Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FRHC), a financial services and technology company has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan to develop a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub in Kazakhstan. The hub will be operated by Freedom Holding Corp. and powered by sovereign exascale NVIDIA AI infrastructure, as part of a major strategic initiative to accelerate Kazakhstan's and Central Asia's AI leadership.

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Verso, the UK-based wealth management group, has extended its strategic partnership with Nucleus, transferring the custodial operations of its investment management arm to Third Financial under an initial five-year deal.

PensionBee, the leading online pension provider on a mission to build pension confidence, is partnering with financial promotions (FinProm) platform Adclear to empower teams to leverage the power of AI across UK and US marketing compliance. Having gone live with Adclear this autumn, PensionBee’s marketing team has already leveraged the platform to analyse over 1,000 pieces of content.

Arta today announced the expansion of Arta AI, a SaaS platform purpose-built to empower individuals and financial institutions with AI agents for wealth management. Now available to all investors, wealth managers and advisors globally at arta.ai, the AI Sidekick is now being deployed across a growing network of banks and wealth management firms – with Bank of Singapore, Hong Leong Bank, and Ethivo Asset Management (HK) Ltd, formerly known as UCAP HK AM Ltd joining existing clients Wio Invest operated by Wio Securities LLC and Income Advisory Financial Advisers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Income Insurance Limited — reflecting strong demand from both traditional and next-generation financial institutions.

Kiwi, the fintech company building AI-powered financial tools for underbanked Latinos in the U.S., announced it has secured a $100 million credit facility

BridgeWise, the global leader in AI for investments, today announced the launch of BondWise, a first-of-its-kind solution delivering granular, AI-driven bond insights at scale. The unveiling at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, the region’s premier financial innovation event uniting industry leaders, underscores BridgeWise’s commitment to democratizing fixed-income intelligence through verticalized AI.

TBC Bank Uzbekistan, one the country’s largest digital banks and part of the TBC Uzbekistan digital banking ecosystem, has been ranked in the top 3 banking brands amongst Uzbekistan’s consumers, according to a recent report by Research Group Central Asia (RGCA).

Otala.Markets (“Otala”), a specialist investment bank with a 10-year track record of creating and developing structured investment products, announces its collaboration with Luma Financial Technologies, an independent, multi-issuer platform for structured products and other alternative investments worldwide.

Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), a leading next-generation financial services platform, has partnered with AI-powered banking technology provider JUMO to launch ‘ Fast Loan’, a scalable, mobile-first credit solution designed to address a critical gap in South Africa’s financial ecosystem.

The Boards of Directors of Banca Sella and its parent company Banca Sella Holding have decided to submit an offer for the 50% stake of Hype's capital held by illimity Bank, in accordance with the procedure set out in the shareholders' agreement of the joint venture.

Eric Jing, Chairman of Ant Group, reaffirmed Ant’s commitment to deepening cross-sector collaboration on regulated AI and tokenization innovation in the territory, and to expanding its cross-border payment and trade financing services to support Hong Kong’s initiative to help Chinese businesses go global.

Happy Money, a leading consumer finance company dedicated to empowering individuals through responsible lending, today announced a partnership with $3.4 billion-asset TruMark Financial Credit Union. By leveraging Happy Money’s participation program, TruMark Financial is further diversifying its balance sheet and deploying capital to generate higher returns through short-duration, high-yield personal loans.

Currenc Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CURR) (“Currenc” or the “Company”), a fintech pioneer empowering financial institutions worldwide with artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a non-binding term sheet (the “Term Sheet”) with Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (“Animoca Brands”) in relation to a potential proposal for Currenc to acquire 100% of Animoca Brands’ issued shares via a reverse merger (the “Proposed Merger”).

Banking industry leaders, policy makers and key stakeholders gathered in Parliament last Thursday to discuss the future of open banking under the UK’s forthcoming Long-Term Regulatory Framework (LTRF).