Canadian property and casualty insurer Definity Financial Corporation has selected Earnix as the AI-driven pricing engine across its personal auto, property, and individually rated commercial auto (IRCA) portfolios, a move designed to compress rate-change cycles as the insurer integrates the $3.3 billion Travelers Canada book it acquired in January 2026. The deployment of the Earnix Price-It platform makes Definity, now the country's fifth-largest P&C carrier, one of the most

JPMorgan Chase opened its Chase digital retail bank in Germany on 20 May 2026, entering continental Europe for the first time with a fee-free savings account paying 4% per annum for four months before reverting to a 2% variable rate. The Chase Germany launch makes Berlin the bank's second European hub after London and pits the world's largest bank by assets, with $4.9 trillion on its balance sheet as of 31 March 2026, against a crowded field of incumbents and digital challeng

Wholesale euro area funding conditions eased slightly between December 2025 and February 2026, defying expectations from the previous quarter that credit terms would tighten. The European Central Bank's March 2026 Survey on Credit Terms and Conditions in Euro-Denominated Securities Financing and OTC Derivatives Markets (SESFOD) found that 26 large dealer banks loosened terms across most counterparty categories, with banks and dealers themselves capturing the bulk of the easin

NMI has acquired Dwolla in a deal that lifts the combined business to roughly $700 billion in annual transaction volume and hands the embedded payments provider a ready-made account-to-account (A2A) infrastructure layer. Announced on 19 May 2026, the transaction is NMI's sixth acquisition since 2021 and signals an aggressive bid to own the "sign-up to payout" stack as merchants accelerate their move away from card rails. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Schaumburg, Ill

Africa-focused investment forum AFSIC – Investing in Africa has confirmed its first cohort of speakers for its 2026 conference, scheduled for 13–14 October at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London. The lineup signals continued institutional interest in African private markets at a moment when capital flows to the continent remain well below pre-pandemic peaks. Who is Speaking, and Why Does the Lineup Matter? AFSIC has not yet published the full speaker roster, but the organ

FinanceX Magazine is proud to announce its official media partnership with Point Zero Forum 2026, the global policy-technology dialogue convened by the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN). Taking place from 23 to 25 June 2026 at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, the Forum brings together the central banks, regulators, and industry leaders rebuilding the foundations of European finance. This year's edition is organised around three inflection points reshaping glo

Germany's NORD/LB will deploy two additional Finastra modules, the Loan IQ Nexus integration layer and Loan Portal, on top of its existing Loan IQ servicing platform, with go-live scheduled within the next two years. The expansion targets corporate and syndicated lending workflows at one of Germany's largest Landesbanken, a roughly €120 billion-asset institution whose specialty book spans renewable energy, commercial real estate, and structured finance. For finance teams watc

Bretton AI's $75M round, DORA enforcement, and a new RegTech survey reveal the new compliance stack. See what's driving 2026 RegTech spend.

SEC clears HQLAx DLT settlement, DTCC sets a July test date, and JPMorgan & BlackRock launch tokenized funds. Inside Wall Street's tokenization week.