Global

November 23, 2025 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumers are reporting that they are expecting to rely more heavily on credit cards this season, with 42% naming it their preferred payment method—up from 38% last year. According to TransUnion’s (NYSE: TRU) Q4 2025 U.S. Consumer Pulse study, US consumers remain interested in shopping… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse Group, Societe Generale Group and Societe Generale – FORGE (SG-FORGE) signed an agreement to enable the integration of token-based cash solutions with traditional financial market infrastructure. Deutsche Börse Group is now said to be further driving the adoption of stablecoins for digital European… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky in collaboration with VDC Research have announced recently that during the first three quarters of this year, ransomware attacks on various manufacturing organizations could have generated more than $18 billion in losses. This figure is now said to reflect only the so-called “direct cost”… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Michael Wong  |  

SGX Group and Nasdaq have agreed to build a cross-border “Global Listing Board” that would let large companies list in Singapore and the United States using a more unified process, as the city-state tries to revive a stock market that has struggled to attract high-growth… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announced a partnership with Pingo Doce, the Portuguese multinational food retail group, to support its online store. The partnership marks a key milestone in Pingo Doce’s digital transformation, allowing the group to provide a so-called high performing online shopping… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qantas Business Rewards members doing business overseas now have access to Yield, an investment tool powered by financial and payments platform Airwallex. Yield joins a suite of Qantas Business Money products, offering members with a savings option for their AUD as well as USD account… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by transparent machine learning, announced the opening of its new office in the heart of Madrid, Spain. This marks Akur8’s eighth international office, reinforcing its commitment to serving clients and partners throughout the world. Spain is said… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth-management platform, has recently announced that it secured $650 million in as part of equity funding from its institutional shareholders. This reportedly provides more financial strength in order to support its long-term business plan and its “commitment to delivering enhanced outcomes for… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that its EY Grants Accelerator platform, an AI-enabled platform intended to transform the way governments manage and disburse critical grant funding, has earned FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) Authorization. This reportedly confirms that the solution meets… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 7:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ID-Pal, a provider of AI-enhanced identity verification, announced an update to its document-fraud detection feature, ID-Detect, enabling defenses against digital manipulation generated by AI. This kind of manipulation is reportedly one of the “fastest-growing” threats facing financially regulated enterprises and payments providers. AI-fraud remains a… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Getnet, a payment solutions provider in Latin America and Iberia belonging to the Santander Group, and UnionPay International (UPI), have signed a strategic agreement to expand the acceptance of UnionPay cards in Spain and Portugal. This reinforces both firms’ commitment to delivering a more inclusive… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus, a key player focused on digital asset infrastructure for banks and regulated financial institutions, has recently partnered with Kaiko, a global provider of digital asset market data. Via this latest integration, Kaiko’s pricing and liquidity data will be available on the Taurus platform, giving… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) says that it now stands at the center of the mobility evolution. As the technology company in transit payments, Mastercard clams that it is transforming how individuals travel — making journeys and experiences more frictionless for people throughout the world. Across the… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revio Insight, the Relationship and Growth Intelligence Platform that reveals where clients as well as members are also banking, borrowing, and investing, and Lumio Solutions, the Holistic Risk and Business Intelligence Platform for community FIs, announced a partnership. The collab reportedly enables banks and credit… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 3:21 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Trinidad and Tobago’s parliament passed legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies and the firms that provide related services, according to local reports. The vote, however, came after a chaotic debate in which opposition lawmakers said they were forced to argue over a bill that had been effectively… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro (NASDAQ: ETOR), the trading and investing platform, has expanded its partnership with Moneyfarm to launch a market-leading Cash ISA offering for UK customers.  Until 31 December of this year, eligible eToro UK clients will be able to open a Cash ISA powered by Moneyfarm… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Approximately £2 million pounds in total card chargebacks have been claimed back by Lloyds customers after a reported surge in so-called dodgy websites, according to the most recent data and insights from the banking institution. Lloyds has carefully examined and analysed reports they’ve obtained this… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO) a cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has integrated with Circle Payments Network (CPN), operated by Circle Technology Services, LLC, an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), to enable seamless payouts across emerging markets. Supported by Circle’s… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 10:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Luma Financial Technologies, a platform for structured products, annuities, and life insurance solutions, announced an integration with BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth platform. The integration enables the delivery of enhanced structured product data and analytics to Luma and Aladdin Wealth clients via the Aladdin Wealth platform. Wealth… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 12:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives (PDCA) team announces the close of a £23.3 million senior construction loan for the development of 133 townhouses in Denmark’s Triangle Region. The properties will reportedly be delivered by an experienced local developer with a track record in… Read More