April 11, 2025 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s derivatives and securities exchange network, announced the expansion of its Derivatives Market Intelligence team with the hiring of Wei Liao as Director, Derivatives Market Intelligence. Based in Hong Kong, Ms. Liao will lead the “buildout of Cboe’s… Read More

 Tagged apac, cboe, derivatives, hong kong, trading

April 11, 2025 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments company, announced its intention to expand its card issuing capabilities in the UAE. Checkout.com aims to roll out domestic card issuance “in the region in 2026, pending regulatory approval.” This will enable businesses to launch branded cards, whether physical or… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, mena, payments, uae

April 11, 2025 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From AI’s growing dominance to a crypto resurgence, the CBInsights team break down the trends shaping fintech ecosystem. As noted in the CBInsights research report, on its face, fintech funding appeared to have had “a strong quarter in Q1’25, topping $10B for the first quarter… Read More

 Tagged ai, digital assets, Fintech funding, investments, research

April 11, 2025 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a paper on trading apps and consumer behaviour. Today, apps are the norm not the outlyer, but it was not too long ago trades were completed by phone, and then by accessing a website. As smartphones are… Read More

 Tagged fca, research, trading, uk, united kingdom

April 11, 2025 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

As public markets dim, private securities markets have boomed. Many early-stage firms seek to remain private for as long as possible due to burdensome regulatory requirements and excessive costs. This has pushed big money to jump to the head of the line and invest in… Read More

 Tagged accelex, northern trust global asset, private securities

April 11, 2025 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Europe’s open banking infrastructure platform Yapily has partnered with the UK Fintech, Allica Bank, to bring the “benefits” of open banking top-ups to UK SME current accounts. Having launched to market in 2020, Allica has become the challenger bank for established SMEs with “between 5… Read More

 Tagged allica bank, open banking, uk, yapily

April 11, 2025 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank’s Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) division has reportedly formalized over 2,000 transactions in 2024 through its three business areas: Corporate Banking, International Banking and Institutional Banking. In total, it channeled more than “39.5 billion euros of investment, a 20% increase on the previous year.”… Read More

 Tagged CaixaBank, digital banking, europe, sustainable finance

April 10, 2025 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Shopify, a provider of internet infrastructure for commerce, announced the acceleration of their expansion plans. Shopify merchants in Canada with early access can now offer Shop Pay Installments, powered by… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, pay over time, payments, shopify

April 10, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a speech delivered at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Federal Reserve Governor Michael S. Barr highlighted the transformative potential of bank-Fintech relationships in driving the integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into the financial services sector. Barr emphasized that the interplay of… Read More

 Tagged banking, federal reserve, fintech adoption, Gen AI

April 10, 2025 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has partnered with LegalZoom, an online platform for legal services, to optimize its payments processes. With a unified solution, Adyen will streamline LegalZoom’s payment processes which will “reduce complexity and administrative overhead.” Adyen’s… Read More

 Tagged adyen, europe, legalzoom, payments