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October 24, 2025 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank announced that it co-invested more than £250 million into the UK’s scale-up firms. This latest capital injection has been channeled into 33 UK tech and life science firms, more than half of which are described as being university spinouts. These firms… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clay, an AI-powered credit and debit-as-a-service company, selected bank payment Fintech GoCardless in order to simplify its payments.  Clay now uses GoCardless to unify its payment process onto a scalable platform, leveraging GoCardless’ Direct Debit capability to collect repayments and Outbound Payments, the fintech’s disbursement… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

More than £600 million has reportedly been stolen by fraudsters in first half of 2025. UK Finance releases its half year fraud report, detailing the amount its members reported as stolen through payment fraud and scams in the first half of 2025. Criminals stole £629.3… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 2:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com announced it has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Travel Wallet, a South Korean fintech company specializing in digital payments and currency exchange for global travelers. As part of the partnership, Travel Wallet, which enables users to hold, exchange, and spend more… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 1:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Younger investors residing in Australia are said to now be increasingly allocating a greater portion of their existing investments to high-yield cash accounts amid rising market volatility. Between 2023 and 2025, investor allocations to term deposits and high-yield savings rose from 9 per cent to… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has recently announced an expansion of its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver transformative digital services to public sector, defense and national security organizations. Via the Accenture AWS Business Group, the firms will now collaborate to create solutions that use… Read More

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 @ 6:37 pm By Michael Wong  |  

South Africa-based Bitget Wallet launched the Bitget Wallet Card in selected Asia-Pacific markets, including Malaysia, expanding the crypto firm’s payments reach in a region it says is the world’s fastest-growing for digital assets. The self-custodial card connects users’ crypto balances to Mastercard’s network of more… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain.com revealed today that it had been approved under the European Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regime to offer services across Europe. The company pursued the license via the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). Blockchain.com is based in London but also has offices in Miami,… 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 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Popular prediction marketplace Kalshi has partnered with RedStone to bring Kalshi’s platform on-chain for over 110 networks, according to a company release. RedStone is a blockchain oracle delivering price feeds for DeFi assets, including tokenized assets. The company reports securing over $8.5 billion in claiming… 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 @ 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 @ 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 @ 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