Omar Faridi

KAYAK and BNPL Fintech Affirm Expand Partnership into Canada

KAYAK, the world’s travel search engine, and Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced the expansion of their exclusive partnership into Canada. This builds on the companies’ collaboration in the U.S., which has empowered consumers “to… Read More

OP Financial Group and Accenture to Enhance OP’s Insurance Business

OP Financial Group, the largest banking group of Finland, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have expanded their existing partnership to modernize OP’s non-life insurance business division, Pohjola Insurance. The collaboration builds on the firms’ work together in the banking sector and will “transform OP’s insurance business… Read More

Payments Infrastructure Fintech areeba Partners with Digital Banking Provider Foo

areeba, a global enabler of payment infrastructure, has partnered with Foo, a provider of digital banking and fintech solutions, to introduce a fully integrated – program for digital services. This bundled offering enables banks and fintechs to “build their own secure and scalable card programs… Read More

Kraken and Backed to Launch xStocks on Solana, Improving Access to Tokenized Equities

Kraken, a technology platform built on crypto that unlocks access and reduces inefficiencies to drive financial freedom, today announced a strategic partnership with Backed, the issuer of tokenized stocks, and the Solana Foundation to bring tokenized U.S. equities to investors worldwide. Announced at Solana Accelerate,… Read More

MARA Deploys 500 Bitcoin (BTC) for Yield Strategy with Two Prime

Two Prime, an SEC-registered bitcoin investment advisor, announced today that it has expanded its partnership with MARA, anĀ  energy technology company. MARA will allocate an initial 500 BTC to the firm’s “managed yield strategies as part of the deepened relationship.” This builds on an existing… Read More

Alpaca Introduces 24/5 Trading for Broker API, Enabling Global Access to US Markets

Alpaca has launched 24/5 trading for Broker API, helping deliver global access to US markets. Bridging the existing gap for international partners and retail investors capital markets are said to be “evolving—and fast.” Global retail investors have more “access to US markets than ever before.”… Read More

BNP Paribas Asset Management Introduces Natively Tokenized Money Market Fund Shares on Allfunds Blockchain

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced the launch of natively tokenised Money Market fund shares, testing cross-border transactions based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), in collaboration with Allfunds Blockchain as tech provider and BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business as transfer agent and fund dealing… Read More

FINCA and Thought Machine to Introduce Operating Platform to Enable Financial Inclusion

FINCA, a global enabler of inclusive finance, has partnered with Thought Machine, the banking technology company, to launch ā€œ361 by FINCAā€, a transformative operating platform to scale financial inclusion. To date, financial services providers (FSPs) have struggled to support the financial wellbeing of low-income customers,… Read More

Schroders Capital’s European Sub-IG Infrastructure Debt Strategy Raises €2B

Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives business announces that it has raised €2bn in total commitments from third party investors for its sub-investment grade (IG) infrastructure debt strategy. This follows the final “close of Schroders Capital’s Junior Infrastructure Debt Europe III fund (JULIE III)… Read More

R3 and Solana Foundation to Enable Regulated Financial Institutions and RWAs on Solana Blockchain

R3 and Solana Foundation announce a collaboration to bring regulated financial institutions and their real-world assets onto Solana. It will deliver enterprise-grade, “permissioned consensus service offered to the public on a Layer 1 network.” This brings the institutional TradFi and DeFi worlds “into convergence, marrying… Read More

Nubank Subsidiary Nu Colombia Introduces Initiative for Achieving Savings Goals and Financial Targets

Nu Colombia, part of Nubank (NYSE: NU), presents ā€œCajitas para mi genteā€ an initiative aimed at empowering Colombians to turn dreams into savings goals and achieve their financial objectives. New Nu customers will get a boost that “allows them to open a Money Box (Cajita)… Read More

Bitcoin Mining Firm Riot Platforms Announces Upsizing of Credit Facility to $200M with Coinbase

Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), an industry service provider focused on vertically integrated Bitcoin mining, is pleased to announce that it has successfully upsized its existing $100 million credit facility to a total commitment of up to $200 million with Coinbase Credit, Inc., a subsidiary… Read More

Euroclear Bank Joins LCH RepoClear SA as Member

LSEG announces that Euroclear Bank’s Treasury division has joined LCH RepoClear SA as a member. Euroclear Bank’s Treasury division is now able to benefit from “access to a liquidity pool, and the netting and risk management efficiencies available through the service, expanding its long-standing partnership… Read More

Clear Street Investment Banking Expands Blockchain and Digital Assets Unit

Clear Street Investment Banking, an investment banking firm providing a full suite of strategic advisory, transaction and creative capital solutions to companies and investors across high-growth sectors such as technology, healthcare, energy and beyond, announced the expansion of its Blockchain and Digital Assets Investment Banking… Read More

Fintech Venture In-Solutions Global (ISG) and Bank of Baroda UAE to Launch Jaywan Cards

JP Morgan-backed Fintech venture, In-Solutions Global (ISG), has partnered with Bank of Baroda UAE to launch Jaywan Cards in the UAE. This collaboration reinforces ISG’s commitment to “enabling localised, secure, and cost-effective payment solutions for banks and consumers in the region.” The introduction of Jaywan… Read More

UK’s Digital Bank OakNorth Provides $26M Note-on-Note Facility to SME Capital Ventures to Support Property Scheme

SME Capital Ventures is a platform that manages a series of discretionary real estate credit funds providing senior secured real estate loans collateralized by high quality real estate properties located in premier micro markets. As of 2025, SME Capital Ventures has “structured, funded, participated and… Read More

BBVA Launches New Fintech App in Spain with Savings Incentives

BBVA is launching a new version of its app in Spain, with a unique native code that is “scalable and exportable” to all countries where the bank operates. This technological overhaul, which includes “an artificial intelligence (AI) integration, marks a turning point in digital banking.”… Read More

PNC Bank to Acquire Aqueduct Capital Group to Enhance Harris Williams Capabilities

PNC BankĀ announced entry into a definitive agreement to acquireĀ Aqueduct Capital Group, a placement agent focused on raising capital for private equity, private credit, and real asset managers, through its broad access to sophisticated, global pools of capital.” Founded in 2003, Aqueduct has reportedly built a… Read More

Bank of Sydney Leverages Infosys Finacle Digital Banking Suite on AWS Cloud

Infosys Finacle, part ofĀ EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, and Bank of Sydney (BoS), announced the bank’s decision to select the Infosys Finacle Digital Banking Suite to power its transformation. Through this strategic collaboration, Bank of Sydney aims to “deliver a best-in-class staff and… Read More

Digital Assets : Amber International and BNB Ecosystem to Expand Institutional Reach

Amber International Holding Limited (Nasdaq: AMBR), a provider of institutional crypto financial services & solutions and operating under the brand name “Amber Premium,” announces its partnership with Web3 VC Hash Global on the new BNB Fund, following its announcement of a $100 million crypto ecosystem… Read More

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