Clara announces the appointment of Jorge de Lara as its new President for Mexico and brings over two decades of experience to Clara

Finastra has announced the opening of two new offices as part of its continued global growth and modernization strategy

INFINOX, the multi-regulated global brokerage firm, today announced the launch of its new loyalty programme, designed to significantly enhance the trading experience for clients around the world. The initiative enables traders to earn and redeem rewards while advancing through a structured tier system, reinforcing the firm’s commitment to client value and engagement.

ICICI Bank today announced the launch of the Capital Gains Account Scheme (CGAS), enabling customers to deposit un-invested long term capital gains or sale proceeds from the sale of specified capital assets*. This facility allows them to avail tax exemptions* for up to three years while earning interest on deposited funds.

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has released new insights highlighting how tokenized real-world assets are moving from niche experimentation into a scalable trading category, with centralized exchanges increasingly acting as the access layer between crypto markets and traditional finance.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and African Export – Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a pan African Gold Bank. This strategic initiative aims to formalise gold value chains, strengthen Central Bank reserves and reduce Africa’s reliance on foreign refining and trading hubs.

Bitcoin’s journey through 2025 proved to be a period of heightened volatility, ultimately ending the year broadly where it began. The cryptocurrency reached a new all-time high of approximately USD 126,000 in early October, supported by growing optimism around regulation and strong inflows into newly launched spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). However, these gains were reversed in the fourth quarter as over-leveraged positions were unwound and risk-off sentiment took hold, pushing Bitcoin down from its October peak to lows below USD 86,000 by late November.

Currys will install thousands of next-generation Stripe payment terminals across its nearly 300 UK and Ireland stores, creating the infrastructure to rapidly adopt emerging technologies

Tuum the next-generation core banking platform, announced the appointment of Renato Cassinelli as its new Head of Marketing

N26 announced an update in its executive leadership, marking the next steps in an ongoing leadership transition

Telcoin begins initial blockchain banking operations with the launch of its eUSD stablecoin on the Ethereum and Polygon blockchains

Convr AI is enabling Zurich North America to better serve its customers through the power of Convr's AI-powered underwriting workbench

M3 Insurance, a top insurance broker and risk management firm in America, has selected SimplePin to modernize its finance and accounting operations

Fiserv, Inc. and Mastercard are extending their partnership to advance agentic commerce for merchants

Smart money app Plum has launched a No Spend Challenge to help users limit their spending and boost their savings