trusted data solutions provider for leading global financial institutions and enterprises, today announces a new version of Smart Reconciliations Premium, introducing agentic AI that can investigate, progress and resolve reconciliation exceptions autonomously. Settlement cycles compressed to T+1 leave no time to chase breaks across systems and inboxes, and audit expectations that rise never fall…

SEP 23, 2026 · 2 min read

Zopa unveils UK’s most advanced AI capabilities for everyday banking

Zopa, the British digital bank pioneer with 2 million customers, has today launched the UK’s most advanced AI capabilities for everyday banking. Part of Zopa’s award-winning Biscuit account, “Ask Zopa” is designed to help millions of Brits manage their money simply by asking. Built on Zopa’s proprietary AI platform and agentic architecture, it enables customers to manage their…

SEP 16, 2026 · 3 min read

AI agents are challenging the existing model of financial supervision, new Zango analysis finds

As Parliament considers major reforms to the UK’s financial regulatory framework through the Financial Services and Markets Bill, new analysis from Zango AI suggests that the rise of increasingly autonomous AI is driving a broader rethink of how financial institutions are supervised. The analysis, which includes a foreword from the Rt Hon John Glen MP,…

SEP 14, 2026 · 3 min read

Businesses face “one of the biggest shifts in retail shopping in decades” as consumers increase use of AI in shopping and payments

More than one in ten online shoppers are expected to routinely use AI agents to purchase products on their behalf by 2030, according to a new Mastercard report, A Short History of the Future of Shopping and Payments.1 The report draws on Mastercard research and the perspectives of four world-leading futurists from the US, Europe and Asia. It explores how a fundamental shift in shopping habits…

SEP 8, 2026 · 5 min read

Mambu launches Intelligent Core, connecting AI to core banking

Mambu, the founder of composable banking, trusted by financial institutions worldwide, today announced the launch of Intelligent Core, its strategic vision and technology architecture for bringing core banking, payments and agentic AI together through one open, composable platform. AI is fundamentally changing how quickly competitive advantage is won and lost in financial services, but most banks…

SEP 2, 2026 · 3 min read

Nscale Closes Approximately $3 Billion in Financing for Both Ward County, Texas and Madison County, North Carolina AI Deployments

Nscale, the hyperscaler engineered for AI, today announced the closing of approximately $3 billion in aggregate commitments across two senior secured delayed draw term loan facilities (“DDTLs”), one supporting its Ward County, Texas campus and the other its Madison County, North Carolina site. The loan facilities, which have each received investment-grade ratings with stable outlooks,…

AUG 31, 2026 · 2 min read

Microsoft and HUMAIN Expand Strategic Collaboration at LEAP 2026 with New Enterprise AI Offering and AI PC

Microsoft and HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities globally, today announced an expansion of their strategic collaboration at LEAP 2026, introducing new offerings spanning enterprise AI applications and AI-enabled devices. As part of the expanded partnership, HUMAIN and Microsoft intend to offer HUMAIN ONE with Microsoft 365, including Microsoft 365 Copilot and…

AUG 31, 2026 · 4 min read

Starling launches agentic AI assistant for business

Starling Bank has today launched an agentic AI-powered ‘Starling Assistant’ to all business customers. The free in-app tool has been designed to boost productivity and cut admin by helping small businesses manage their day-to-day transactions, detect and avoid scams, and plan ahead using personalised financial insights. Starling Assistant goes beyond a standard Q&A by executing…

AUG 25, 2026 · 3 min read

Payouts.com and Casper Association Partner on AI Agent Payments

Payouts.com, the financial operating system for humans and AI agents, and the Casper Association, the Swiss non-profit stewarding the Casper Network blockchain, today announced a partnership to bring x402 agent payments into production. Payouts.com will support Casper Network, the first WebAssembly-native Layer 1 running x402 on mainnet, as a settlement rail for its AgentWallet and Digital Employees platform. Since Payouts.com already supports x402 natively, the…

AUG 25, 2026 · 2 min read

Infosys and Metsä Group Expand Strategic Collaboration to Drive AI-led IT Transformation

Infosys, a global leader in AI-first business consulting and technology services, today announced a significant expansion of its long-standing collaboration with Metsä Group, a globally operating forest industry company based in Finland. Under this multi-year engagement, Infosys will support the transformation of Metsä Group’s IT landscape towards a more efficient, unified, and AI-ready operating model, while delivering end-to-end…

AUG 6, 2026 · 3 min read

Brillio Named an OpenAI Select Partner to Help Enterprises Move AI into Production

Brillio, the enterprise AI accelerator with an engineering-first approach, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network. The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program for partners to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. It brings together partners with deep industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and…

JUL 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Payhawk releases Financial Controller Agent capability that gathers vendor invoices 12 times faster than humans

Payhawk, the AI-native spend management platform, today released new data showing that its Financial Controller Agent has reduced expense submission times for vendor invoices by 46% since the beginning of the year. The company is also making Agent Fetch available to all customers, enabling the agent to move from reminding employees to retrieving invoices itself…

JUL 21, 2026 · 3 min read