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Investors Are Getting Picky About Asian Fintech
Investors have been cooling on Southeast Asia, what is holding them up? Asia used to be the hottest region in the world for fintech funding, but that is no longer the case. In fact, funding fell 36% in Southeast Asia through the first nine months…
Reducing The Carbon Footprint Of AI And Chaos Engineering In Fintech
Anusha Nerella is a Senior Fintech Engineer focused on secure, resilient and sustainable financial systems for global markets. In fintech, resilience has become non-negotiable. Real-time payments, institutional trading, liquidity modeling, fraud…
SoFi Stock: A Fintech Evolution That's Paying Off (NASDAQ:SOFI)
SoFi Technologies has rapidly evolved into a leading full-service digital bank, boasting $30 billion in deposits and robust profitability. SoFi's integrated platform, strong execution, and disciplined cost control drive impressive growth, with Q3…
UK fintech Plum secures e-money licence from City watchdog
Smart money app Plum has managed to secure an e-money licence from the City watchdog, City AM can reveal, even as the volume of application approvals slump. Plum – which was founded by the ex-head of banking for Wise Victor Trokoudes in 2016…
Canadian Fintech Tuhk Inc., Founded by Ethoca and NuData Security Veterans, Raises US$6 Million Seed Round Led by FINTOP, with Lloyds Banking Group and Capital One Ventures
TORONTO, CANADA, Dec. 8, 2025 /CNW/ - Tuhk Inc., a fintech startup founded by Ethoca and NuData Security veterans, secured US$6 million in seed funding led by FINTOP, with participation from Lloyds Banking Group and Capital One Ventures. The…
Fintech Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - December 7th
3 Stocks Well Below 52-Week Highs Poised for a Q4 Rebound Rocket Companies, UP Fintech, Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz, IDT, and DeFi Development are the five Fintech stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fintech…
20 Companies Hiring For $100,000+ Remote Jobs In 2026 & How To Get One
Some companies across fintech, SaaS, and other industries are still hiring for lucrative fully remote positions About 53% of workers say that they or someone they know was required was forced back into the office RTO within the past year, up from…
What's Next After Sofi Stock's 117% Surge?
The SoFi Technologies Inc logo is displayed on a mobile phone with a visual digital background in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on November 30, 2025. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) In the past six…
ASAPP targets inclusion, access in 2026 roadmap
Lincoln Mali, ASAPP president and CEO of Lesaka Technologies. The Association of South Africa Payment Providers (ASAPP) is gearing up for a pivotal year. It has outlined its priorities for 2026: accelerate financial inclusion, lower payment costs…
ChokePoint 3.0 : When Open Banking Becomes A Tollbooth
Pankaj Kulshreshtha, Founder & CEO at Scienaptic AI. Patricia had seen that look before. Maria Santos, a freelance designer, sat down across from her desk, shoulders slumped. Three banks had turned her loan application down. Too irregular an…
The Mischievous Ex-Bankers Behind 'Industry'
Clwb Ifor Bach, a night club in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is the kind of venue whose sticky floors hold generational memories of first intoxications. One evening in July, about a hundred young people lined up outside—girls in crop tops…
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Priyanka Serrao joins super.money as Head of PR & External Communications
Priyanka Serrao has taken over as head of PR & Communications at super.money, a youth-focused UPI and credit-led fintech platform backed by Flipkart. She is the first communications leader to join the company and will drive brand strategy, media…
Ripple's big Singapore win: What the expanded license allows now
MAS has expanded Ripple's MPI license, allowing the company to offer a much wider range of regulated payment services and marking a notable regulatory milestone for the company's operations in Singapore. Ripple first secured a full MPI license in…
Households Are Moving Away From Banks To Markets
For every 100 rupees, households invested Rs 45.2 in mutual funds and equities in 2024-2025. Incremental flows of household savings into stock markets and mutual funds relative to bank deposits have more than doubled over the past year. For every…
How Innovation Can Streamline Expense Management And B2B Transactions
This article contains general information and is not intended to provide information that is specific to American Express, or its products and services. Similar products and services offered by different companies will have different features, and…
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