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Revolut hits 1m Aussie users, plans AUD $400m push
Disaster Recovery

Revolut hits 1m Aussie users, plans AUD $400m push

Revolut passes 1m Australian customers and vows nearly AUD $400m investment, stepping up its challenge to local digital banking rivals.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Mon, 9th Feb 2026
Revolut unveils unified merchant payments suite in Australia
Digital Transformation

Revolut unveils unified merchant payments suite in Australia

Revolut launches a unified merchant payments suite in Australia, tying in‑person, online and A2A payments directly to its business accounts.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2026

Global Stories

Banking-as-a-Service stories

Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks
Data Protection

Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks

Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' will upend banking, FICO warns, reshaping pricing, risk and customer ties as USD $3tn value beckons.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Volt gains NPP status to expand Australian PayTo reach
Disaster Recovery

Volt gains NPP status to expand Australian PayTo reach

Volt secures Identified Institution status on Australia's NPP, unlocking direct PayTo and PayID services for merchants via a single API.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Unlimit names Michele Fung as new Head of Asia Pacific
Disaster Recovery

Unlimit names Michele Fung as new Head of Asia Pacific

Unlimit appoints Hong Kong-based Michele Fung as Asia-Pacific head to drive regional expansion in increasingly competitive payments markets.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
How five digital forces will redefine banking by 2026
Disaster Recovery

How five digital forces will redefine banking by 2026

Banks are shifting from product sellers to trusted digital infrastructure, fusing AI, mobile, embedded finance, identity and digital currencies.

By Dominik Wurzer • 5 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Airwallex unveils AI assistant to streamline finance tasks
Software-as-a-Service

Airwallex unveils AI assistant to streamline finance tasks

Airwallex launches an AI assistant in its web app, promising to simplify onboarding and day-to-day finance tasks for multi-currency businesses.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Mon, 9th Feb 2026
Remara selects 10x Banking for core modernisation drive
Digital Transformation

Remara selects 10x Banking for core modernisation drive

Remara picks 10x Banking's cloud-native core to speed new lending and investment products and fuel ANZ and Southeast Asia expansion.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Fri, 30th Jan 2026
Mastercard unveils BIN Sponsor Plus scheme for UK fintechs
Disaster Recovery

Mastercard unveils BIN Sponsor Plus scheme for UK fintechs

Mastercard launches BIN Sponsor Plus in the UK, accrediting card sponsors to give fintechs a vetted route into issuing and payments at scale.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Why lenders need fintech-level payments
Disaster Recovery

Why lenders need fintech-level payments

Lenders clinging to legacy payment rails are losing borrowers to fintechs that can approve, fund and collect on loans in near real time.

By Skyler Nesheim • 5 min read • Wed, 28th Jan 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Banking-as-a-Service stories

Tailor Brands adds integrated banking for new US LLCs
Disaster Recovery

Tailor Brands adds integrated banking for new US LLCs

Tailor Brands now lets founders open business bank accounts as they form US LLCs, promising faster launches and integrated money tools.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Sat, 14th Feb 2026
Beast Industries buys Step in fintech for Gen Z push
Crypto

Beast Industries buys Step in fintech for Gen Z push

Beast Industries acquires fintech app Step, betting on financial literacy tools to turn his vast creator audience into customers.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Bank ABC migrates ila Bank to Temenos core on AWS cloud
Disaster Recovery

Bank ABC migrates ila Bank to Temenos core on AWS cloud

Bank ABC shifts ila Bank onto Temenos core on AWS in Bahrain, kicking off a wider cloud-led core banking transformation programme.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
HSBC & Sage launch digital tax tool for sole traders
Software-as-a-Service

HSBC & Sage launch digital tax tool for sole traders

HSBC UK and Sage unveil in-app tax tool for sole traders and landlords as Making Tax Digital for Income Tax rules loom from April.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 30th Jan 2026
Upvest, Boerse Stuttgart partner on securitised trades
Fintech

Upvest, Boerse Stuttgart partner on securitised trades

Upvest links with Boerse Stuttgart to add securitised derivatives trading to its Investment API for banks and fintechs across Europe.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Griffin processes GBP £3 billion as revenue surges
Disaster Recovery

Griffin processes GBP £3 billion as revenue surges

UK bank Griffin posts fivefold revenue surge as it processes GBP £3 billion in payments and signs more than 50 platform customers.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Ecommpay shortlisted for four awards at FStech 2025
Disaster Recovery

Ecommpay shortlisted for four awards at FStech 2025

Ecommpay has been shortlisted for four FStech 2025 awards, underlining its role in driving innovation, security and inclusion in payments.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026