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Significant progress has been made in recent years to encourage the proliferation of cashless payments in remote and isolated parts of Vietnam, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV). Several policies and programmes implemented by the State Bank of...

Crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain has entered into an agreement with Galaxy Digital Holdings to sell its Helios facility in Texas for $65 million and refinance its asset-backed loans. Additionally, Galaxy has agreed to host Argo’s mining machines located...

Group-IB, one of the global leaders in cybersecurity, announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with sirar by stc, a Saudi cybersecurity provider. The agreement paves the way for Group-IB to provide its full stack of threat-hunting and intelligence...

MUFG Bank, a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), has announced an investment of $200m in Jakarta-based banking and digital finance platform Akulaku. Founded in 2016, Akulaku is a fintech firm that provides digital financial services in Indonesia...

Telecommunications company CellPay has partnered with American financial services company MoneyGram to expand bill payment alternatives for customers across the US. Under the partnership, MoneyGram customers can gain access to more bill payment alternatives via retail and digital channels to...

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce has announced the formation of a new Fintech and Payments Business Group with the goal of uniting businesses of all sizes operating in these fields in order to foster collegial discussion, advocate for legislative...

Skyscend Inc., an SaaS platform provider for supply chain finance, announced that it has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program, speeding up the process of integrating with Visa, “allowing Skyscend to more easily leverage the reach, capabilities, and security that...