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 […]
Explore MoreIn 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 […]
Explore MoreTrump 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 […]
Explore MoreAfternoon, an AI-powered operating model designed to automate the financial advice process, has won AdviceTech Catwalk 2026, the annual early-stage showcase run by Scottish financial services consultancy the lang cat. The result was decided by a margin of two votes from an audience of practising financial advisers. The company competed against four other early-stage propositions: […]
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How Taranis Capital is pairing proven financial technology from developed and developing markets with the Kingdom’s digital transformation Financial technology does not grow at the same speed everywhere. A payments platform that fought for a decade to win market share in Europe can find its model adopted in eighteen months in a market that skipped […]
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The following gives a fintech and wider digital economic development overview of the Philippines in 2026. For decades, the Philippines has been one of the world’s largest recipients of remittances, with millions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) supporting families and communities back home. Those cross-border payments are far more than an economic indicator-they fund education, […]
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SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) has appointed Matt Provencher as global head of enterprise professional services, a newly created position the Pennsylvania-based company says is designed to scale its professional services capability across global markets. Provencher will report to Sanjay Sharma, CEO of SEI International and global head of private banking and wealth management. Matt Provencher as […]
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PayPoint has completed the acquisition of AperiData, a real-time credit reference agency and Open Banking platform, following an initial £1million minority investment in 2024. The deal, announced on 24 June 2026, brings AperiData fully into the PayPoint Group and marks a meaningful expansion of the listed company’s Digital Payments and Open Banking business unit. Simon […]
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The following is an analysis of the fintech, digital and wider economic development of the European nation of Montenegro in 2026. Montenegro is not a fintech market that can be understood through scale. Its population is small. Its startup ecosystem is still developing. Its banking sector is compact. It does not have the domestic depth […]
Explore MoreTalos, the institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, has published research examining how the structure of a tokenized equity instrument determines its legal standing, liquidity profile and trading behaviour, a distinction it argues is now more important than whether a stock is available onchain at all. The analysis, released as part of Talos’s weekly State of […]
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