Agentic commerce is set to grow over the next five years from around 300 million users in 2026 to 1.3 billion users by 2031, ...

Financial services organisations and watchdogs for the sector must embrace AI to counter the threat of AI attacks, a leading ...

NatWest Group has launched a bank-wide accreditation programme in AI and data ethics, rolling out structured training to all ...

UK Finance has announced it is working with some of the UK’s largest banks and building societies on a new digital verification service that would allow customers to prove details such as their ...

FStech brought together senior leaders from across banking, payments and technology at The Future of FinTech 2026 conference in London ...

The Financial Conduct Authority has accepted climate risk analytics company Transition Risk Exeter Ltd into its Regulatory Sandbox, allowing the firm to test new methods of assessing climate-related ...

Rathbones has suspended new investments from thousands of higher-risk clients and launched a £60 million remediation programme after a regulatory review identified compliance shortcomings, a move ...

Lloyds Banking Group is rolling out a new agentic artificial intelligence system across its fraud operations after preventing more than £1 billion of fraud in 2025 and investing £100 million in fraud ...

JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) has announced a new research collaboration with Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) and AMD that will focus on short-term applications for quantum computing in financial services. The ...

Criminals stole £1.28 billion through payment fraud in the UK in 2025, up 4 per cent from the previous year despite new reimbursement rules for scam victims, while investment fraud losses surged 40 ...

Global FinTech revenues surpassed $500 billion in 2025, growing four times faster than traditional financial institutions as profitability, funding and dealmaking all strengthened, according to a ...

Barclays has announced it will acquire youth money management platform GoHenry from Acorns to strengthen its offering for families and younger customers. The deal, which is expected to complete in the ...