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December 8, 2025 @ 6:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac data revealed customers are now spending approximately $6.7 billion annually on subscriptions. And according to Westpac research three in ten (31%) Australians admit that they are actually wasting money on seemingly duplicate or mostly unused services. In a so-called Australian banking first, Westpac clients… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 3:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tech Against Scams Coalition (TASC), a collaboration of leading tech companies, announced Scamberry Pie, a holiday initiative focused on helping families and communities start conversations about online scam red flags. The campaign centers on Scamberry Pie, which is described as “a limited-edition cranberry tart… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 1:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds and WaveBL, a blockchain-powered platform intended for digital trade documents, have now reportedly completed a digital Letter of Credit (LC) transaction. The latest transaction, a Documentary Credit in favour of West Yorkshire-based laboratory equipment business, Labtex, was completed by Lloyds and an Indian bank…. Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 12:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26, a digital bank, recently announced a new membership agreement with Wero, the pan-European digital wallet and instant payment solution developed by the European Payment Initiative. This collab marks N26’s commitment to delivering accessible payment options for its clients residing across Europe, beginning with Germany,… Read More

December 7, 2025 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Goobit AB, Sweden’s Bitcoin company and operator of BTCX since 2011, announces a new partnership with BitGo Europe GmbH, the digital asset infrastructure company. The partnership reportedly supports Goobit’s operations by offering infrastructure that aligns with the company’s long-term Bitcoin strategy and commitment to building… Read More

December 7, 2025 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Longer underground channel lifespans are mirrored by sharply higher blocking rates, prompting fraudsters to explore alternatives. Modern digital messengers, like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and various others, are now often being used for illicit activities. Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence has conducted an in-depth monitoring of more… Read More

December 7, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Michael Wong  |  

Turkmenistan has passed a law legalising and regulating digital assets, including licensing for cryptocurrency exchanges and crypto mining companies, a rare policy opening in one of the world’s most closed economies. The state media said President Serdar Berdymukhamedov signed the “Law on Virtual Assets” on… Read More

December 6, 2025 @ 5:02 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research from the British Business Bank, UK Venture Capital Financial Returns 2025, suggests that the UK VC market continues to perform well compared to European and US counterparts. UK VC funds with 2020-2023 vintages generated a pooled total value to paid-in capital (TVPI) multiple… Read More

December 6, 2025 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As it marks five years of operations, Pix has reached almost 170 million users, according to an update from Brazil’s central bank. Transactions alone totaled BRL 11 trillion in 2024, highlighting its significant impact on the South American country’s financial services landscape. In November 2020,… Read More

December 6, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digitalization and geopolitical tensions are now increasingly said to be shaping developments in the payments market, according to an update from Sweden’s Riksbank. Blockchain / distributed ledger technology (DLT) and the tokenization of various assets are now creating both new opportunities and potential risks. The… Read More

December 6, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the electric vehicle tax credit expiring at the end of Sept of this year, the market observed an increase in EV finance transactions in the third quarter of 2025. According to Experian’s (LSE: EXPN) State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q3 2025, EV… Read More

December 6, 2025 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

World ID Credentials, which had been earlier introduced at the “A New World” session that was held in San Francisco, are now supported in more countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the… Read More

December 6, 2025 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance Chief Executive David Postings shared key insights at the Economic Crime Congress 2025. The session included key perspectives from Lord Hanson and have viewpoints shared during sessions involving Marcus Wogart, Rachel Herbert, James Babbage, Mike Regnier, Michelle Haslem and Tracy Paradise. David Postings… Read More

December 6, 2025 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), a digital payments enabler, and Pismo announced a strategic collaboration with Circle Asia Technologies, a credit-led neobank in Southeast Asia, to unlock credit for Vietnam based clients. This will enable Circle to launch an AI-enabled PayLater card aiming to set standards for personalization,… Read More

December 6, 2025 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The AMF in France is reportedly updating its existing doctrine as well as ongoing practice in order to modernise key processes and make launching an IPO in France more appealing. While maintaining a system that addresses investors’ concerns, the AMF said that is is now… Read More

December 5, 2025 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIGR), the blockchain-native capital marketplace for the origination, funding, sale, and trading of onchain loan products and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), announced the launch of the RWA Consortium, a coalition that will expand access to Figure’s onchain loan originations, starting… Read More

December 5, 2025 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announces its intention to obtain a banking license in Brazil. The inclusion of a banking institution within the conglomerate complies with the provisions of Joint Resolution No. 17, which has… Read More

December 5, 2025 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Parliament’s Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has welcomed the passage of a new digital asset property law. The Property (Digital Assets etc) Act received Royal Assent on 2nd December 2025. In brief, the Act means “A thing (including a… Read More

December 5, 2025 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Cloudflare has dropped the ball once again, impacting big sites and platforms with a surprise outage. Cloudflare posted on X: “A change made to how Cloudflare’s Web Application Firewall parses requests impacted the availability of Cloudflare’s network for several minutes today. This was not an… Read More

December 5, 2025 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken is announcing that they are now expanding their trading and investing services in Colombia via the activation of local payment rails. Kraken explained in a blog post that the introduction of COP funding reflects their continued investment in building infrastructure enabling individuals to have… Read More