Shahbandr, the Saudi-headquartered e-commerce enablement platform, has partnered with financial services app Tabby to integrate flexible payment solutions for its network of merchants. The collaboration aims to empower over 20,000 online stores across Saudi Arabia and Egypt. By integrating Tabby’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) technology, merchants on the Shahbandr platform can now offer customers […]
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PayNearMe, the fintech known for modernizing the billing experience, has publicly disclosed its revenue figures for the first time, announcing a record-breaking performance for 2025. The company revealed it closed the year with more than $200million in revenue, representing a 60 per cent increase over 2024. Scaling up Alongside the revenue milestone, PayNearMe announced that […]
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Zodia Custody, the institution-first digital asset platform backed by heavyweights including Standard Chartered and Northern Trust, has launched Zodia Switch, a new feature developed in partnership with LMAX Group. The solution allows institutional clients to initiate asset-to-asset swaps directly from their secure custodial wallets, effectively eliminating the need to move funds to an external venue […]
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Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of UK insurer Aviva plc, has entered into a strategic partnership with Ripple to tokenise traditional fund structures on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The collaboration represents a significant milestone in the institutional adoption of decentralised finance (DeFi) in the UK. It marks the first time Aviva Investors has […]
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Juspay, the global payments infrastructure company, has opened its regional headquarters in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), marking a significant step in its international growth strategy. The move is designed to deepen the company’s focus on serving enterprise merchants, banks, and financial institutions across the Middle East. By establishing a base in one of […]
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Standard Chartered, the international banking group, has partnered with B2C2, a global leader in institutional liquidity for digital assets. The collaboration aims to combine Standard Chartered’s global banking infrastructure with B2C2’s deep liquidity in crypto spot and options markets. The move is designed to improve institutional access to digital asset markets, specifically targeting asset managers, […]
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Ripple Prime, Ripple’s institutional prime brokerage platform, now integrates Hyperliquid, a high-performance decentralized derivatives protocol. The integration is designed to give institutional clients direct access to onchain derivatives liquidity while maintaining the capital efficiency and risk controls of a traditional prime brokerage. Unified margining for DeFi A key feature of this integration is the ability […]
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Attending FinovateEurope 2026 in London, one thing was immediately clear: AI has moved from being a differentiator to being the default. The agenda, the demo floor, and the conversations in the room were all saturated with it. Almost every startup exhibiting had an “AI-powered” angle, which, visually at least, made standing out harder than ever. […]
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Treyd, the Stockholm-based provider of trade finance and working capital, is expanding its UK operations with plans to double its customer base by 2027, following a significant lending milestone in the country. Since launching in the UK in 2022, the fintech has provided over £200million in funding to British businesses. The UK has now become […]
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FINTECH Circle, the global community for financial technology innovation, has entered into a strategic partnership with JournoLink to provide its members with AI-powered public relations and competitor intelligence solutions. The collaboration aims to equip fintech startups and established financial institutions with advanced tools to navigate an increasingly crowded marketplace. Through the partnership, FINTECH Circle members […]
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