The Bank of England is embarking on a decade-long effort to overhaul the way data is generated and reported across the financial sector. ...

Africa’s largest by assets, Standard Bank Group has partnered with Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade distributed public ledger to enable the bank to establish the ...

Central banks from China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong are exploring a digital currency cross-border payment project together. The Hong Kong ...

Saudi FinTech, Tweeq has partnered with global payments technology company Mastercard and London-based Paymentology, a digital commerce service and payment solution provider. The partnership is expected ...

SparkCognition, the world’s leading industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire AIM2 from hedge fund management company Brevan ...

Japan’s central bank is set to launch a pilot for a digital yen in the first quarter, according to Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK.  ...

Financial services CIOs have a multitude of options when it comes to automation technologies, constantly bombarded with information and questions about the technologies ...

In another indicator of the market’s acceptance of AI, Tel Aviv-based Mirato has raised $9 million to support the development and commercialization of ...

The onset of the pandemic has led to increased demand for digital banking options across customer income groups around the world. We’ve seen ...

The move has been welcomed by the fintech industry, which has repeatedly raised concerns over access to skills during the Brexit process. According ...

Lloyds Banking Group is tapping Mastercard’s Open Banking software to enable customers to pay off their credit card bills via their mobile app ...

Indonesia will soon approve a regulation to stem money laundering and terrorism financing by requiring fintech players to report suspicious transactions. Providers of ...

Hype will first launch in Africa, where Opera has nearly 150M MAU, with Kenya as the pilot market; With Hype, Opera reimagines the ...

Germany-based regulator BaFin has issued an official warning regarding the reported identity fraud licenced investment firm Wellington Management Europe. Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsichtis (BaFin) issued a warning that the ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that the telecommunication sector is one of the sectors whose performance took the country out of recession ...

Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro will this week sign into law the legislation recently approved by Congress that grants full autonomy to the country’s ...

Intuit has acquired OneSaas, a provider of e-commerce data integration software, and plans to accelerate the integration of third party e-comm solutions with ...

Southeast Asia’s fintech scene is going from strength to strength, with the regional industry valued at up to US$100 billion at the end ...

Central banks may have to become more like big tech firms if they choose not to partner with the private sector when issuing ...

A look at funding reports from recent years will show a pattern of investor focus on sectors with the most perceived prospects for ...