Open banking stories
Customers will spend less time hunting for bills and security settings as the bank rolls out a simpler mobile and online layout.
Uncertainty over planned capital gains tax changes could deter startup funding and prompt founders, investors and talent to leave Australia.
Shared spending and children’s cards aim to ease overseas money stress for Australian travellers, as 67% reported anxiety on recent trips.
Banks and fintechs face mounting risk as application-layer attacks and bot activity increasingly exploit Asia Pacific's expanding digital finance links.
Irish fintechs are helping finance chiefs cut costs, speed up funding decisions and ease compliance across capital, accounting and payments.
Students across four continents will learn to build interoperable payment systems as Interledger Foundation widens university courses and internships.
Bank-led name checks in Australia and New Zealand are eroding the niche that made Eftsure easy to sell a decade ago.
Small businesses can now query live Xero data in Claude as the accounting group widens its AI push to 4.5 million subscribers.
The funding will help more UK SMEs cut overdue invoices, freeing cash and staff time as Adfin expands beyond collections.
Currenxie's Dublin launch of an EEA business account targets SMEs trading with Asia-Pacific, amid pressure to fix costly cross-border payments.
Digital identity is helping APAC fintechs cut fraud, speed onboarding and expand access for millions of unbanked users across the region.
Most UK bank customers would walk after anti-money laundering failures, as trust in account freezes and compliance delays now shapes provider choice.
Verified digital data could slash delays and failed deals in a homebuying market where transactions take 22 weeks on average.
Users can now ask ChatGPT about their own spending and savings after OpenAI added a Plaid-linked finance preview for US Pro subscribers.
The integration aims to help SMEs spot credit issues earlier, as approval rates fall and a GBP £22 billion funding gap persists.
The rollout gives Questbank the core banking system it needs to begin offering deposits and mortgages to Canadian customers under OSFI rules.
Independent testing showed the firm's face checks can block spoofing on mainstream phones while avoiding friction for genuine users.
High abandonment rates and thin business tools are blunting banks’ digital gains even as customer adoption of online services rises.
The switch should let Reliance Bank cut costs, speed up launches and modernise ageing systems without building a larger in-house tech stack.
Rising demand for account checks and bill payments lifted CBI’s 2025 revenue 14%, as its services handled more than 100 million transactions.