Omar Faridi

AURAS Pay Introduces Decentralized Payment Tech Platform in Dubai

AURAS Technologies MENA FZCO, a Dubai-based firm that is specialized in Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) services, has recently announced the launch of AURAS Pay, which is described as a non-custodial decentralized payments platform that allows various merchants to accept and manage digital asset transactions directly… Read More

Singapore’s MAS and UK’s FCA Partner on AI in Finance Initiative

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have recently announced a new partnership on artificial intelligence in Finance between Singapore and the United Kingdom (UK) – termed the UK-Singapore AI-in-Finance Partnership. Announced at the Singapore FinTech Festival, the partnership… Read More

European Regtech Fourthline Selected by Tiime to Implement French Compliant KYC Solutions

Fourthline, Europe’s identity services provider, has been selected by Tiime, the French specialist in accounting software, as their Identity Verification Partner. The partnership aims to ensure Tiime’s compliance with French regulatory requirements while improving the security as well as overall efficiency of its customer onboarding… Read More

Quantexa AI Capabilities Enable Enterprises with Contextual Intelligence Required to Deploy Agentic AI

Quantexa, a global enabler of Decision Intelligence, unveiled Quantexa AI, the so-called next evolution of its Decision Intelligence Platform, now agentic ready. As organizations increase their use of large language models and smaller, purpose-built and domain-trained models, many are discovering a common limitation: when AI… Read More

US Treasury Central Clearing Survey : American Firms Have Confidence in Readiness while Europe and Asia Lag Behind

SIFMA, BNY, Broadridge and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), in collaboration with The ValueExchange, today released findings from their “U.S. Treasury Central Clearing Pulse Survey”, which draws upon insights from global market participants. The survey, conducted by The ValueExchange, was meant to provide… Read More

Digital Assets : Chorus One, Copper Partner to Enable Institutional-Grade Staking

Chorus One is pleased to announce a partnership with Copper, a key player focused on digital asset custody, prime services and collateral management, to bring enterprise-ready staking to global clients, starting with The Open Network (TON). This collab reportedly combines Copper’s custody platform with Chorus… Read More

TreasurySpring, Eurex, Clearstream Open Cleared Repo Markets to Corporate Treasury

TreasurySpring, the globally-accessible cash investment platform, has recently announced a collaboration with Eurex, an operator of a Repo Trading Venue and a Central Counterparty (CCP), and Clearstream, a provider of post-trade services, both fully owned by Deutsche Börse Group. The collab reduces operational and time… Read More

BitMEX Partners with FKViking to Enable Professional Arbitrage Trading

BitMEX is announcing a new partnership with FKViking, which is said to be a professional-grade arbitrage trading platform built to deliver “fast” as well as automated trading across various markets. Via this new integration, BitMEX users are reportedly able to gain access to “institutional-grade” tools… Read More

Webull’s Anthony Denier Says Expanding into Corporate Bonds Is Next Step in Fixed Income Strategy

Anthony Denier, Group President and U.S. CEO of Webull, has shared some insights with CI. Webull (NASDAQ: BULL) had recently introduced corporate bond trading for U.S. customers, enabling investors to purchase and sell individual corporate bonds directly via Webull’s desktop and mobile platforms. This expansion… Read More

Regtech : Gen II Announces Fenergo Rollout to Enhance Investor AML and KYC Onboarding

Gen II Fund Services, a global private capital fund administrator, today announced the rollout of Fenergo, an onboarding and lifecycle management solution designed to enhance client and investor experiences of AML and KYC processes across the fund lifecycle. The rollout has now started in Europe… Read More

KPMG UK Comments on Recent Labour Market Data

Yael Selfin, Vice Chair and Chief Economist at KPMG in the UK, has shared key insights and comments on the recent labour market data. Selfin noted that the United Kingdom‘s labour market continues to weaken as employers await seemingly vital Budget updates. Yael Selfin of… Read More

PayPal Relaunches Unified Payments Experience in the UK

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), which offers one of the widely-used digital wallets in the United Kingdom, is reportedly relaunching as a “unified” payment experience for clients to shop online and now in-stores. PayPal’s offering is intended to make shopping more rewarding for British consumers. Beginning now,… Read More

Payments Fintech Zilch Announces $175M+ Round to Enable Business Growth

Zilch, the consumer payments platform enabling digital commerce, announced it has raised more than $175 million in debt and equity. Led by KKCG, the funding round includes contributions from BNF Capital and other investors. The recent raise also includes the expansion of its securitization led… Read More

Aussie Small Businesses Exhibit Recovery Signs as Revenue Rebounds : Research

Global small business platform, Xero, released its latest Small Business Insights (XSBI) update, indicating that small business sales and revenue surged around 5.5% during the past September quarter – which is said to be the strongest quarterly result in the last 2 years. The recent… Read More

UK’s NatWest Introduces Shared Ownership Mortgages

NatWest has recently unveiled the roll-out of shared ownership mortgages, which aim to offer improved accessibility and flexibility to customers looking to become homeowners. Shared ownership enables clients to buy a percentage of their home. NatWest will enable customers to borrow to fund purchases from… Read More

Crypto.com Teams Up with IP Strategy to Enable Digital Assets Treasury Strategy

Crypto.com announced a partnership with IP Strategy (Nasdaq: IPST), the first company to hold $IP tokens as a primary reserve asset. IP Strategy provides public market investors with regulated equity “exposure to the $80 trillion programmable intellectual property economy.” As part of the collab, Crypto.com… Read More

CoinMENA, botim Partner to Enable Digital Assets Adoption

CoinMENA FZE, a digital asset platform licensed and regulated as a broker-dealer by VARA, and botim, Astra Tech’s fintech-first, AI-native platform, have signed a partnership. The agreement will now aim to allow for easier, compliant funding into CoinMENA accounts for millions of users in the… Read More

Global Fintech Adyen Streamlines In Person Payments Offering with New Terminals

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform for various businesses, announced recently the launch of two terminals; the S1E4 Pro and S1F4 Pro. Designed and intended for challenging environments across various sectors such as retail, food & beverage, hospitality and beauty & wellness, the… Read More

Hexaware Technologies Extends Google Cloud Collab with New Insurance Solutions

Hexaware Technologies (NSE: HEXT), an international provider of IT solutions and services, announced the launch of new insurance solutions developed exclusively for Google Cloud. The offerings strengthen Hexaware’s collaboration with Google and reflect a focus on accelerating digital transformation via automation, AI, and scalable cloud-native… Read More

Crypto.com Introduces Institutional Custody Solutions for SUI Tokens

Crypto.com announced a partnership with Sui Foundation, the organization dedicated to the advancement and adoption of Sui. This partnership will advance the ability to provide the Foundation and Ecosystem with “institutional-grade” custody and liquidity solutions for Sui’s native token. Crypto.com Custody provides digital assets custody… Read More

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