October 23, 2025 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Insurers are bracing for a year of more uncertainty, with inflation again cited as one of the main macroeconomic risks, according to BlackRock’s (NYSE:BLK) Global Insurance Report. The report has surveyed 463 senior investment professionals across 33 markets—representing around $23 trillion in assets under management—shows… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 3:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the enabler of AI-enabled identity intelligence anchored in biometric authentication, automation and data-driven insights, announced it achieved ISO/IEC 30107-3 Level 2 compliance for its liveness detection tech. Jumio Liveness has been “independently tested” by the NIST/NVLAP-accredited iBeta lab and achieved “ISO/IEC 30107-3 Level 2… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut confirmed recently that it obtained regulatory approval from the CySEC – Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, enabling the UK-headquartered fintech company to provide digital asset services via 30 different European Economic Area… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange WazirX is reportedly planning to resume its trading operations this coming Friday (October 24, 2025) following 16 long months of closure. As widely reported, WazirX had been forced to suspend trading activity after a massive hack / security breach that resulted in a… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the digital asset industry, announced an investment in Kotani Pay, an on-ramp/off-ramp infrastructure that connects Web3 users to various payment channels. This investment aims to enable consumers as well as businesses with access to… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director of Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust, and Shyam Nagarajan, COO of Hedera have shared insights about Hedera’s Hiero project, its governance under the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT), and its implications in the context of the U.S. Clarity Act and decentralized technology…. Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 7:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equity public markets remained fairly active during Q3 2025 according to a report from PitchBook which also noted that Fintech has, for the most part, encountered a more uneven stride as investors seemingly rotated “toward AI megacaps and sectors with clearer earnings visibility.” Insurtech and… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nest, a pension provider representing around a third of the UK workforce, has committed  a further £500 million to be invested  by Schroders Capital’s private markets business. The allocation strengthens the partnership which began in 2022 and brings Nest’s total committed capital “to Schroders Capital’s… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, a direct-to-consumer home insurance provider, has launched financing services in the US state of Florida. This marks Kin’s entry into home financing, providing a suite of solutions including mortgage loans, home equity loans, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), as well as refinancing. Florida… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 6:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, a consumer payments platform, has partnered with Open Banking firm Plaid to integrate its services. Together, the firms will now aim unlock ways to repay for its customers. Zilch clients will now be able to use the Pay by Bank method for one-off repayments,… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 1:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Square has announced the launch of its AI CRM for Investor Relations – the CRM is built for private markets funding. The AI CRM for Investor Relations uses JunieAI to automate manual tasks, “enrich investor data, and surface insights to help investor relations teams… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyHash, the payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, has partnered with Tabby, the Saudi Arabia–headquartered financial services app. This collab offers merchants seamless access to flexible Tabby payments across the UAE and KSA via MoneyHash’s unified API. Businesses are now able to activate… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tamara recently announced that it has officially received a restricted finance license from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). As a financial technology platform operating across the United Arab Emirates, Tamara claims that it has cemented its position as a key financial partner. Achieving… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by machine learning, recently announced the launch of Rate Repo and Deploy, two additions to the platform that aim to expand the capabilities of its pricing suite and reinforce its position as the insurance industry’s actuarial platform…. Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Kadena organization said that it is no longer able to continue business operations and will be “ceasing all business activity” as well as any active maintenance of the Kadena blockchain with immediate effect. The Kadena organization said they are winding down operations because of… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Hockey League (NHL) has forged multi-year US focused partnerships with prediction platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, designating both as official prediction market partners. Announced recently, this marks the first such collaboration between a major American professional sports league and these innovative firms, signaling a… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 12:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Malicious attackers are said to be leveraging quantum computing and are reportedly a real threat to the concept of digital identity security. This, according to a report from Juniper Research which noted that estimates for how long it could take for quantum computing to develop… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A relatively small but growing group of so-called “branchless” digital banks (neobanking platforms) are moving into the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) space as operators and fintech firms aim to realign mobile value chains. While advancements like eSIM adoption and MVNE/MVNO platforms have lowered entry… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 10:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk has launched a new service called Link & Control. This  services aims to allow users to link their bank-issued corporate cards to the platform and add real-time spend controls to the business credit cards they use. This update comes as Payhawk doubles down on… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Abyan Capital, a robo-advisory1 investment platform in Saudi Arabia, announced the launch of their new self-directed trading service. The service will reportedly enable users to trade US equities as well as open high-yield savings accounts in compliance with Shariah law. Supporting this offering is Alpaca,… Read More