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RAKBANK Posts Record H1 2026 Profit on NIM Strength and Asset Sale

RAKBANK (Ras Al Khaimah National Bank) has reported what it described as record first-half profitability for 2026, driven by a sector-leading net interest margin, a strengthening deposit base and a one-off AED 473 million gain from the disposal of its merchant payment acceptance business. The bank did not disclose an absolute net profit figure in […]

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admin comments (0) August 10, 2026

AFC Urges Oregon to Rethink BNPL Licensing Under Payday Rules

The American Fintech Council (AFC) has submitted a formal comment letter to Oregon’s Division of Financial Regulation, pushing back against a proposed bulletin that would bring buy-now-pay-later products under the state’s existing payday lending and consumer finance licensing framework. The AFC argues the approach conflates two fundamentally different credit structures and calls for a bespoke […]

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admin comments (0) August 10, 2026

PayPal Board Calls Stripe and Advent’s $53bn Bid Inadequate

Stripe and the private equity firm Advent International have offered 60.50 dollars a share for PayPal, valuing it at more than 53bn dollars. PayPal’s board is reported to consider the price inadequate. The payments specialists who submitted comment were largely drawn to what a combined business could build, and each of them stopped at the […]

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admin comments (0) August 10, 2026

Advice Tells you What to Buy, Guidance Tells you Where you are: Delphina’s Syd Lawrence on the Gap in UK Financial Help

The UK has plenty of free financial information at one end and regulated advice for the wealthy at the other, with a large gap in between where most households sit. That gap is where a wave of financial-guidance apps is trying to build. Syd Lawrence founded Delphina Syd Lawrence founded Delphina, a personal financial clarity […]

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admin comments (0) August 10, 2026

RSM UK Welcomes AI Adoption Plan as Consumers Seek AI Financial Advice

The UK government’s Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, published in July 2026, has drawn a measured welcome from RSM UK, the audit and consulting firm, which says the guidance arrives at a critical moment as consumers increasingly turn to AI tools for financial guidance, often without understanding the protections available when things go wrong. Erin […]

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admin comments (0) August 10, 2026

Tajikistan: Can Fintech Digitalise a Remittance Economy?

The following showcases the 2026 developments of fintech and wider digital of Central Asian nation of Tajikistan. Tajikistan’s financial story has traditionally begun somewhere else. For many households, income is earned abroad-often in Russia-before being sent home to support relatives, pay bills and finance everyday consumption. Remittances have therefore long acted as an informal social […]

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admin comments (0) August 10, 2026

Pine Labs Posts 20% Revenue Rise as PAT Quadruples in Q1 FY27

Pine Labs has reported revenue of ₹737 crore for Q1 FY27, a 20% year-on-year increase, with profit after tax rising fourfold to ₹20 crore from ₹5 crore in the same period last year. Profit before tax swung from a ₹5 crore loss to ₹38 crore. Contribution margin held at 72.3%, while adjusted EBITDA reached ₹126 […]

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admin comments (0) August 9, 2026

Wizlo Selects Gr4vy for Processor-Independent Payment Orchestration

Wizlo, a US-based operating system for telehealth companies, has selected Gr4vy as its payment orchestration provider, replacing a model in which each new processor required a separate direct integration. The arrangement gives Wizlo access to multiple payment providers, including Stripe, Adyen, Authorize.Net and Google Pay, through a single connection point, alongside processor-independent tokenisation that keeps […]

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admin comments (0) August 9, 2026

Ctrl Alt Wins MiFID Authorisation from Central Bank of Ireland

Ctrl Alt Technologies has received MiFID II authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), allowing the firm to conduct regulated investment services and securities business in Ireland and, through passporting, across the full European Economic Area. The licence was confirmed on 21 July 2026. The authorisation is the third major regulatory milestone for the […]

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admin comments (0) August 9, 2026

San Marino: Can a Microstate Reinvent Itself Through Fintech?

The following showcases the 2026 developments of fintech and wider digital landscape of San Marino. For most countries, fintech is about making finance faster. For San Marino, it is about making the country more competitive. Surrounded entirely by Italy and covering just 61 square kilometres, the world’s fifth-smallest state has spent much of the past […]

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