Central Bank of India, one of the country’s oldest and largest public sector banks, has held a strategic engagement with the Parsi community in Mumbai to honour its founding roots and showcase its recent financial performance. The interaction comes as the Bank reports improved financial results for the quarter ended 31 December 2025. The event […]
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Revolut Business has announced the launch of a new ‘Subscriptions’ feature in the UK, designed to help merchants manage recurring billing directly within the platform and eliminate the need for separate, costly subscription software. The new tool marks a strategic evolution for the fintech, moving beyond simple payment processing to become a “full revenue operations […]
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Taranis Capital Limited has received formal acknowledgement from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) for the establishment of its new investment vehicle, the Taranis Disruptive Tech Fund LP. The acknowledgement relates to a notification submitted by the firm in November 2025 and marks a significant regulatory milestone for the Dubai-based investment platform. Targeting high-impact innovation […]
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Papaya Global, the global workforce management platform, has launched Banco Wallet, a new global workforce wallet designed to facilitate instant cross-border payroll payouts using stablecoin settlement. Powered by digital asset infrastructure provider Fireblocks, the new solution aims to reach workers in over 180 countries, catering to both banked and unbanked populations. Removing friction from global […]
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Vennre, a wealth creation platform designed for ‘High Earners, Not Rich Yet’ (HENRYs), has successfully closed a $9.6million Pre-Series A funding round. The round, structured as a hybrid of equity and debt, was co-led by Vision Ventures and anb seed fund. It also saw participation from Sanabil 500, Ace & Co, Plus VC, and strategic […]
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MoneyHash, the payment orchestration platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Tap Payments, a payment technology provider serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), to deliver a unified payment infrastructure for businesses in the region. The collaboration integrates Tap’s payment gateway services directly into MoneyHash’s orchestration platform. The move is designed to help […]
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Richie Santosdiaz gives an overview of the recent Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) fifth General Assembly that was held in Kuwait. The fifth General Assembly of the DCO was held 4-5th February and attended by its 16 member states with their various ministers and government officials, the over 60 observers (which included organizations both in the […]
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Lloyds Banking Group expects to derive more than £100million in value from its artificial intelligence initiatives in 2026, doubling the £50million secured during the previous year. The projections signal a major shift towards “Agentic AI”—autonomous agents capable of taking action rather than just generating content—as the bank seeks to cement its leadership position in the […]
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The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has marked the UAE’s first financial listing of 2026 with the debut of a new luxury-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF), developed by Abu Dhabi-based investment manager Lunate. The Boreas S&P Absolute Luxury UCITS ETF, has become the first luxury-focused ETF in the region and the 21st ETF to list on […]
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ClearBank, the technology-enabled clearing bank, has entered into a strategic partnership with real-time money movement platform Volt to power a new generation of merchant account capabilities across the UK and Europe. The collaboration will see ClearBank providing the banking infrastructure for Volt’s new GBP and EUR payment accounts. These accounts are designed for enterprise merchants […]
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