With the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) transitional period set to expire on July 1, the stakes for European crypto-asset service providers have never been higher. To navigate this shifting landscape, Vienna-headquartered KuCoin EU is aggressively staffing up its compliance department with financial veterans and former regulators who helped write the rules. Under the stringent […]
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Banking technology provider Temenos is widening the cloud deployment options for its banking software, adding digital banking and payments to its SaaS offering on Amazon Web Services (AWS) while extending its work with First Abu Dhabi Bank in Saudi Arabia. Banks can now access a wider range of Temenos software as SaaS on AWS, with […]
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NatWest has successfully completed its first remortgage transaction on the PEXA platform, finalizing the process within just two working days of the mortgage offer. This rapid turnaround provides clear evidence of the benefits of digitisation and automation in the UK’s remortgage process. The transaction is dramatically faster than the typical UK remortgage timeline, which normally […]
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What has been the wider digital and fintech ecosystem like in the African nation of Mauritania? Mauritania, a vast and sparsely populated West African nation stretching from the Atlantic coast into the Sahara, has historically been defined by its natural resources and geographic scale rather than digital dynamism. The country’s fintech ecosystem in 2024 was […]
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Paystand has officially unveiled USDb, a new stablecoin purpose-built for enterprise financial operations, during the Bitcoin Las Vegas event. Jeremy Almond, CEO of Paystand Unlike existing stablecoins—which currently dominate 90 per cent of the market and primarily target crypto trading or retail transfers—USDb is engineered as a commercial-grade settlement layer for the $100trillion B2B economy. […]
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Mortgage technology provider Mortgage Brain has officially launched its first-ever AI Charter. The formal framework sets out strict standards for how artificial intelligence should be built, governed, and responsibly deployed within the highly regulated mortgage sector. Zahid Bilgrami, Mortgage Brain CEO Created by Mortgage Brain CEO Zahid Bilgrami, the charter acts as a direct response […]
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MoneyGram and Stellar are celebrating five years of collaboration with a major expansion of their stablecoin offerings across the Latin American (LATAM) region. The strategic move introduces stablecoin-backed remittance receiver features to new markets, including El Salvador. By rolling out these capabilities, the companies aim to provide millions of new customers with direct access to […]
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As global digital asset firms continue to flock to Dubai, one homegrown platform is proving that regional players can successfully scale from within. Bahrain-based ARP Digital, a regulated digital capital infrastructure platform, has officially received in-principle approval from VARA to provide broker-dealer services in Dubai. The expansion comes at a time of explosive growth for […]
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Finova, one of the UK’s leading providers of cloud-based mortgage, savings, and lending software, has opened of a new office in Manchester. The launch of the new hub has created over 50 new jobs, with over half of the positions already filled and active recruitment underway to complete hiring over the coming months. The strategic […]
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What has been the wider digital and fintech ecosystem like in the African nation of Mali? Mali, a landlocked West African nation shaped by centuries of trade across the Sahara, has long balanced economic fragility with cultural and commercial resilience. The fintech ecosystem has remained nascent compared to other parts of Africa. This has been […]
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