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Alipay announced that its AI Pay, a payment solution that enables secure and seamless payment through AI agents, exceeded 120 million transactions in the past week, as agentic commerce accelerates in China, making it the world’s first AI agentic payment service to reach this milestone. Launched in 2025, Alipay AI Pay has expanded into various…
Allvue Systems, LLC (“Allvue”), a leading technology provider for the private capital markets, today released findings from its 2026 General Partners (GPs) Outlook Survey, showing that while AI investment intent is accelerating across private markets, data readiness remains a structural constraint on execution. Although AI is now a top technology priority for 2026, less than…
Financial services has reached a decisive AI tipping point, according to new research from Finastra, a global leader in financial services software. Only 2% of financial institutions now report no use of artificial intelligence, signaling a clear shift from experimentation to execution across the industry. The Finastra Financial Services State of the Nation 2026 report finds that six in…
Nexi Group, the European PayTech, today announced it has joined the Agentic Commerce Alliance (ACA), the world’s only open initiative dedicated to ensuring agent-driven commerce remains accessible, secure, and beneficial for merchants of all sizes. The Agentic Commerce Alliance brings together leading innovators to define how autonomous agents interact and collaborate in real commercial environments. As…
PlannerPal, an AI-powered workflow for financial advisers and wealth managers, has today announced the launch of its Pre-Meeting Prep Pack. The tool is the first of its kind in bringing together everything an adviser needs before a client meeting, addressing a gap in a market dominated by post-meeting productivity tools. A structured, fully referenced pack standardises meeting…
Binq, AI and open banking powered business marketplace has integrated with one of Europe’s largest SME lenders iwoca, to offer funding to UK businesses: Since launching in August 2025, Binq has supported more than 15,000 small businesses and seen over £500m in funding enquiries – with 7 in 10 completed by its AI chat function. Funding…
Nets, part of Nexi Group, the European PayTech, has announced a new strategic partnership with Triple, a global leader in transaction data enrichment. The collaboration will empower Nets Estonia clients with AI-driven transaction clarity, enhancing user engagement while reducing operational costs associated with chargebacks and customer support. Chargeback volumes are expected to reach 324 million worldwide by 2028, costing the industry almost US…
RAIDS AI, the AI safety monitoring platform, has announced its commercial launch. Following a successful beta testing phase launched in October 2025, the platform is now live to support all organizations deploying or using AI. Co-founded by Nik Kairinos and Brett Stonefield, the RAIDS AI platform detects and alerts rogue AI behaviour in real time….
dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO), the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has partnered with HONOR, a global leading AI device ecosystem company, to power local payment acceptance for its inaugural website launch in Peru. Peru’s eCommerce is on a strong upward path, now the fastest-growing in Latin America. Online sales are expected toreach US$…
Zango, the UK-based start-up developing AI agents for financial services compliance, today announced that Dean Nash, Global Chief Operating Officer (Legal) at Santander, has joined its Advisory Board. Dean Nash will play a key role on Zango’s Advisory Board, including shaping The Future of AI Governance and Compliance in Financial Services, a new cross-industry research initiative….
• Lloyds Banking Group will provide AI training for all 67,000 employees to develop practical skills • The AI Academy is open to every colleague, regardless of role or expertise , and is a major step in the Group’s commitment to responsible, effective use of AI A Practical Approach to AI Upskilling Lloyds Banking Group has launched…
Plumery, a digital banking development platform for customer-centric banking, today released AI Fabric, which creates an artificial intelligence (AI)-ready foundation for AI-assisted digital banking. Based on an event-driven data mesh, the new solution gives financial institutions a standardised way to connect AI and generative AI (GenAI) models/agents to banking data, eliminating the need for bespoke…
