UAE-based Optasia, a AI-powered fintech, has listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in one of the country’s biggest IPOs in recent years.

British business-to-business cross-border payments firm CAB Payments raised up to £335 million through a listing on the London Stock Exchange.

JPMorgan Chase is planning to expand in Dubai as part of a push to collaborate with more Middle Eastern businesses.

European fintech investment increased 10% in 2024 in a sign of increasing confidence for one of the continent’s leading tech sectors.

Freetrade co-founder Adam Dodds is stepping down as CEO of the UK trading app to be replaced by COO Viktor Nebehaj.

UK-based regtech eflow Global has raised £7 million in a Series A funding round led by Finch Capital.

Startups and scaleups based in the UK secured more than $9bn in venture capital funding in Q3, making it the second-highest quarterly funding total on record.

The Bank of Spain has recently released a report outlining the potential of satellite data to make a difference in collecting climate-related data.

Guests at a party hosted by a cryptocurrency firm chaired by former UK chancellor Philip Hammond were served sushi off the bodies of half-naked models.

Finastra is to sell its Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) business unit to an affiliate of venture capital firm Apax Partners in a deal estimated at $2 billion, including debt.

German fintech lemon.markets is entering the Brokerage-as-a-Service segment with its first banking partner, sustainable banking provider Tomorrow, moving across from Solaris.

US crypto index fund manager Bitwise Asset Management has expanded into Europe through the acquisition of London-based crypto exchange-traded product issuer ETC Group. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has bought a stake in capital markets tech provider Trading Technologies (TT).

Nyse parent Intercontinental Exchange is exploring how it can use Circle’s stablecoin and tokenised money market offering.

Post trade body Euroclear and blockchain firm Digital Asset have launched the first phase of the tokenised collateral mobility initiative for the Canton Global Collateral Network (GCN).