Malaysia’s Louis Limited launches an AI-powered platform merging trading psychology, behavioral analytics, and real-time emotion tracking.
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OpenAI’s $38B, seven-year partnership with AWS secures massive compute capacity, reshaping AI infrastructure and cloud competition.
A rare split inside the Federal Reserve exposes widening disagreements on rates and challenges Jerome Powell’s leadership amid economic uncertainty.
The CFPB’s open banking rule faces a federal injunction. Here’s what the pause means for fintechs, banks, and consumers — and how the next phase could redefine financial data rights.
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A federal judge has halted the CFPB’s open banking rule, delaying U.S. data-sharing reforms as regulators prepare a revised version.
Fiserv shares fell over 40% after missing profit targets, cutting forecasts, and announcing major leadership changes amid slowing fintech growth.
Fintech startup ZAR secures $12.9M led by a16z to expand access to dollar-backed stablecoins for Pakistan’s unbanked through local kiosks and remittance agents.
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ClearBank joins Circle’s blockchain network to enhance cross-border payments and expand access to MiCA-compliant stablecoins across Europe.
The Central Bank of Nigeria hosted a fintech roundtable at the IMF–World Bank Meetings to refine policy and strengthen digital finance stability.
San Francisco-based fintech Paygentic raises $2 million in seed funding to develop billing and payments infrastructure for AI-native platforms.
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Mercurity Fintech presented its Digital Asset Treasury framework at EBC11, highlighting institutional adoption of tokenized treasury solutions.
BlackRock is prioritizing tokenized ETFs as it builds technology to bring on-chain assets to mainstream finance, awaiting clearer regulation.
Egyptian fintech Money Fellows exceeds $1.5 billion in transactions and 8 million users as it digitizes community savings under central bank supervision.
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Tanzania leading continental efforts to promote clean cooking with President Suluhu Hassan as ambassador
Regulatory clarity and strategic pressure are driving banks in the U.S. and Europe to issue stablecoins, reshaping digital payments and finance.
U.S. authorities have seized $15 billion in bitcoin tied to a Cambodian executive accused of running a global forced-labor cryptocurrency fraud network.
HSBC and Juspay have joined forces to build a full-stack acquiring platform for digital merchants, unifying payments, processing, and orchestration in one system.
Klarna is entering the UK retail banking market with a Visa-backed debit card and digital wallet, following new FCA authorization for e-money services.
S&P Global has agreed to acquire private markets data firm With Intelligence for $1.8 billion, expanding its analytics reach in alternative assets.
Fintech firm Upgrade secures $165 million at a $7.3 billion valuation, signaling renewed investor confidence and possible IPO plans within 18 months.
MQube has tokenized £1.3bn in mortgage debt on a blockchain platform—Europe’s first move of its kind—opening a path to digital transfer and securitization.