Cards & Payments
Affirm Announces Expanded Partnership with New York Life
Affirm said it is expanding its long-term capital partnership with New York Life, Americaβs largest mutual life insurance company. The move builds on their ongoing collaboration, giving Affirm greater flexibility to grow its lending base and provide more payment...
Financials
Economics of Insurance Claims Transformation
The Economics of Claims Transformation: Efficiency, Cost Savings, and ROI
The insurance industry has long been defined by its promise of financial protection, yet profitability has often been constrained by one critical function: claims. Claims are the largest expense line...
Asia Pacific
Standard Chartered and Ant International Launch AI FX Tool
Standard Chartered and Ant International have entered into a collaboration to roll out an AI-powered Treasury and FX management solution that integrates Ant Internationalβs Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) Model with Standard Charteredβs Aggregated Liquidity Engine (SCALE).
Both Standard Chartered and...
Asset Management
UBS Invests in Enterprise AI Platform from Domino Data Lab
UBS, the largest wealth manager in the world, has confirmed it is expanding its partnership with enterprise AI platform provider Domino Data Lab.
The move underscores the bank's goal to ramp up artificial intelligence across its operations while giving equal...
Asia Pacific
Interest Rate Cut in Australia for Third Time in 2025
The central bank of Australia on August 12, 2025, decided on an interest rate cut in Australia by almost a quarter percentage point for the third time in 2025 to 3.6%, with inflation getting tamed as well as economic...
Financials
Chintai Launches Innovative Net Zero-X Exchange, Bridging Sustainable Investments and Global Projects with Tokenisation
Chintai, a leading Singapore-based blockchain technology company, is powering the newly launched Net Zero-X exchange. Designed for institutional and accredited investors, Net Zero-X facilitates the discovery and support of vetted green, clean, and climate tech projects, ensuring safe and...
Financials
Saudi Arabiaβs PIF expands Middle East-Asia Investments, invests $500 million in Hong Kong conglomerate
The Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabiaβs sovereign wealth fund, has signed an agreement to invest $500 million in Hong Kong Chaoshang Group, an investment holding company. The investment includes $100 million in five-year convertible debentures and $400 million...
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