May 24, 2025 @ 6:11 pm By Michael Wong  |  

India has established a new Payments Regulatory Board (PRB), a significant move that restructures the oversight of the country’s rapidly expanding digital payments ecosystem. The formation of the PRB under the Payments Regulatory Board Regulations, 2025, reflects a hybrid model of governance between the Reserve… Read More

 Tagged india, payments, Payments Regulatory Board

May 24, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Pakistan’s financial markets regulator has banned 141 fraudulent digital loan applications as part of an intensified crackdown on online financial scams, according to 24NewsHD. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) said the platforms were offering interest-free loans via Facebook and other social media… Read More

 Tagged digital lending, Digital Loan, pakistan

May 24, 2025 @ 2:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

 Tagged affirm, bnpl, kayak, pay over time, travel

May 24, 2025 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

 Tagged accenture, banking, finland, insurance, op financial group

May 24, 2025 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

 Tagged areeba, digital banking, foo, infrastructure, payments

May 24, 2025 @ 12:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

 Tagged alpaca, digital technology, infrastructure, trading

May 24, 2025 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

 Tagged bnp paribas asset management, dlt, money market funds, tokenization

May 24, 2025 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FINCA, a global enabler of inclusive finance, has partnered with Thought Machine, the banking technology company, to launch “361 by FINCA”, 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

 Tagged finance, financial inclusion, finca, thought machine

May 24, 2025 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Colombia, part of Nubank (NYSE: NU), presents “Cajitas para mi gente” 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

 Tagged banking, brazil, bubank, digital bank, latam, nu colombia, nu mexico

May 23, 2025 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

 Tagged euroclear, europe, london stock exchange group, lseg