April 12, 2025 @ 6:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Haball, a Pakistani supply chain financing and payments fintech, has closed a $52 million pre-Series A funding round comprising equity investment and a strategic financing allocation. Financing is focused on efforts in Pakistan and an expansion into the GCC. The round’s equity component of US$5… Read More

 Tagged Faisal Aftab, Haball, Meezan Bank, pakistan, supply chain financing, syed Tanveer Hussain, Zayn VC

April 12, 2025 @ 5:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMEX has officially integrated with TradingView, one of the most widely used charting and analysis platforms in the crypto space. This reportedly means BitMEX users can now execute their trades directly from TradingView, “combining seamless order execution with world-class technical analysis tools.” Through the integration,… Read More

 Tagged bitmex, integration, trading, tradingview

April 12, 2025 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinGoal, a provider of transaction enrichment solutions, announced a partnership with Quiltt, the unified API platform for open banking. This collaboration marks a step forward in simplifying financial data management and “enhancing user experiences across financial applications.” By integrating FinGoal’s transaction enrichment capabilities with Quiltt’s… Read More

 Tagged apis, fingoal, open banking, quiltt

April 12, 2025 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SUBSCRIBE is pleased to announce their latest partnership with Coller Capital — a key player across private equity and private credit secondaries managing $38 billion in asset under management (AuM) and presently serving institutional as well as private wealth investors. As mentioned in the announcement,… Read More

 Tagged coller capital, private credit, private equity, secondaries, subscribe

April 12, 2025 @ 11:13 am By Michael Wong  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF), and The Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) jointly announced a series of measures aimed at enhancing the prevention and detection of financial crime, including fraud and money laundering. Authorities are responding to a… Read More

 Tagged financial crime, hkma, hong kong, Hong Kong Association of Banks, Hong Kong Police Force

April 11, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jamie Dimon, the most respected big Bank CEO on Wall Street who guides JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), shared his annual shareholder letter last week and once again, Dimon mentioned the growing Fintech sector. In 2022, Dimon addressed the looming challenge of upstart Fintechs, stating that “Banks… Read More

 Tagged jamie dimon, jp morgan

April 11, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Weixin Pay users can now receive cross-border transfers from Xoom, a PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) service and a digital remittances provider. This new partnership between Tenpay Global, Tencent’s cross-border payment platform, and Xoom allows Weixin Pay users to “receive money directly into their Weixin Pay Wallet… Read More

 Tagged paypal, remittances, weixin pay, xoom

April 11, 2025 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) (NYSE: BK) has piloted the “first” intraday repo trade settled through its triparty infrastructure. The USD-denominated pilot transaction, which “took place in February, saw UBS borrowing cash from Swiss Re while delivering collateral via BNY’s global collateral… Read More

 Tagged bny, financial services, infrastructure, intraday repo trade, us

April 11, 2025 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s derivatives and securities exchange network, announced the expansion of its Derivatives Market Intelligence team with the hiring of Wei Liao as Director, Derivatives Market Intelligence. Based in Hong Kong, Ms. Liao will lead the “buildout of Cboe’s… Read More

 Tagged apac, cboe, derivatives, hong kong, trading

April 11, 2025 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments company, announced its intention to expand its card issuing capabilities in the UAE. Checkout.com aims to roll out domestic card issuance “in the region in 2026, pending regulatory approval.” This will enable businesses to launch branded cards, whether physical or… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, mena, payments, uae