Middle Eastern financial technology leader Tabby has officially secured $233 million in a new equity funding round, propelling the company to a $6.5 billion valuation. Led by existing investor Blue Pool Capital, the round also drew continued participation from major institutional shareholders, including HSG, Wellington Management, and and Arbor Ventures. The landmark funding arrives as […]
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Syria has launched its first integrated tourism and lifestyle super app, My Syria, which went live on 30 July 2026 under the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism. Developed by 121 Living, a company founded by UAE-based Syrian entrepreneurs Rami Kaiem, Feras Kaiem, Waseem Qudmani and Kinan Madi, the platform is positioned by its backers […]
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The Texas Stock Exchange has been described as the first fully integrated national exchange to come online in decades. It is based in Dallas, and the cities around it have been quick to read something into that. Frisco, about 30 miles north, is one of them. The Frisco Economic Development Corporation says more than 300 […]
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Fiat-backed stablecoin supply passed $273 billion in March 2026, MiCA has applied in full across the EU since the end of 2024 and its transitional period for service providers closed on 1 July 2026, and the US GENIUS Act is in its rulemaking phase. The regulatory and demand-side conditions the industry said it was waiting […]
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Mastercard has made six senior appointments to its Asia Pacific leadership team, capping the series with the arrival of Joyce Bo as Executive Vice President, Core Payments, Asia Pacific, effective 3 August 2026. The appointments span consumer payments, legal, market development, geographic division leadership and a restructured Southeast Asia operating model. Joyce Bo, EVP, core […]
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The second edition opens today in Malham with more than 38,000 attendees projected and six content pillars, four of them about control rather than product. Last year Riyadh got its market debuts. This year the question is whether the plumbing behind them has been licensed. Money20/20 Middle East opens its second edition this morning at […]
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Castle Trust Bank has been acquired by vehicles backed by Sixth Street and Bayview Asset Management, with the two firms taking equal stakes in the specialist lender. The deal marks an exit for J.C. Flowers & Co, the financial-services-focused private equity firm that has backed the bank through a period of material balance-sheet growth. Castle […]
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FinregE has published a strategic framework urging digital asset firms to accelerate compliance preparations ahead of the UK Financial Conduct Authority‘s incoming cryptoasset regime, which it warns requires a wholesale operational overhaul rather than incremental policy monitoring. Rohini Gupta, CEO of FinregE The blueprint, titled “Analysing the FCA Cryptoasset Regime 2026: The Way Forward,” was […]
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The following showcases the 2026 developments of fintech and wider digital landscape of the United Kingdom as presented by The Fintech Times. The United Kingdom (UK) no longer needs to introduce itself to fintech. Revolut, Wise and Monzo became global names. London built one of the world’s deepest financial technology ecosystems. Open banking moved from […]
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Hong Kong has published the Digital Bond Development White Paper 2026, a policy document outlining a structured roadmap to transform the city into a leading global centre for tokenised bond issuance and settlement by the end of the decade. The paper, produced with input from the Digital Asset Clearing Center (DACC), proposes a three-layer clearing […]
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