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What could keep Dubai from becoming a cryptocurrency capital?
Dubai must tackle three major challenges to ensure its future as a global cryptocurrency hotbed: the risk of fraud, talent shortages and international competition.
Cover Genius bags $70m Series D amidst insurtech investment drop
Money seems to be drying out in the insurtech industry after the Covid-19 boom.
Klarna rival Tymit bags £23m round as BNPL industry keeps struggling
Late fees and a white label credit card are two of the things that make Tymit stand out in the increasingly crowded buy-now-pay-later market.
What fintech experts hate that you get wrong about embedded finance
Embedded finance is one of the most promising areas of fintech, but experts are tired of people getting things wrong about it.
Is this the end of buy-now-pay-later?
Analysts warn that the buy-now-pay-later industry only has a small window of time to save itself.
“Shoot now, pay later”: Fintech has become the latest gun control battleground
Fintech firms have found themselves at the centre of the US gun control debate.
Klarna CEO bullish despite tripling losses
The CEO of Klarna remains confident and takes a jab at rival Affirm as he reports that losses have tripled so far this year.
Block lawsuit over cybersecurity incident is the latest setback for Jack Dorsey
Bock getting sued for failing to live up to its commitment to defend users’ privacy is another thing for Jack Dorsey to worry about
CTO Talk: Q&A with Andrey Korchak of Monite
Why Monite’s CTO doesn’t fear the fintech slowdown.
Have a taste of this: OakNorth boosts board with Gousto founder hire
OakNorth adds some special sauce to its board
African fintechs enjoy record funding, but market volatility could stop the party
A perfect storm of market volatility, red tape and poor infrastructure threatens to pop the African fintech bubble
FUEL bags €1.5m in funding as NFT bubble threatens to pop
Despite signs that the NFT bubble is about to bust, FUEL just bagged €1.5m to keep minting digital tokens
in3 bags $11.1m Series A to provide BNPL with a difference: “We don’t want to put people in debt”
The buy-now-pay-later sector is getting crowded, but Dutch in3 believes it can compete thanks to its social responsibility-focused product.
How credit unions can solve the hidden costs of fragmented banking
Credit unions’ personalised support uniquely positions them to become a true primary partner, argues Cary Strange. He sets out the service criteria they must meet if they are to attract and win primary SMB relationships
Fintech’s biggest advantage is becoming its biggest exposure
Ben Hunter discusses why fintech’s growth model is also its biggest liability and sets out what fintechs need to outpace AI-driven threats and regulations like DORA
After the banking app: What comes next for British banking?
Dr Gulzar Singh considers what may come after the banking app, as financial services become less visible to the customer while the role and responsibility of the institution behind them remain important
Why black-box AI has no place in high-stakes financial decisions
As banks, lenders and payments providers accelerate AI adoption, the conversation has centred on what the technology can do. Clément Carrier explains why the correct question is what institutions should trust AI to do
Beyond capture: How agentic AI connects documents, transactions, and entities in modern lockbox processing
Steve Markle discusses the future of lockbox processing and explains why it extends far beyond payment capture
The accelerating platformisation of finance: Turning threat into opportunity for banks
As the battle over who owns the banking customer intensifies, Jay Nair discusses how incumbent banks can respond to the fintechs and tech platform threat and avoid becoming the invisible infrastructure behind someone else’s customer relationship
Why Revolut’s banking expansion depends on customer engagement
With Revolut actively pursuing further European banking licenses, Kim Johal explains why communication infrastructure becomes a make-or-break hurdle for newly licenced banks
How do banks verify an AI agent before it’s too late?
Now, more than ever, the financial services sector needs robust authentication processes that track the origin of AI agents in order to combat the threat of increasingly sophisticated fraudsters, explains Johnny Steele
Building the banking infrastructure for the age of agentic commerce
Kaue Tozzi explores the banking infrastructure needed to make agentic commerce secure, scalable and commercially viable
Inclusive lending will shape the future of retail credit in the wake of BNPL regulations
As consumer finance adjusts to the new BNPL regulatory environment, Andy Smith highlights the potential for the sector to unlock interesting opportunities by drawing on key learnings from the inclusive lending market