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 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, a direct-to-consumer home insurance provider, has launched financing services in the US state of Florida. This marks Kin’s entry into home financing, providing a suite of solutions including mortgage loans, home equity loans, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), as well as refinancing. Florida… 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 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyHash, the payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, has partnered with Tabby, the Saudi Arabia–headquartered financial services app. This collab offers merchants seamless access to flexible Tabby payments across the UAE and KSA via MoneyHash’s unified API. Businesses are now able to activate… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tamara recently announced that it has officially received a restricted finance license from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). As a financial technology platform operating across the United Arab Emirates, Tamara claims that it has cemented its position as a key financial partner. Achieving… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by machine learning, recently announced the launch of Rate Repo and Deploy, two additions to the platform that aim to expand the capabilities of its pricing suite and reinforce its position as the insurance industry’s actuarial platform…. Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Kadena organization said that it is no longer able to continue business operations and will be “ceasing all business activity” as well as any active maintenance of the Kadena blockchain with immediate effect. The Kadena organization said they are winding down operations because of… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Hockey League (NHL) has forged multi-year US focused partnerships with prediction platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, designating both as official prediction market partners. Announced recently, this marks the first such collaboration between a major American professional sports league and these innovative firms, signaling a… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 1:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

FalconX, an institutional digital asset prime brokerage, said on Wednesday it has agreed to acquire 21shares, the world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs), in a deal that underscores the growing convergence between digital assets and mainstream finance. The acquisition unites FalconX’s prime brokerage… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 1:08 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Canada’s anti-money laundering regulator has imposed a record administrative monetary penalty of C$176.96 million ($130 million) on Xeltox Enterprises Ltd., the operator of cryptocurrency platform Cryptomus, for “egregious and systemic” violations of the country’s financial crime laws. The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of… 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 @ 10:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk has launched a new service called Link & Control. This  services aims to allow users to link their bank-issued corporate cards to the platform and add real-time spend controls to the business credit cards they use. This update comes as Payhawk doubles down on… 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

October 22, 2025 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Openbank and Santander Consumer Finance announced that they will integrate in Europe, expanding their range  of products and services to customers. Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) noted that it will merge Openbank and Santander Consumer Finance (SCF) into a single legal entity and will gradually operate its… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Bricklayer AI has raised $5 million in seed financing, according to a company statement. Bricklayer AI is an agentic cybersecurity platform that aims to enable teams of AI agents that work like security analysts, automating actions from alert triage to incident response and working together… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Volatility is heating up across Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as markets deal with fears of a renewed U.S.-China trade war as well as a potentially bursting AI bubble. Derive.xyz noted that the 30-day implied volatility for BTC has surged to 45%, up considerably from… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In yet another powerful reminder of China’s unyielding control over financial tech innovation, two of its technology firms—Alibaba (NYSE:BABA)-affiliated Ant Group and online retail behemoth JD.com—have abruptly suspended their plans to launch stablecoins in Hong Kong. This development, revealed over the weekend, underscores Beijing’s deepening… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut, which enables a global fintech platform with over 65 million retail customers today announced it has received final authorisation from the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV), with approval of the Bank of Mexico, to commence operations as a Multiple Banking Institution… Read More