Pemo has secured in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE for a Stored Value Facilities (SVF) licence, a regulatory step that would let the Dubai-based spend management platform hold and move its business customers' funds on its own regulated infrastructure rather than routing every transaction through a partner bank. The approval positions Pemo, which serves more than 6,000 UAE businesses, to move beyond corporate cards and expense software into digital wallets

The DTCC's tokenisation pilot went live in July, the EU is racing toward T+1, and market infrastructure operators are quietly rewriting the rules of settlement. Here's what this week's news means for capital markets. For decades, the pipes of global finance have been reliable, invisible, and mind-numbingly boring, which is exactly how post-trade professionals like it. But over the last two weeks, that plumbing has started to look positively futuristic. The Depository Trust &

The Managing General Agents' Association has appointed Padda Consulting as its UK compliance and regulatory partner, giving its members a dedicated advisory channel at a point when the regulatory ground beneath managing general agents is shifting faster than it has in years. The arrangement takes effect on 1 September 2026. For MGAA members, the practical takeaway is a single, named source of regulatory support that sits alongside the association's existing relationship with

Klaimee's $5.5M seed launches insurance-backed warranties for autonomous AI agents. Corgi expands its AI-native carrier. This week reshapes InsurTech.

FinanceX Magazine is proud to announce its partnership with AssetOps Chicago 2026 as an official media partner, joining Corinium Intelligence in spotlighting the operational transformation reshaping the asset management industry. Taking place on 11 August 2026 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago – Magnificent Mile, AssetOps Chicago is purpose-built for asset management firms ready to move from discussion to actionable transformation. Positioned as a community platform rather

Egypt's largest bank has begun issuing a US dollar corporate debit card aimed at giving companies direct, account-linked access to foreign currency for international payments, a product that arrives less than two years after Egyptian banks were forced to suspend most dollar card spending during the country's foreign exchange crisis. The National Bank of Egypt (NBE), the state-owned lender that holds roughly a quarter of Egypt's banking assets, has partnered with Mastercard to

As of this week, SS&C, d1g1t, and WealthAi are quietly reshaping digital wealth management — and none of it features a robo-advisor front-end.

A single week in July 2026 stitched together a bank breach, a payments fintech compromise, an EIC-funded deepfake defender, and the first real signs of DORA enforcement. Here is what changed, and what it means for anyone with a balance sheet. The week the "cyber tail risk" line item stopped being theoretical If you are a CISO, a Chief Risk Officer, or a board director at a European financial entity, this was a bad week to be on holiday. As of the week ending 24 July 2026, the

Objectway has entered exclusive talks to acquire French capital markets software specialist SLIB from BNP Paribas and Natixis, a move that extends the wealthtech vendor's existing securities processing, clearing and settlement capabilities into the capital markets sector. The deal is expected to close by 31 December 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and employee consultation processes in France. For a firm whose proposition already spans wealth, private banking and asset