The international Fintech Islands Experience (FiX) returns to the Caribbean for its third successive year, from January 22-24, 2025, focusing on three core pillars, as it seeks to fulfil its mission …
The financial inclusion dilemma: Are we oversimplifying a complex problem?
At this year’s Fintech for Inclusion Global Summit, hosted by Accion in London last week, I found myself caught between two opposing forces: the polished, well-intentioned rhetoric of financial …
FiX25 Returns to Help Catalyze Global Fintech Innovation in the Caribbean
The international Fintech Islands Experience (FiX) returns to the Caribbean for its third successive year, from January 22-24, 2025, focusing on three core pillars, as it seeks to fulfil its mission …
ACI Worldwide: Up Over 100% In The Last Year But Still Undervalued
ACI is a buy with a mature business model, expanding margins, and undervaluation compared to peers, offering potential for long-term outperformance. Read more here.
AI in Bahrain: Integrating AI Into Economic Visions, National Security and a Growing Workforce
In the Middle East, a race is underway as countries across the region work to establish themselves as leaders in this burgeoning technological frontier. One country well-positioned for the AI race: …
Astra Tech unveils ‘Send Now, Pay Later’ service via Botim in UAE
IBS Intelligence (IBSi) is the world’s only pure-play Financial Technology focused research, advisory, and fintech news analysis firm, with a 30-year track record and clients globally. We take pride …
Fintech Giant Revolut Planning to Launch Its Own Stablecoin
Revolut reportedly plans to launch its own stablecoin, marking a major expansion amid growing competition in the stablecoin market.
Opendoor Has Plunged, But Is Now the Time to Buy?
Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) is certainly an intriguing stock to many investors. The company is focused on simplifying home sales by offering instant cash for homes, handling repairs, and …
UAE: Remit now, pay later in instalments with new service
A first-of-its-kind service will allow users to send money internationally, instantly, but make payments later using the Botim Ultra App. The Send Now, Pay Later (SNPL) programme will support the …
Supreme Positive Momentum Continues After Strong Performance
Supreme said it delivered record organic revenue and profit growth for fiscal 2024 driven by strong consumer demand, adding that the positive momentum is continuing into the first half of fiscal 2025.
Fintech Giant Revolut Said to Be Planning Stablecoin
Crypto-friendly Revolut is said to be quite far along in creating its own stablecoin, according to two people familiar with the plan.
Wally Amos, 88, of cookie fame, died at home in Hawaii. He lost Famous Amos but found other success
HONOLULU–Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, has died. He was 88.
Wally Amos, Who Opened Hollywood’s Famous Amos Cookie Shop in 1975, Dies at Age 88
Cookie entrepreneur Wallace “Wally” Amos Jr., also known as Famous Amos, died from complications related to dementia on August 13, 2024, at his home in Honolulu, Oahu. Though most recognize …
Settle Payments secures $2mln pre-seed funding led by Shorooq Partners to overhaul B2B payments in Egypt
SETTLE’s services will automate critical financial operations and offer companies across Egypt and other areas real-time cash flow management for better decision-making …
FinTech LIVE Dubai – Amberdata Keynote Presentation
Talking at FinTech LIVE Dubai, Co-Founder and CEO of Amberdata, Shawn Douglass, discusses the transformative impact of digital asset data …
16 incredible things to do on Dubai’s last week of summer
The Polish National Ballet and orchestra will bring Giselle to Dubai Opera from Wednesday September 18 until Friday September 20. The masterpiece tells the tragic story of a young girl who dies of …
Pemo wins best expense management solution of the year at the leaders in fintech awards
As a UAE-based FinTech company, with less than three years’ growth, Pemo has quickly made significant strides in the fintech sector …