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Capitalism is having an identity crisis – but it is still the best system

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The 73-year-old Vietnamese refugee is responsible for bringing Sriracha to American consumers

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Electric Truckmaker Rivian, Backed By Amazon, Ford, Raises Whopping $1.3 Billion

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SEBA Bank AG Rebrands to AMINA Bank AG: Represents Company’s Goal of Transforming Financial Futures

After becoming one of the first FINMA-regulated institutions to provide crypto banking services in 2019, SEBA Bank AG, the fully licensed Swiss crypto bank has rebranded to AMINA Bank AG. Operating globally, […]

Visa and Standard Chartered Bring BNPL to Markets in Across Asia Pacific

Payments giant Visa and Standard Chartered Bank have entered into a regional partnership to accelerate the delivery of instalment payment options to Standard Chartered’s Visa credit cardholders across markets in Asia Pacific […]

Inside Fintech Talents Festival With Rise, Created by Barclays

The Fintech Talents Festival returned for another year of fintech networking, discussions and deep dives into industry problems at the Brewery in London. To get a better view of the current UK […]

GFT: Younger Adults Most Vulnerable to Fraud; While Fraudsters Target Over 55s for Over £900 Each

Despite the general assumption that older banking customers are more at risk of falling victim to fraud, GFT‘s latest ‘Banking Disruption Index’ has revealed that almost half (48 per cent) of 25 […]

Standard Chartered to Act as Checkout.com’s Cash Management Bank Through Partnership

Checkout.com, the global payments service provider, has improved its operational and performance for its merchants in the UAE by partnering with Standard Chartered. In doing so, Standard Chartered will act as Checkout.com’s […]

Emirates NBD Highlights Sustainability Support Through İşbank Loan and Erguvan Pilot Launch

Emirates NBD, Dubai’s government-owned bank and the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye) based banking group, has cemented its reputation as a sustainability-focused financial service entity as it supports İşbank, Turkey’s […]

BaaS and Generative AI Take Centre Stage: Finastra’s Insights for 2023

Nearly half of global financial institutions have swiftly embraced banking-as-a-service (BaaS) and generative AI, marking 2023 as a pivotal year of action and innovation, according to Finastra‘s latest report. The ‘Financial Services: […]

Ibanera Introduces Widget to Enhance Digital Asset Transactions

Ibanera, the US-based online fintech bank, introduces PORTL, a widget designed to streamline digital transactions. PORTL simplifies the purchase of digital assets with credit cards, expanding Ibanera’s financial solutions. Amid the growing […]

Mashreq Leverages Visa and ecolytiq Climate Banking Solution for the MENA Region

Mashreq, the financial institution in the MENA region, is launching a new climate banking platform to its almost one million customers, in partnership with global payments leader Visa and Sustainability-as-a-Service firm ecolytiq. Via […]

Funding Circle and Atom Bank Partner to Provide Funding to UK SMEs

Funding Circle, a UK SME lending platform, and Atom bank, the UK app-based bank, have joined forces in a lending partnership that will offer up to approximately £150million in funding to small […]

Israel refuses to extend visa for UN humanitarian aid coordinator – JURIST

UN Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric announced Friday during his daily press briefing that UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Lynn Hastings’ visa will not be […]

Ukraine authorities accuse four appellate judges of bribery – JURIST

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office accused on Thursday four judges from the Kyiv Court of Appeal of graft totaling $35,000. According to NABU, the payment occurred […]

Kenya High Court declares housing levy unconstitutional – JURIST

Kenya’s High Court declared on Tuesday that a 1.5 percent levy, introduced in an earlier bill to fund affordable housing, violated constitutional principles. The levy was a provision of the Finance Act […]

Niger junta revokes law which restricted migrant smuggling routes to Europe – JURIST