Global

December 22, 2025 @ 2:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Central Bank of Ireland has released its fourth and final Quarterly Bulletin of 2025. Robert Kelly, Director of Economics and Statistics has said that despite the challenges the Irish economy has faced in 2025, it has seemingly shown resilience. Kelly added that the overall… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 1:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo has secured a full banking license from Ireland’s Central Bank and the European Central Bank, marking a step toward broader operations in the European Union. The latest approval positions Monzo as the digital-only bank to obtain this type of authorization in… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

10x Banking, the cloud-native core banking platform, has partnered with audax Financial Technology, a digital banking technology solutions provider supported by Standard Chartered, to transform how banks in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East scale “digital offerings and modernise their core banking services.” Research… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has reflected on what it described as a defining year for United Kingdom’s payments infrastructure ecosystem. Looking back over 2025, the team at UK Finance said that it is clear to them that this has been one of the most significant years for… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lumera, an insurtech company dedicated to the digital transformation of the European Life and Pensions industry, entered into an agreement to acquire Acuity, a consultancy firm serving the UK market, specializing in pensions and workforce reforms for public sector pension schemes. The firm reportedly has… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys has shared an update that reflects on the steady progress made this year as far as Ethereum development and crypto adoption are concerned. ConsenSys noted that on July 30, 2025, Ethereum had marked ten years since its genesis block: a decade of operating “essentially… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MegaETH, the so-called “performance-first” EVM blockchain now said to be delivering “millisecond-level” responsiveness, has reportedly been integrated on Dune. Blockchain and web3 developers, crypto analysts, and digital assets researchers can now explore MegaETH’s core network activity, diverse app ecosystem, as well as real-time execution behavior… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto sector faced yet another challenging year in 2025, with stolen funds continuing their upward trajectory, according to an update from Chainalysis which noted that their close examinations reveals a significant shift in crypto theft patterns, characterized by several key developments: the persistence of… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut was involved in a number of key activities this week, spanning partnerships, internal disputes, and strategic expansions in financial services. The Fintech company had reportedly engaged in recent preliminary discussions with Blackstone, the global asset manager, about a potential collaboration in wealth… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at MetaMask recently noted that 2025 has been a fairly positive year for crypto. They have seen transformative shifts in the regulatory environment, broader institutional adoption and digital asset treasuries, along with steadily expanding consumer offerings as well as considerable activity center around… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 2:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights noted that the ongoing race to build various foundation models has evolved into battles across different agent platforms, infrastructure layers, and vertical apps. CB Insights also mentioned that 2025 saw the emergence of 1,000+ agentic AI offerings promising the so-called next evolution of… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 1:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Eurozone economy is expected to grow by 1.3% this year, followed by 1.1% in 2026, according to KPMG’s latest European Economic Outlook. Eurozone fiscal policy is anticipated to be broadly neutral in 2026 “as consolidation efforts in many countries offset increased public spending on… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is launching a new product suite called Custom Stablecoins, which will be allowing businesses to create a custom stablecoin that is to be “fully backed 1:1 by flexible collateral (including USDC),” all custodied by Coinbase, offering “security and rewards without sacrificing interoperability and… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 3:15 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Sweden’s development finance institution Swedfund has agreed to lend up to $20 million to Vietnamese non-bank lender EVF General Finance JSC (EVF) to expand credit to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, with a sizable portion of the funding earmarked for climate-related projects and women-owned businesses…. Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinJar, one of the world’s cryptocurrency exchanges, announced its expansion into the US, building on its operations in Australia, the UK and Ireland, and marking a key milestone in the company’s growth. The U.S. launch sees CoinJar operate within federal and state regulatory frameworks. As… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aspire, the Singapore-headquartered global fintech, announced it has secured its Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license, laying the foundation for its Dutch operations, and entry into the European Union. The approval marks a key milestone in Aspire’s expansion, unlocking pan-European coverage for clients and “enabling the… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG and Citi announced a multi‑year strategic partnership to deploy LSEG’s data, analytics and workflow solutions at enterprise scale. The partnership strengthens Citi’s data foundations, supports its broader modernisation efforts and enhances the quality and speed of client delivery. Under the multi-year agreement, LSEG’s data… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plata, the Mexican financial technology company, has reportedly secured  financing of up to $500 million arranged by Nomura Securities International, Inc. The transaction also sets a precedent: it marks the first time a Japanese investment bank participates in a financing of this scale within Mexico’s… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 3:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and LoanPro announced a new strategic partnership to launch Loan on Card, a solution designed to enable lenders to deliver loans to approved consumer and small business borrowers through virtual and physical card-based experiences. Set to launch in 2026, Loan on Card… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 3:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DHIL), a boutique investment management firm with a long-term, valuation-disciplined approach across multiple asset classes, and First Eagle Investments, a privately owned, “fundamentally driven” investment management firm, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which First… Read More