Global

November 28, 2025 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dune Analytics noted that 2025 was a solid year for the multichain vision and overall strategy. In an extensive new report, Dune Analytics has leaned into this developing reality by reportedly onboarding more than 40 new networks and “expanding support to over 100 chains across… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockrise, a Dutch Bitcoin (BTC) focused startup, has been permitted to continue its financial services in the Netherlands and expand to the rest of Europe. The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) granted Blockrise its license under the new European MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus SA, a provider of digital asset infrastructure for banks and financial institutions, announced that it now provides custody support for the Canton Token Standard. The firm has also teamed up the Canton Network as a Super Validator, becoming a participant in governing the Global… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 6:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investec Alternative Investment Management (IAIM), a subsidiary of Investec Bank plc, and Carlyle AlpInvest, a global private markets manager, announced the launch of Investec’s European senior debt fund, Investec Senior Debt Fund I (SDF I), a private credit fund with “approximately €400m of investable capital… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 6:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander México has completed a major breakthrough in the digital transformation of Mexico’s banking sector by becoming the first systemic bank to migrate the entirety of its technology infrastructure to Gravity, its global, cloud-based platform, to enhance customer experience with “faster flows and new… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 6:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The online bank N26 says that it continues to expand its product portfolio and grow in the realm of credit. The European digital bank has recently announced the launch of personal loans for customers in Spain, a consumer credit solution available from “1,000 to 15,000 euros… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 5:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In line and consistent with its vision to collaborate with global investment managers to diversify its global platform and provide investment solutions to clients in Kuwait, Gulf Capital Investment Company KSCC “InvestGB”, the investment arm of Gulf Bank, has entered into a partnership with Arrow… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 4:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Julius Baer announces its expansion into Abu Dhabi with the establishment of an Advisory Office that is based in ADGM, currently being subject to final regulatory approvals. The new legal entity, Julius Baer (Abu Dhabi) Ltd., will aim to cater to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs), family offices,… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 12:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BioCatch, which reportedly aims to prevent financial crime by recognizing patterns in human behavior, announced an upgrade to its digital fraud- and financial crime-detection platform. BioCatch Connect 2.0 now features BioCatch Align, a singular SDK that unifies signal collection (behavior, device, network, transactional, and application),… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zodia Custody, which claims to be the so-called “institution-first” digital assets platform backed by Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD, have announced an expansion of its partnership with Deribit by Coinbase, the world’s digital assets options exchange. Deribit now… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 1:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sumsub released its latest Identity Fraud Report, analyzing verification checks and fraud attempts between 2024–2025. The study blends global and regional dynamics from internal data with findings from Sumsub’s Fraud Exposure Survey 2025, featuring responses from “300+ risk professionals and 1,200+ end users.” In 2024,… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 12:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, has found that shifting only 10% of spending from bigger to smaller businesses could potentially mean $11 billion more in the hands of small businesses. Xero economists have analyzed 2024 New Zealand household consumption data and “excluded spending unlikely… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KuCoin, a global cryptocurrency platform, has recently announced that its crypto payment arm, KuCoin Pay, has officially integrated with Pix. This latest move now aims to enable millions of Brazilian consumers to more easily convert and spend more than 50 different cryptocurrencies at nearly any… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ahead of the busiest retail weeks of the year, including Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Christmas shopping period, Bank of Ireland is advising consumers to “remain vigilant” of purchase scams. Recent analysis by Bank of Ireland’s Fraud team revealed that purchase scam cases rose… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced an expansion of its regulatory technology partnership with global Fintech Revolut. The partnership centers on the deployment of Nasdaq AxiomSL, which is described as a regulatory reporting and risk platform used by global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) to comply with “domestic… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Schroders Capital, the private markets business of Schroders, announces the appointment of Sophie Florentin-Siu as Business Development Director UK, as part of the expansion of its team of private markets specialists. In this new role, Sophie will aim to focus on Schroders Capital’s Private Debt… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse Group and AllUnity, a joint venture between DWS, Flow Traders, and Galaxy,and aregulated e-money institute, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The collab now aims to integrate AllUnity’s regulated euro-backed stablecoin offering into Deutsche Börse Group’s infrastructure. As part of the cooperation, EURAU,… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX announces Leverage Shares Limited as the latest issuer of Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) with crypto-assets as underlying. Leverage Shares is listing triple-leveraged long and short ETPs on Bitcoin and Ethereum. These products represent crypto ETPs that are now listed on a primary exchange and increase… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iFood and Nubank (NYSE: NU) are announcing a partnership in order to offer certain benefits to customers who pay with the Nubank credit card or via NuPay on the iFood app. Beginning on Nov 18, users will be able to take advantage of the offer… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, has recently announced plans to launch futures and options on the new Cboe Magnificent 10 Index on Dec 8, 2025, subject to regulatory review. The Cboe Magnificent 10 Index, which had reportedly launched… Read More