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Teciem launches in London with Apax backing & 340 clients

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Teciem debuts in London as an independent treasury software group, backed by Apax and serving more than 340 financial institutions.
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Banks struggle to turn AI spending into real revenue gains

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Banks worldwide pour billions into AI, but Dyna.Ai warns only a small minority are turning pilots into tangible, scalable revenue gains.
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Oracle unveils AI agentic platform for retail banks

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Oracle launches an AI agent platform for retail banks, blending autonomous agents and human oversight to automate and personalise services.
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Oz Pearlman to headline AI-focused FICO World 2026

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Mentalist Oz Pearlman will headline FICO World 2026 in Orlando, anchoring an AI-focused summit on customer behaviour and financial services.
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3DiVi urges banks to track real-world facial security

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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3DiVi urges banks to track real-world facial ID performance, warning that hope and lab tests are no substitute for live risk metrics.
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Cognizant, Uniphore team on sector-specific AI tools

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Cognizant and Uniphore ally to build small-model, sector-specific AI tools for tightly regulated fields, starting with life sciences and banking.
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Cognizant & Adobe deepen AI pact on content at scale

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Cognizant and Adobe are deepening their AI alliance to speed and govern large-scale content creation for heavily regulated global enterprises.
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BioCatch posts record ARR as banks battle rising fraud

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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BioCatch posts record ARR above $185 million as it adds 90 banks, blocks $4 billion in fraud and expands its global trust network.
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Smart Communications names Heidi Johnson AI leader

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Smart Communications names Heidi Johnson chief product and technology officer as it sharpens AI governance for heavily regulated clients.
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Adeptia unveils tool to speed retirement enrolment data

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Adeptia launches Automate for Retirement Benefits Enrolment to automate fragmented data intake and speed record-keeping enrolment flows.
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ThetaRay unveils Ray AI suite for AML investigations

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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ThetaRay launches Ray AI suite to automate AML investigations, promising audit-ready case files and up to 70% less manual work.
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Wibmo ranks 41st in 2025 Chartis retail analytics list

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Wibmo takes 41st spot in Chartis 2025 Retail Banking Analytics 50, highlighting its growing role in payments security and AI-driven decisioning.
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Why lenders need fintech-level payments

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Lenders clinging to legacy payment rails are losing borrowers to fintechs that can approve, fund and collect on loans in near real time.
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HCLTech to buy Singapore wealth consultancy Finergic

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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HCLTech moves to deepen its wealth management push with a deal to acquire Singapore-based consultancy Finergic, pending approval by 2026.
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Jelou raises USD $10m to scale WhatsApp AI across US

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Jelou lands USD $10m Series A to scale its WhatsApp-based transactional AI platform Brain across the US and wider Americas market.
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Okta warns of real-time vishing kits defeating MFA

Mon, 26th Jan 2026
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Okta warns new real-time vishing kits can hijack browser sessions during calls, tricking users into defeating non‑phishing‑resistant MFA.
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Rocket Software unveils ContentEdge for safer GenAI

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Rocket Software launches ContentEdge to give organisations safer GenAI access to sensitive unstructured data across hybrid environments.
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Data Privacy Day spotlight on control, resilience, design

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Data Privacy Day shifts focus from policy to proof, as firms embed control, resilience and design into complex hybrid data estates.
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Zepz buys Pomelo to add credit cards to remittances

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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Zepz has bought fintech Pomelo to bolt credit cards and lending onto its remittance brands, deepening its push into cross-border finance.
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DXC links Hogan core banking with Euronet & Ripple

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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DXC to plug Euronet and Ripple into Hogan core system, adding issuing and payments tools for banks chasing faster digital rollouts.