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• What could keep Dubai from becoming a cryptocurrency capital?

  Dubai wants to become a cryptocurrency capital, but several challenges could keep the United Arab Emirates (UAE) city from achieving …

  

• Cover Genius bags $70m Series D amidst insurtech investment drop

  Cover Genius has secured $70m in a new funding round at the same time as the rest of the insurtech …

  

• Klarna rival Tymit bags £23m round as BNPL industry keeps struggling

  The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) industry has had a really bad 2022. Market leader Klarna has suffered a down round that slashed …

  

• What fintech experts hate that you get wrong about embedded finance

  People get things wrong about embedded finance and fintech experts are tired of hearing their misconceptions. Moreover, those mistakes could …

  

• Is this the end of buy-now-pay-later?

  Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) companies are staring into the abyss. After two years of explosive pandemic-fuelled growth, the sector has found itself …

  

• “Shoot now, pay later”: Fintech has become the latest gun control battleground

  Guns don't kill people; payment companies kill people. A firestorm has erupted in Washington D.C. after lawmakers made that claim …

  

• Klarna CEO bullish despite tripling losses

  Sebastian Siemiatkowski is "proud" of Klarna's latest results, despite the Swedish fintech heavyweight's losses having tripled in the last year. …

  

• Block lawsuit over cybersecurity incident is the latest setback for Jack Dorsey

  Jack Dorsey is not having a great week. Over the past four days, his friend Elon Musk has dragged him …

  

• CTO Talk: Q&A with Andrey Korchak of Monite

  Andrey Korchak is the CTO and co-founder of Monite. The Berlin-based fintech startup secured a €4.4m ($5m) funding round in …

  

• Have a taste of this: OakNorth boosts board with Gousto founder hire

  OakNorth Bank has just added some flavour to the fintech firm's leadership by appointing food box startup Gousto's founder as …

  

• African fintechs enjoy record funding, but market volatility could stop the party

  Is the African fintech bubble about to pop? The question may seem incongruous in the face of the smattering of …

  

• FUEL bags €1.5m in funding as NFT bubble threatens to pop

  Non-fungible tokens (NFT) were all the rage in 2021. Now, however, the craze is showing signs of slowing down. Some …

  

• in3 bags $11.1m Series A to provide BNPL with a difference: “We don’t want to put people in debt”

  Dutch startup in3 has its work cut out for it. The company has just picked up a $11.1m Series A …

  

• Quantum Computing – a game-changer for insurance?

  Stories of Quantum Computing revolutionising modelling are everywhere, and the parallels from quantum to Monte Carlo seem tempting. But how …

  

• How lenders are transforming loan servicing for the AI/ML, GenAI, and Agentic Era – new Celent report alert

  GlobalData's Celent division has issued a report entitled: Infusing Loan Servicing Platforms With Artificial Intelligence- How Lenders Are Transforming Loan Servicing …

  

• Plaid valued at $8bn in new funding round – report  

  US fintech firm Plaid has reached an $8bn valuation following its latest investment round, reported Bloomberg.   The round was intended to provide liquidity for employees holding shares in the privately held San Francisco-based …

  

• DBS, SMFG others vie for HSBC Indonesia retail unit – report

  Several major Asian banks are preparing to submit offers for HSBC’s retail banking business in Indonesia, reported Bloomberg.  The group of …

  

• Citigroup invests in Japan’s Sakana AI

  Citigroup has invested in Sakana AI, marking the US banking group’s first such investment in Japan. The investment size was not …

  

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