Financial IT

Alipay+, a global digital payment gateway under Ant International, today announced that it will enable global travellers to make QR code payments at millions of merchants across Argentina through integration with the country's national QR payment scheme Transferencias 3.0, in partnership with PVS, a fintech company specialized in developing customized payment solutions in Latin America.

Dilosk DAC, trading as Dilosk and ICS Mortgages (“Dilosk”), a leading Irish residential mortgage origination and servicing platform, today announces that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of the business to Pepper Advantage, which is wholly owned by J.C. Flowers & Co., a global private investment firm specialising in financial services.

Ben Saunders, Co-Founder at WeBuild-AI 17.07.2026 03:15 pm #ArtificialIntelligence While AI experimentation is widespread across financial services, many organisations still lack the confidence needed to scale successful pilots into production. Banks and financial institutions are not short of experimentation, but many still struggle to translate proof-of-concept projects into operational value.

USBC Expands Team With Former Apple Pay and Cash App Partnerships Lead Infrastructure 17.07.2026 02:58 pm USBC, Inc., a publicly traded technology company that seeks to enable the transformation of traditional U.S. bank dollars into secure, compliant tokenized deposits, today announced the addition of Dave Baldwin to its senior leadership team as Head of Partnerships.

The new scheme marks a decisive step forward in the modernisation of cross-border payments and contributes to achieving the objectives set out in the G20 roadmap to improve international transfers. For customers, this new model delivers an experience that is increasingly similar to that of an instant domestic payment. Funds can be credited to beneficiaries’ accounts in Spain for the full amount within approximately 25 seconds, at any time of the day, every day of the year.

Horizon Trade, an agentic platform for turning trading ideas into automated strategies, is launching today with early backing from Entrée Capital and over 23,000 traders on the waitlist to use the platform. For decades, systematic investing has been restricted to those who could afford to and those with the knowhow. Horizon is changing this – simplifying investing and upskilling investors, turning ideas into strategy within seconds.

TBC Uzbekistan Takes Home Four Euromoney Awards, Including Central Asia’s Best Digital Bank Digital banking 17.07.2026 12:50 pm TBC Uzbekistan, the leading digital financial ecosystem in Central Asia and part of London-listed TBC Bank Group, announces that it has been recognized across four categories by Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence, including Central Asia’s Best Digital Bank.

Daniel Ruhman, CEO and co-founder at Cumbuca 17.07.2026 12:45 pm #Stablecoins There is undoubtedly growing demand for instant payments as a faster, cheaper, always-on way to move money, whether locally or across borders. The legacy system of US correspondent banks and SWIFT-style rails has only ever served certain parts of the world, and those it has missed are taking matters into their own hands. The question is, what does an environment where payments are settled in real time look like?

World's leading beauty and wellness platform Fresha expands beyond bookings into financial infrastructure, bringing payments, accounting, payroll and funding together in one ecosystem The beauty and wellness industry is rapidly evolving beyond appointments and treatments into one of the world's fastest-growing financial ecosystems.

Transferra Records Increased Corporate Demand for Multi-Currency Services Amid Institutional De-Risking Payments 17.07.2026 12:23 pm Transferra, a UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-authorised Electronic Money Institution (EMI), announced that it has recorded increased demand for its multi-currency business account services from companies experiencing difficulties accessing financial services through traditional banking providers.