Zywa, a teen-focused FinTech startup aiming to re-imagine banking for Gen Z in the Middle East and North Africa, raised $3m in a seed round. The round included participation from Goodwater Capital, Dubai Future District Fund, Rebel Fund, Trampoline Venture Partners, Zemu VC, and European family offices, as well as strategic angel investors.

AstroPay, the online payment solution of choice for millions of users worldwide, is delighted to launch its new VIP Programme which rewards its most exclusive clients by offering them personalised and dedicated service. The benefits offered by this loyalty programme include promotions, dedicated support, unique experiences, and many other options.

The British Business Bank today announces a new ENABLE Funding facility to Propel, one of the UK’s largest and fastest growing independent asset finance providers.

The new facility will allow Propel to provide around £165m of finance to smaller businesses across the UK.

ION, a global provider of trading, analytics, treasury, and risk management solutions for capital markets, commodities, and treasury management announce that ION MarketFactory has won ‘Best FX Technology Provider’ at the FX Markets Asia Awards.

IBSFINtech, India's leading TreasuryTech Solution provider announces a significant addition to the company’s leadership team -- Mr Pramod Agrawal, who joins IBSFINtech as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Pramod will play a pivotal role in leading the company’s technology, engineering, and innovation initiatives, driving the company’s technology solutions to the next level.

JARVIS Invest, India’s first AI-based investment advisory platform has announced a partnership with six broking houses to further expand its pan India footprint and provide its unique product to additional 4 lakh customers.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, India, will inaugurate the Global Fintech Fest, 2022 (GFF 2022), on September 20, 2022. As the Chief Guest of the conference, she will deliver the inaugural address, virtually, at 11:30 AM (IST).

Cion Digital, developers of the first fully integrated Crypto Operating System, announced today that it is partnering with Finturf to provide merchants and consumers with cryptocurrency-secured financing options at point-of-sale.

Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank (SCSB), one of the listed banks in Taiwan, has selected Temenos and IBM to replace its legacy core systems with Temenos open platform for composable banking.

The retail banking sector, and society as a whole, face the challenge of low levels of financial literacy among consumers. So many of the most important decisions we make concerning how much money we are making, spending and saving are taken with little expertise or guidance. In fact, there’s an irrational hesitancy to talk to anybody when it comes to money.