QI Tech, the São Paulo-based financial infrastructure unicorn, has formed a strategic partnership with Bettr, the embedded-finance arm of Ant International, to roll out credit products for small businesses and consumers operating within Brazil’s digital commerce market. The tie-up was announced on 26 June 2026. In its opening phase, the partnership has two distinct products. […]
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Quoreka has appointed Brian Quinn as chief product officer and Dan Romanelli as chief revenue officer, filling both roles through internal promotion as the company pushes to scale its AI-powered energy, commodity trading and risk management platform. Brian Quinn, chief product officer at Quoreka Quinn spent five years leading Quoreka’s global sales organisation before moving […]
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Buy Now Pay Later falls under Financial Conduct Authority oversight for the first time, from 15 July, bringing affordability checks and complaint rights to a market used by around 11 million people. The specialists who submitted comment broadly welcomed the change, though not all agreed it settles the matter. Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) products come […]
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The following is an analysis of the fintech and wider digital landscape of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2026. Few countries have reshaped their financial services sector as quickly as Saudi Arabia. While fintech ecosystems elsewhere have largely evolved through entrepreneurial activity and private investment, Saudi Arabia’s transformation has been orchestrated as part of […]
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AIQ Markets, a New York-based fintech focused on the US corporate bond market, has partnered with electronic fixed-income trading venue MarketAxess to pilot AIQ Insight, an AI-native platform designed for traders and portfolio managers. MarketAxess is the inaugural client for the product, which AIQ Markets describes as its first major deployment. The platform allows fixed-income […]
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Equipal, a UK-based fintech lender focused on business equipment finance, has secured £16.25million from Altum Capital Management in a deal that combines a £1.25million equity injection with a £15million forward-flow facility. The transaction, which closed in June 2026, is intended to fund growth in the UK asset finance market and expand the company’s headcount from […]
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Corporates are faced with a barrage of developments that make it harder to manage expenses successfully. This includes the rise of payment types, changes to working patterns, growth in regulation and demands from the business for faster closing. For many companies, expense controls are now complex and unwieldy. How has this happened? Next week we’ll […]
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The following looks at the fintech and wider digital economic development of the State of Qatar in 2026. Qatar’s fintech ambitions have evolved considerably over the past few years. While the country’s financial sector was once viewed primarily as supporting one of the world’s wealthiest hydrocarbon economies, it is increasingly positioning itself as a regional […]
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In a powerful demonstration of its growing momentum as an international technology and financial nexus, Hong Kong successfully hosted the inaugural LEAP East 2026 this July, drawing a massive crowd of over 35,000 global innovators. Held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 8 to 10, the three-day summit marked a historic […]
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Trump Accounts and the Start of a New Savings Habit On 4 July, the U.S. government did something no previous administration had done it opened millions of investment accounts for children who can’t yet spell “investment”. Trump Accounts, officially known as 530A accounts, launched on the nation’s 250th birthday. Every U.S. citizen child born between […]
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