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scmp.com - Enoch Yiu - Hong Kong reaps the fruits of fintech seeds sown nearly 10 years ago
Hong Kong reaps the fruits of fintech seeds sown nearly 10 years ago
South China Morning Post

When Alvin Kwock, co-founder of digital insurer OneDegree, took part in the inaugural Hong Kong FinTech Week in November 2016, it was held at a venue suitable for only a few hundred people. “As it was the first ever fintech event in Hong…

bloomberg.com - Maria Clara Cobo - Nu, Revolut Lead Fintech Quest for Mexico's Middle-Class Wealth
Nu, Revolut Lead Fintech Quest for Mexico's Middle-Class Wealth
Bloomberg

A digital onslaught is coming for Mexico's banks as online financial firms with newly minted banking licenses seek to strip away middle class customers with their coveted payroll deposits.

finextra.com - Editorial Team - Managing AI Risk and Rewards in Fintech: By Stanley Epstein
Managing AI Risk and Rewards in Fintech: By Stanley Epstein
Finextra Research

As fintechs race to deploy AI for personalization, credit decisions, fraud detection, and automation, success hinges on embedding robust governance, privacy safeguards, and explainability into the product lifecycle — not after the fact. 1.

marketbeat.com - Best Fintech Stocks Worth Watching - November 27th
Best Fintech Stocks Worth Watching - November 27th
MarketBeat

3 Stocks Well Below 52-Week Highs Poised for a Q4 Rebound Rocket Companies, Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz, and UP Fintech are the three Fintech stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fintech stocks are shares of…

asiatimes.com - Matteo Giovannini - Hong Kong is China's most underestimated strategic asset
Hong Kong is China's most underestimated strategic asset
Asia Times

It has become fashionable in some circles to speak of Hong Kong's decline. The narrative is familiar: geopolitical tension, competitive pressure from other Asian hubs and the weight of China's economic slowdown. Yet this storyline misses the bigger…

americanbanker.com - Carlos Marmolejo - Why Mexico's digital banking future requires a homegrown neobank
Why Mexico's digital banking future requires a homegrown neobank
American Banker

Leonid ANDRONOV/Leonid Andronov - stock.adobe.co Across Latin America, fintech is booming, and as the second-largest market after Brazil, Mexico is no exception. Amid this boom, many international players are setting their sights on the Mexican…

forbes.com - Pooja Shah - 5 Ways To Use AI As Your Luxury Concierge This Holiday Season
5 Ways To Use AI As Your Luxury Concierge This Holiday Season
Forbes

CHINA - 2024/12/04: In this photo illustration, a woman browses the Chanel website on her smartphone to view Christmas gifts. (Photo Illustration by Serene Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Let's…

itweb.co.za - Christopher Tredger - G20 a catalyst for strengthened SA-India trade and tech
G20 a catalyst for strengthened SA-India trade and tech
www.itweb.co.za

Eshmael Mpabanga, country head and SVP at Intellect Design. SA-India co-operation is shifting from diplomacy to delivery, with the recent G20 Leaders' Summit pushing both countries into a more action-driven partnership. This is according to Eshmael…

newswire.ca - Dunamu - Team NAVER, Declare Global Lead with Mega Synergy of AI and Web3
Dunamu - Team NAVER, Declare Global Lead with Mega Synergy of AI and Web3
CNW

Strategic integration to preemptively respond to the global tech trend Dunamu, operator of Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit, joining forces with Naver to empower K-fintech To invest KRW 10 trillion over the next five years to expand Korea's…

coingape.com - Varinder Singh - Bitcoin Price to $100K or $80K as Matrixport Predicts Bulls-Bears Impasse?
Bitcoin Price to $100K or $80K as Matrixport Predicts Bulls-Bears Impasse?
CoinGape

/ Crypto News / Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Price to $100K or $80K as Matrixport Predicts Bulls-Bears Impasse? Expertise: Bitcoin, Crypto, Global Macro, DeFi, Blockchain, Web3, US Stocks, AI, Regulations and Lawsuits, & More CoinGape has covered the…

fool.com - Jeremy Bowman - The Ultimate Growth Stock to Buy With $2,000 Right Now
The Ultimate Growth Stock to Buy With $2,000 Right Now
The Motley Fool

MercadoLibre (MELI +1.78%) doesn't get as much attention as some of its U.S.-based e-commerce counterparts, but the Latin American e-commerce operator has been a big winner for investors over the years. Since its 2007 initial public offering (IPO)…

bbc.co.uk - Victoria Cook - Friendly fraud: The new scam causing harm to businesses - BBC News
Friendly fraud: The new scam causing harm to businesses - BBC News
BBC

Businesses across the UK have reported a rise in so-called 'friendly fraud', or chargeback scams, where customers tell their credit card companies they haven't made the purchase listed on their statement, but in fact, they have. The customer…

arkansasonline.com - Lynn Doan, Daniel Zuidijk, Benoit Berthelot Bloomberg News (TNS) - Futures trades halted by CME outage | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Futures trades halted by CME outage | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Online

About 45 minutes west of downtown Chicago lies a rather unassuming, glass-encased data center that some of the world's largest futures and options markets depend on. By one 2018 estimate, at least $25 quadrillion of notional trade volume passes…

circleid.com - CircleID Reporter - AWS Unveils Route 53 'Accelerated Recovery' to Bolster DNS Resilience
AWS Unveils Route 53 'Accelerated Recovery' to Bolster DNS Resilience
CircleID

AWS is rolling out a new business-continuity feature for Amazon Route 53 aimed at reducing the impact of regional service disruptions, following a series of DNS-related outages in its US East (N. Virginia) region. The initiative, called Accelerated…

mediabrief.com - The News Desk - India takes center stage at Doers Summit Dubai 2025
India takes center stage at Doers Summit Dubai 2025
MediaBrief

Held on 26–27 November 2025 at Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, the summit convened 3,000+ founders, investors, operators and ecosystem leaders from across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. Over 150 speakers shared insights…

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