The FCA’s independent review into the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on retail financial services, published on 6 July, looks out to 2030 and sets seven recommendations for the regulator. The specialists who responded welcomed its direction, while pressing on the regulatory perimeter, on accountability as AI begins to act on its own, and on […]
Explore MoreUniversiapolis, the Université Internationale d’Agadir, has formalised an educational partnership with Bahia Education Services, the MENA-region licensed provider of Earn2Trade products, to integrate structured proprietary trading content into the fifth year of the university’s accredited Master’s programme in Financial Engineering and Trading. The deal was announced on 7 July 2026. Under the arrangement, Earn2Trade holds […]
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Redwood Bank has appointed Chris Butler as regional development manager, with a remit to build broker relationships across the North-East and Yorkshire as the Letchworth and Warrington-based lender pursues its 2026 lending expansion. Chris Butler, regional development manager at Redwood Bank Butler joins from Yorkshire Building Society, where he worked in the intermediary market, and […]
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The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) used Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam to mount a coordinated pitch for Italy as a fintech investment destination, bringing together a delegation of regulators, industry associations and startups to present a unified case to the global financial technology community. Marco Cito, head of the FDI attraction office at the ITA The […]
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The following is an analysis of the fintech, digital and wider economic development of the North Macedonia in 2026. Unlike many of Europe’s larger fintech markets, North Macedonia’s digital finance story is not defined by unicorns or billion-dollar investment rounds. Instead, it is about modernising financial services as part of a broader effort to strengthen […]
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Global consumer-to-business digital payment volume is on course to approach $83.9trillion by 2030, growing at a compound annual rate of 8.2%, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence‘s 2026 Consumer Digital Payments Market Monitor and Forecast. The research, produced by the firm’s fintech practice, combines bottom-up market sizing with processor revenue analysis and arrives at a […]
Explore MoreSCRYPT, the Swiss-licensed institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, has integrated BENJI, the tokenised share class of Franklin Templeton‘s Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), into its own treasury operations. The deployment went live on 25 June 2026 and gives SCRYPT continuous, on-chain access to a yield-bearing instrument issued by one of the world’s largest […]
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The following is an overview of the fintech ecosystem and its relation to wider economic development of the Caribbean nation of Jamaica in 2026. Money is constantly moving through Jamaica. Every year, millions of tourists arrive on the island. Jamaicans living overseas send billions of dollars home to their families. Local businesses trade with partners […]
Explore MoreRaqami Islamic Digital Bank Limited has received a Digital Retail Banking Licence from the State Bank of Pakistan, clearing the way for full commercial operations. The licence was conferred at a ceremony held at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad on 20 May 2026, attended by Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, making the occasion […]
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Zenith, an Ethereum-compatible infrastructure layer built on Canton Network, has joined Progmat‘s Tokenised JGB / On-chain Repo Working Group, a consortium of Japanese and international financial institutions studying how blockchain technology could be applied to Japan’s government bond repo market. The group kicked off in May 2026 and is targeting a comprehensive report for October, […]
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