SC Ventures and SBI Holding set up $100m digital asset investment fund
Standard Chartered’s venture arm SC Ventures has joined forces with Japan’s SBI Holdings to set up a digital asset joint venture investment company in the UAE.
MAS kickstarts new round of asset tokenization pilots
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is to commence a new series of asset tokenization pilots in collaboration with 17 international banks.
SBS talks changing face of banking, warns regulation and financial inclusion not optional
Day two of the SBS Summit 2025 continued to prioritise customer experience, but this time with a specific focus on data usage and inclusive efforts to serve the unbanked.
NextGen Nordics 2026: Architect the future of money in Stockholm
Registration is officially open for NextGen Nordics 2026, the region’s most influential banking and payments event.
Alabama man pleads guilty to SEC X hack
An Alabama man has pleaded guilty in connection with the January 2024 unauthorized takeover of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s social media account on X to artifically boost bitcoin prices.
DEI backlash: Auto financiers respond to social pressures
Social resistance is changing some companies’ diversity, equity and inclusion strategies in a shift that is extending into the automotive…
Incentives climb 4.8% year over year
Incentive levels rose year over year in August as dealers and consumers continued to navigate pricing pressures and affordability concerns. …
Deutsche Bank gets better engineer job applicants after Google tie-up
Deutsche Bank is getting a better quality of applicants of engineering jobs thanks to a “halo effect” from its recently announced partnership with Google Cloud.
Open Lending survey: 69% of near- and non-prime consumers looking to pay off contract early
Open Lending Corp. offered a glimpse into some of the insights found through its newest study on vehicle accessibility and automotive financing perceptions among near- and non-prime consumers. The report builds on Open Lending’s 2023 Vehicle Accessibility Index, which explored … [Read More]
Report predicts boom in Apac’s wealthtech market
The wealthtech sector in Asia-Pacific could be worth more than $2trn by 2027 thanks to technological advancements, according to a report published by McKinsey.
RumbleOn completes sale of finance portfolio in Q1
Powersports retailer RumbleOn’s sale of the RumbleOn Finance portfolio for $17 million in January allowed the company to reduce its term…
Missing Tricolor vehicles could be valued up to $1.1B
The estimated value of tens of thousands of Tricolor Auto vehicles reportedly missing following the company’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy and…
NatWest launches Fintech Growth Programme
NatWest Group is launching a Fintech Growth Programme, to help startups to lean on the resources, expertise and networks of an established high-street bank to help them scale-up and drive the bank’s innovation pipeline.
Latest Edmunds data shows out of reach new vehicles likely are for subprime consumers
A traditional measuring stick for subprime auto financing has been that consumers in this segment typically top out at a $400 monthly payment. The newest data from Edmunds perhaps showed how unlikely it is those subprime customers can swing the … [Read More]
Agentic AI platform selected for FCA sandbox
Ani Tech, a UK-based agentic AI platform focused on financial advice, has been chosen to participate in the inaugural AI sandbox initiative of the UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).