The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) closed the first half of 2026 with a market capitalisation of 2.8 trillion dirhams, as the exchange pressed ahead with infrastructure upgrades, new international partnerships and a drive to broaden the investor base across borders and asset classes. Trading value reached 171 billion dirhams over the period, with total […]
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Lightspark has launched a Visa card programme that holds account balances in stablecoins natively and converts to local fiat at the moment of purchase, with settlement handled entirely in USDC. The programme is issued by Lead Bank and processed by Lithic, the card issuer processing platform used by a range of high-growth technology companies. The […]
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The American Fintech Council (AFC) has submitted a formal letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation urging it to adopt a coordinated, risk-based framework for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance as it implements the GENIUS Act’s rules for payment stablecoin issuers. The letter, dated 5 August 2026, responds to the FDIC’s Notice of Proposed […]
Explore MoreVolatility. Speculation. Technical complexity. For years, these were the topics that would come up first when discussing cryptocurrency. However, there’s one characteristic increasingly separating serious blockchain projects from everything else: transparency. As the industry matures, investors and users alike are paying closer attention to how platforms operate. They’re assessing how transactions are verified and whether […]
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Nephos Group, a UK-founded accountancy consultancy with a specialist digital asset practice, has been appointed as the proof of reserves attestation partner for Agant, the issuer of the GBPA pound sterling stablecoin. Under the arrangement, Nephos will deliver independent ISAE 3000 attestation services to verify that GBPA remains fully reserved on a one-to-one basis against […]
Explore MoreDubai South Business Hub Free Zone (DSBH) has signed a partnership with Sony Middle East and Africa FZE, giving the free zone’s resident startups, SMEs and growing businesses access to Sony’s consumer and professional imaging and audio equipment on preferential commercial terms, alongside a programme of workshops and masterclasses. The agreement was formalised at a […]
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Belize Bank Limited (BBL) has signed a six-year agreement with Amsterdam-based Backbase to deploy the vendor’s AI-Native Banking OS across its retail and business banking operations. The deal is positioned as the largest banking modernisation in Belize to date, covering a client base of more than 100,000 and an institution that holds roughly 43% of […]
Explore MoreThe U.S. banking charter is becoming increasingly attractive to fintech companies. Revolut has just cleared another major hurdle, receiving conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a U.S. national bank charter. That doesn’t mean Revolut can simply start operating as a bank tomorrow. The approval is conditional, and the […]
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Ctrl Alt has secured two licences from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC), adding regulated fiduciary and digital transfer agency capabilities to its tokenisation stack. The authorisations are held by a newly established entity, Ctrl Alt Corporate Services Limited, and mark the firm’s fourth regulatory licence globally. The pair of licences have distinct but complementary […]
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Summa Tech has embedded anti-money laundering checks directly into its cloud-based Onboarder platform, removing the need for smaller accountancy firms to run a second system alongside their existing onboarding workflow. The feature, built in partnership with identity-verification provider SmartSearch, went live this month. Nathan Keeley, CEO of Summa Tech The integration consolidates the client onboarding […]
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