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Zimbabwe Adds Seven Fintech Projects to Regulatory Sandbox
Latest News PublishedJul 28, 2026 Sandbox participation permits supervised testing but does not guarantee full commercial registration. Zimbabwe's securities regulator has admitted seven financial technology projects to its regulatory sandbox, with…
Zimbabwe Adds Seven Fintech Projects to Regulatory Sandbox
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Rent fintech Flex is latest firm to ask for a bank charter
Key insight: Flex Rent is applying for an ILC charter and FDIC insurance to directly issue its core credit products to consumers. What's at stake: Fintechs applying for various bank charters could reduce the number of sponsor partnerships with…
Banks Press Fed on Oversight as FinTechs Seek ACH Access
Monday (July 27) is the comment deadline for the Fed's Proposed Revisions to the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk and the Guidelines for Account and Services Requests, or OP-1878. Comment letters are drawing different requests and…
Nigerian Fintech Nearpays Wins UN AI for Good Innovation Factory Grand Finale, First African Startup to Take Global Title
Nigerian fintech Nearpays has become the first African startup to win the AI for Good Innovation Factory grand finale — the ITU-run global competition that forms one of the anchor events of the United Nations' AI for Good Global Summit…
Bybit named among CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies 2026
Dubai, UAE, July 27th, 2026, Chainwire Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has been named to CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies 2026 list in the Digital Assets category, marking its latest recognition…
You Can Finally Trust All Your Money to X, the Everything App
Don't be surprised if, when you're out at a restaurant in the near future, the person at the next table over pays with a metal card with a familiar X on it, and then hops into their Cybertruck and drives away. That person has simply handed some…
AI Is The Canal. Forward-Looking Data Is The New Water.
When New York Governor DeWitt Clinton championed the Erie Canal in 1817, critics dismissed the proposed 363-mile waterway as an expensive ditch leading nowhere. They were looking at the infrastructure rather than what would flow through it.
Space tech funding in India on the rise, Bengaluru tops the chart: Report
As India's space tech funding reached a record $200 million in 2025, Bengaluru has emerged the ecosystem leader attracting more than half of the ecosystem funding, shows a new report by market research firm Tracxn. According to the report, the…
Bitcoin and ethereum prices today, Monday, July 27, 2026: Can positive price trends hold this week?
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $65,333.12 on Monday, July 27, 2026, 1.6% higher than Sunday's opening price. As of 9:11 a.m. ET this morning, the price of bitcoin moved down to $64,974.08. Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $1,953.02 on Monday, July 27…
Prediction: This Dividend ETF Will Thrive After 20 Years No Matter What the Market Does
Do you need an income engine that you know will last at least 20 years? A basket of quality dividend stocks -- in the form of an exchange-traded fund, or ETF -- is your best bet, since it will automatically adjust its portfolio to hold the most…
Seven Fintech Firms Join Zimbabwe's Sandbox as Digital Asset Tokenization Gains Traction
Zimbabwean securities regulator approved 7 fintech firms to join its regulatory sandbox framework. Ndarama Standard and four others will advance tokenization across Zimbabwe's markets. SEC will monitor the 7 entities during testing and issue new…
The Stock Market Is Not Overvalued, Yet
Despite geopolitical risks and inflation fears, S&P 500 earnings growth has surged to 39.3%, supporting continued market gains. AI-driven capex has likely peaked in hardware and semiconductor stocks, with multiples reverting as the cycle matures…
Circle Acquires IBM Blockchain Patent Portfolio, Becomes U.S. Patent Leader
The Circle blockchain patent portfolio just became significantly larger, and this isn't another flashy acquisition made for headlines. Circle Internet Group announced it has acquired fundamental assets from IBM's blockchain patent portfolio…
HKMA launches whitepaper on quantum preparedness of banking sector
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched a whitepaper on quantum preparedness of the banking sector, together with the first Quantum Preparedness Index, and relevant support measures for the industry. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The…
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