Italy Makes Its Fintech Hub Pitch at Money20/20 Europe
Italy is no longer trying to quietly sit in the background of Europe’s fintech conversation. At Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam,…
Temenos Completes additiv Acquisition as WealthTech Race Gets More Serious
Temenos has closed its acquisition of Swiss fintech company additiv, giving the banking software group a stronger position in the…
TrueMoney Launches Tap-to-Pay Digital Payment Service in Thailand
TrueMoney is pushing Thailand’s cashless payment market into a new phase with the launch of its new tap-to-pay digital payment…
Crypto.com Lands $400M From Citadel Securities as Wall Street Moves Deeper Into Crypto
Crypto.com just pulled in a big name from traditional finance. The crypto exchange has secured a $400 million strategic investment…
FundBank Rebrands as IRACE Digital as Institutional Banking Moves Closer to Crypto
FundBank is not just changing its name for the sake of a cleaner logo. The institutional banking group has rebranded…
Bright Names Ben Bishop CEO as Accounting Fintech Enters Its Next Growth Phase
Bright has changed its leadership structure, promoting chief technology and product officer Ben Bishop to chief executive officer with immediate…
ConnectOne Bank Deploys nCino AI Agents Across Commercial Lending
ConnectOne Bank is bringing AI agents directly into its commercial lending operations. Not as a separate experiment. Not as another…
Cover Genius Raises $100 Million at $1.9 Billion Valuation
Cover Genius has secured $100 million in new capital, pushing the embedded insurance company’s valuation to $1.9 billion. Vista Credit…
Stripe and Advent Make $53 Billion Offer to Buy PayPal
Stripe and Advent International are reportedly trying to buy PayPal. Not a small investment. Not a partnership dressed up as…
Shadi Dawi Awarded Doctorate with Premium Distinction for Landmark Research on Governing AI Generated Content
Dubai based AI & communications strategist Shadi Dawi has earned his Doctorate of Business Administration with Premium Distinction from ESC…
Where GCC’s Most Consequential Business Decisions Get Made
AJMS Group and Marmin AI launch the CXO Boardroom Series in Dubai, a curated executive forum on AI, digital finance,…
Block Agrees $45M Settlement With 46 US States Over Cash App Fraud Claims
Block is paying up. Not quietly, either. The company behind Cash App has agreed to a $45 million settlement with…
Mastercard Reportedly Explores Vocalink Majority Stake Sale
Mastercard may be preparing a major move around Vocalink, the UK payments infrastructure business it bought almost a decade ago.…
Payfuture India Shopify Integration Leads This Week’s Fintech Product Updates
Payfuture Brings Indian Payments Into Shopify Payfuture’s India Shopify integration is one of the more practical fintech updates this week,…
Saxo Promotes Gift Muthita Anankaphannan to Lead APAC Institutional Business
Saxo Strengthens Its Institutional Push in Asia-Pacific Saxo has promoted Gift Muthita Anankaphannan to Regional Head of Institutional Business for…
FinTech Australia Warns Startup Tax Plan Could Leave Fintechs Out
Fintech Australia Says the Tax Plan Misses the Sector FinTech Australia is pushing back against Treasury’s proposed Innovative Business Capital…
AI in Finance Surges as Consumers Look for Easier Financial Advice
AI in finance is no longer sitting quietly in the background of banking apps. It is moving closer to the…
Swift Launches Blockchain Ledger as Banks Test 24/7 Tokenised Payments
Swift has moved its blockchain project out of the design room and into something much closer to live banking use.…
Revolut Names Kuba Fast as CEO of Its European Banking Arm
Revolut has made another leadership move in Europe, and this one feels quite deliberate. The fintech has appointed Kuba Fast…
Deutsche Bank Gets Saudi Regional Headquarters Licence as Riyadh Push Grows
Deutsche Bank Adds Another Saudi Entity Deutsche Bank has secured a regional headquarters licence in Saudi Arabia, giving the German…