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dtcpay grows Series A to $25m with SBI Group backing

dtcpay grows Series A to $25m with SBI Group backing

dtcpay, a Singapore-headquartered payment services company that bridges stablecoins with traditional finance, has extended its Series A funding round to $25m after welcoming Japan's...
Ant International hands payment control to AI agents

Ant International hands payment control to AI agents

Ant International, the Shanghai and Singapore headquartered cross-border payments and financial services group, has unveiled an AI-native stack spanning payments, accounts, foreign exchange, treasury...
Stable.com connects Polygon wallets directly to bank transfers

Stable.com connects Polygon wallets directly to bank transfers

Stable.com, the financial platform operated by global payments group Unlimit, has connected to Polygon Open Money Stack, enabling holders of USDT and PayPal USD...
Ryft secures £20m in UK's largest payments Series B

Ryft secures £20m in UK’s largest payments Series B

Ryft, a Manchester-based payments company that builds infrastructure for marketplaces, platforms and multi-location businesses, has closed a £20m Series B funding round to support...
Saudi Arabia's fintech ambitions face a stability test

Saudi Arabia expands payment options with Alipay+

Money20/20 Middle East has closed its three-day gathering in Riyadh with fresh signals from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), new capital commitments for the...
Tarabut

Saudi banks back Tarabut’s $50m embedded finance push

Tarabut has secured $50m (SAR 187m) in strategic financing from a consortium of leading Saudi financial institutions and family business groups, as it sharpens...
Velocity

Velocity’s Series A swells to $48m as banking giants circle stablecoins

Velocity, the stablecoin payments and treasury platform, has closed a $10m extension to its Series A round, with backing from Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures,...
Finastra and Komgo partner to streamline digital trade finance

Finastra and Komgo partner to streamline digital trade finance

Finastra, a global financial services software provider, and Komgo, a digital trade finance platform, have partnered to connect their trade finance systems and reduce...
Fin.com

Fin.com’s $20m bet on rebuilding cross-border payments

Fin.com, a financial infrastructure company building a unified network for global money movement, has emerged from stealth with $20m after quietly growing its annual...
Qupital

Qupital eyes IPO after landmark $300m Series C round

Qupital, an AI-driven trade finance platform focused on cross-border e-commerce, has raised $300m in combined new capital, anchored by a Series C funding round...

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Emirates NBD brings AI market insights into digital wealth

Emirates NBD brings AI market insights into digital wealth

Emirates NBD, a banking group operating across the Middle East, North Africa, Türkiye and South Asia, has partnered with Bridgewise, an embedded investment AI...
Is business verification failing to keep pace with financial crime?

Is business verification failing to keep pace with financial crime?

Business verification has become an increasingly important line of defence against financial crime, yet the complexity of modern corporate structures is exposing weaknesses in...
Banks face tougher data scrutiny as APAC reporting rules evolve

Banks face tougher data scrutiny as APAC reporting rules evolve

Submitting the correct reporting template on time is no longer enough to satisfy regulators. Across Asia-Pacific (APAC), supervisors are demanding more detailed data, greater...
Banks face growing fraud risks as criminal tactics converge

Banks face growing fraud risks as criminal tactics converge

Banking fraud is becoming harder to detect as criminals combine identity theft, payment manipulation and increasingly sophisticated digital attacks. Banking fraud is no longer limited...
Financial crime risk assessments have outgrown spreadsheets

Financial crime risk assessments have outgrown spreadsheets

For years, spreadsheets have been the default tool for financial crime risk assessments. They were familiar, flexible and easy to adapt, and for a...

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