Omar Faridi

AI powered Digital Banking Enabler Backbase Teams Up with Unblu

Backbase, the enabler of AI-powered banking, announces a strategic partnership with Unblu, a key player in conversational engagement for financial institutions. Together, they’re solving a pressing challenge: transforming digital banking from a self-service utility into a more “human-connected” user experience. The partnership addresses a fundamental… Read More

Web3 Multichain Ecosystem Developments Examined in Dune Analytics End of Year Report

Dune Analytics noted that 2025 was a solid year for the multichain vision and overall strategy. In an extensive new report, Dune Analytics has leaned into this developing reality by reportedly onboarding more than 40 new networks and “expanding support to over 100 chains across… Read More

Ripple’s Stablecoin RLUSD Now an Accepted Fiat-Referenced Token for Use within Abu Dhabi’s ADGM

Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, announced that its USD-backed stablecoin Ripple USD (RLUSD) has been recognized as an Accepted Fiat-Referenced Token by Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), enabling use within the ADGM, the international financial centre of… Read More

Dutch Bitcoin Asset Manager Blockrise Receives MiCA Approval from AFM

Blockrise, a Dutch Bitcoin (BTC) focused startup, has been permitted to continue its financial services in the Netherlands and expand to the rest of Europe. The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) granted Blockrise its license under the new European MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets… Read More

Digital Assets : Taurus Becomes Partner on Canton Network, Expanding Custody Support for Canton Token Standard

Taurus SA, a provider of digital asset infrastructure for banks and financial institutions, announced that it now provides custody support for the Canton Token Standard. The firm has also teamed up the Canton Network as a Super Validator, becoming a participant in governing the Global… Read More

Investec Direct Lending, Carlyle AlpInvest Partner on European Senior Debt Fund

Investec Alternative Investment Management (IAIM), a subsidiary of Investec Bank plc, and Carlyle AlpInvest, a global private markets manager, announced the launch of Investec’s European senior debt fund, Investec Senior Debt Fund I (SDF I), a private credit fund with “approximately €400m of investable capital… Read More

Santander Mexico Migrates Tech Infrastructure to Cloud with Gravity

Banco Santander México has completed a major breakthrough in the digital transformation of Mexico’s banking sector by becoming the first systemic bank to migrate the entirety of its technology infrastructure to Gravity, its global, cloud-based platform, to enhance customer experience with “faster flows and new… Read More

European Digital Bank N26 Expands Offering with Personal Loans in Spain

The online bank N26 says that it continues to expand its product portfolio and grow in the realm of credit. The European digital bank has recently announced the launch of personal loans for customers in Spain, a consumer credit solution available from “1,000 to 15,000 euros… Read More

InvestGB, Arrow Global Partner to Expand Client Access to European Asset-Backed Investments

In line and consistent with its vision to collaborate with global investment managers to diversify its global platform and provide investment solutions to clients in Kuwait, Gulf Capital Investment Company KSCC “InvestGB”, the investment arm of Gulf Bank, has entered into a partnership with Arrow… Read More

Fintech Firm FinFan Teams Up with Thunes to Support Vietnam’s Cross-Border Remittance Ecosystem

FinFan, a Vietnam-based fintech company specializing in comprehensive cross-border remittance technology solutions, and Thunes, the so-called Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a collab that is said to be aimed at advancing the development of… Read More

Swiss Wealth Management Firm Julius Baer Announces Business Expansion in Abu Dhabi

Julius Baer announces its expansion into Abu Dhabi with the establishment of an Advisory Office that is based in ADGM, currently being subject to final regulatory approvals. The new legal entity, Julius Baer (Abu Dhabi) Ltd., will aim to cater to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs), family offices,… Read More

Brickken Launches on XDC Network to Enhance Tokenization Infrastructure

Brickken says its mission is to bridge traditional finance and now with a recent update, blockchain reportedly takes another step forward with their latest integration with the XDC Network. This newly unveiled integration extends Brickken’s tokenization infrastructure to the XDC ecosystem, enabling corporations, asset managers,… Read More

Regtech : BioCatch Connect 2.0 to Enable Fraud and Financial Crime Combatting Capabilities for FIs

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BioCatch, which reportedly aims to prevent financial crime by recognizing patterns in human behavior, announced an upgrade to its digital fraud- and financial crime-detection platform. BioCatch Connect 2.0 now features BioCatch Align, a singular SDK that unifies signal collection (behavior, device, network, transactional, and application),… Read More

Zodia Custody, Deribit by Coinbase Expand Partnership with Automated Settlement on Interchange Network

Zodia Custody, which claims to be the so-called “institution-first” digital assets platform backed by Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD, have announced an expansion of its partnership with Deribit by Coinbase, the world’s digital assets options exchange. Deribit now… Read More

Polymarket Obtains CFTC Approval of Amended Order of Designation, Allowing for Intermediated US Market Access

Polymarket, which claims to be one the world’s largest prediction markets, has recently announced that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Amended Order of Designation, permitting Polymarket to operate an intermediated trading platform subject to the full set of requirements “applicable… Read More

Fraud Shifts to Complex Schemes, Agentic AI Scams Expected to Surge : Research

Sumsub released its latest Identity Fraud Report, analyzing verification checks and fraud attempts between 2024–2025. The study blends global and regional dynamics from internal data with findings from Sumsub’s Fraud Exposure Survey 2025, featuring responses from “300+ risk professionals and 1,200+ end users.” In 2024,… Read More

Redirecting 10% of Spending from Large to Small Businesses May Benefit SME Economy : Research

Xero, the global small business platform, has found that shifting only 10% of spending from bigger to smaller businesses could potentially mean $11 billion more in the hands of small businesses. Xero economists have analyzed 2024 New Zealand household consumption data and “excluded spending unlikely… Read More

KuCoin Pay Enters Brazil via Pix, Enabling Crypto Payments

KuCoin, a global cryptocurrency platform, has recently announced that its crypto payment arm, KuCoin Pay, has officially integrated with Pix. This latest move now aims to enable millions of Brazilian consumers to more easily convert and spend more than 50 different cryptocurrencies at nearly any… Read More

Major Rise in Purchase Scams in H1 2025 : Bank of Ireland

Ahead of the busiest retail weeks of the year, including Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Christmas shopping period, Bank of Ireland is advising consumers to “remain vigilant” of purchase scams. Recent analysis by Bank of Ireland’s Fraud team revealed that purchase scam cases rose… Read More

Nasdaq AxiomSL Extends Regtech Deployment with Revolut

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced an expansion of its regulatory technology partnership with global Fintech Revolut. The partnership centers on the deployment of Nasdaq AxiomSL, which is described as a regulatory reporting and risk platform used by global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) to comply with “domestic… Read More

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