March 14, 2026 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom experienced a sharp escalation in fraudulent activity throughout 2025, with organizations submitting a total of 444,993 risk alerts to the National Fraud Database operated by Cifas. This total represents the largest volume ever documented in any single year and reflects a 6%… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 4:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance, a key subsidiary of Swiss Post, is reinforcing its market position through steady financial performance, structural enhancements, and expanded digital asset offerings amid evolving customer demands and economic pressures. In its annual results, Swiss Post Group delivered a resilient operating profit of 332 million… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 4:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) adoption continues to grow rapidly, with 37% of consumers in the United States making a purchase using this method in the past 90 days. That is a five-percentage-point increase in just one year. According to the JD Power 2026 U.S…. Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 4:39 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed lifting a moratorium on new online lending platforms, reopening the market to new digital lenders while imposing tougher capital, disclosure, and consumer-protection rules on financing and lending companies. The draft circular, published for comment on March… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taxbit has shared that the European Commission has issued a clear interpretation of the DAC8 directive, emphasizing that tax reporting requirements for digital assets extend to every user residing in the European Union. Taxbit also indicated that this update, detailed on the Commission’s official DAC8… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intesa Sanpaolo’s IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division has joined a syndicate of banks and financial institutions to provide a €134.5 million secured credit facility to BolognaFiere S.p.A. The company, listed on the Professional segment of Euronext Growth Milan, stands as a global enabler of … Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On March 5, 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren sharply rebuked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following its agreement to wind down enforcement actions against cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun and several entities linked to the Tron blockchain. As the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee,… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 10:33 am By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore-based MetaComp has completed a Pre-A+ funding round backed by Alibaba, taking the fintech group’s total capital raised to $35 million across two rounds in three months, as it pushes to expand a platform that combines stablecoin payments with tokenised and traditional wealth products. MetaComp… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 8:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Onbe, a corporate disbursements platform, this week released findings of the Spring 2026 Patient Refund Survey, revealing strong patient preference for digital refunds.  According to Onbe’s research, 83% of respondents stated that faster digital payments would improve satisfaction with their healthcare provider, a 13% increase from… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY (NYSE: BK), the global financial services provider, has been chosen to lead an overhaul of the operating framework at Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI). Recognized worldwide as one of the premier active asset managers, AllianzGI is partnering with BNY to streamline and strengthen its core investment… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom’s economy has opened 2026 on shaky ground, with fresh official statistics revealing no expansion in gross domestic product during January. In response, senior analysts at KPMG UK have issued a sobering assessment, highlighting how surging energy costs and shifting financial conditions are… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 6:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kalshi and Polymarket, which are now the two leading prediction market platforms, are independently exploring fresh capital raises that could push their valuations close to $20 billion each, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. The discussions, still said to be in their earliest… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 2:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group is gearing up for a technological transformation aimed at establishing itself as Britain’s foremost fintech innovator. Leaked internal strategy papers outline an aggressive push to slash expenses while unlocking new income sources, marking a significant shift for the traditional high-street lender that… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 2:45 am By Michael Wong  |  

Global enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) accelerated sharply in 2025, with full implementation rising 282% from a year earlier as companies moved beyond pilot programs and began deploying the technology more broadly across their operations, according to Salesforce’s second annual Chief Information Officer study…. Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 1:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move that aims to reshape how financial professionals interact with market information, OpenAI has embedded Alpaca Markets’ data capabilities into ChatGPT. Announced recently this month, the integration allows users to retrieve real-time and historical market insights using everyday language, eliminating the traditional friction… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 8:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ncontracts, a provider of integrated compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions to the financial services industry, recently released the 2026 State of Third-Party Risk Management Survey. It reveals that for the first time, financial institutions rank AI risk on par with cybersecurity as their top… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant legal development for the cryptocurrency sector, a U.S. federal judge has thrown out a high-profile civil suit accusing Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange of enabling terrorist activities. The ruling, however, leaves room for the accusers to return with more targeted… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has indicated that British high street banks extended more support to small and medium-sized enterprises last year, with total new lending climbing to £17.5 billion in 2025 from £16.1 billion in 2024. The latest figures from UK Finance show this marks the second… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has announced a surge in digital activity among its clients, fueled by advanced artificial intelligence, streamlined payment systems, and customized financial planning resources. In 2025, clients engaged with the bank roughly 30 billion times through app logins and automated notifications… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has noted that in a significant escalation of efforts to curb illicit funding for weapons programs, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed fresh sanctions on individuals and companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes that rely heavily on… Read More