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Finance Magnates Summit London Returns to Old Billingsgate for its Landmark 15th Edition
Finance & Economics

Finance Magnates Summit London Returns to Old Billingsgate for its Landmark 15th Edition

The 15th edition of Finance Magnates Summit London returns to Old Billingsgate on 24 November 2026, bringing together senior leaders from across financial services for a focused day of networking, market intelligence and business opportunities.

Hong Kong Regulators Pick 36 AI Use Cases to Test: Visa, Ant Bank Involved
Fintech & Ecommerce

Hong Kong Regulators Pick 36 AI Use Cases to Test: Visa, Ant Bank Involved

Hong Kong financial regulators enhance their practical artificial intelligence with select 36 use cases for the first cohort of the GenAI Sandbox++. Projects to test span across agent-initiated commerce, payments, customer onboarding and liquidity management.

AI Chatbot and Agent Use Cases Expand as Safety Concerns Intensify
Science & Technology

AI Chatbot and Agent Use Cases Expand as Safety Concerns Intensify

Meta preps to alleviate your daily online routine with agentic tools; Harvard professors are getting AI clones to focus on more personalized interactions with students; Experian helps users browse credit card offerings with ChatGPT; while Anthropic experiments with AI tech controlling physical equipment. AI use cases scope is expanding daily and big industry names are […]

iFX EXPO Asia Returns to Hong Kong in 2026 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
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iFX EXPO Asia Returns to Hong Kong in 2026 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

The world’s leading B2B event series for the online trading industry returns to Hong Kong from 7 to 9 October 2026, bringing together the online trading, fintech and financial services community at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

FV Bank Launches Global Managed Accounts for Payment & Fintech Platforms
Fintech & Ecommerce

FV Bank Launches Global Managed Accounts for Payment & Fintech Platforms

Embedded banking is expanding as fintechs and payment platforms seek to provide accounts and payment services without building their own banking infrastructure. 

Vilnius Names 12 Finalists for First Vilnius Is My City Awards
Society & Lifestyle

Vilnius Names 12 Finalists for First Vilnius Is My City Awards

Since immigration and integration continue to be key issues in Europe, Vilnius will acknowledge the achievements of successful members of its international community at the first Vilnius Is My City Awards. 

Alipay Ant Forest Reaches 700M Users & Planted Trees in Decade
Society & Lifestyle

Alipay Ant Forest Reaches 700M Users & Planted Trees in Decade

There has been a rise in coverage of digital services that assist in environmental programs in sustainability news. One example today is Alipay Ant Forest, which has reported that over 700 million people in China have been using its service since its inception in 2016 and, consequently, more than 700 million trees have been planted […]

Revolut Launches EURR Stablecoin For 80 Million Customers
Blockchain & Crypto

Revolut Launches EURR Stablecoin For 80 Million Customers

A new digital coin for European wallets is backed by one of the continent’s biggest banking apps – Revolut.

Stablecoins Turn Spendable: $50B in Card Payments Signal Next Crypto Adoption Wave
Blockchain & Crypto

Stablecoins Turn Spendable: $50B in Card Payments Signal Next Crypto Adoption Wave

Stablecoin card spending is expected to grow 4x in the next few years. Main crypto adoption driver would be routine card payments. 

Stripe Singapore Wants Going Global 
Fintech & Ecommerce

Stripe Singapore Wants Going Global 

For most of business history, selling to another country meant years of paperwork, banking relationships and legal setup before a single overseas sale could happen. Stripe’s latest move in Singapore is built around a bet that this is no longer true and the numbers behind it are striking.

Bitcoin Hits $80,000 And Gold Is Rallying: Common Reason Revealed
Finance & Economics

Bitcoin Hits $80,000 And Gold Is Rallying: Common Reason Revealed

Bitcoin’s price just broke an $80K threshold. But gold is climbing at the very same time, for the very same reason. Let’s take a closer look at both developments and how they’re connected.

Scalable Capital Broker Hands Trading Keys to ChatGPT & Claude: Ready to Let AI Trade for You?
Finance & Economics

Scalable Capital Broker Hands Trading Keys to ChatGPT & Claude: Ready to Let AI Trade for You?

What if the next order on your investment account wasn’t typed by you, but by an AI agent acting on your behalf? Scalable Capital may soon find answers to that question with its new agentic trading solution.

AI Shopping Traffic Becomes More Valuable Than Other Search Engines
Fintech & Ecommerce

AI Shopping Traffic Becomes More Valuable Than Other Search Engines

AI shopping traffic is growing fast and bringing shoppers who are more inclined to buy something along.

Visa Tests 7-Day Stablecoin Settlement With Nium in Singapore
Blockchain & Crypto

Visa Tests 7-Day Stablecoin Settlement With Nium in Singapore

Stablecoin payment settlement is not a niche crypto conversation anymore: here’s what Visa is testing with Nium in Singapore.

Cloudflare Kitesurf & X402 Protocol Tools Fast Track Agentic AI Checkout 
Science & Technology

Cloudflare Kitesurf & X402 Protocol Tools Fast Track Agentic AI Checkout 

Cloudflare Kitesurf and the x402 agent payments protocol could bring AI agents one step closer to shopping and paying without human help. 

Wells Fargo Study Finds Entrepreneurship Reshapes American Dream
Society & Lifestyle

Wells Fargo Study Finds Entrepreneurship Reshapes American Dream

The entrepreneurship American Dream 2026 may look very different from the one previous generations grew up with. New Wells Fargo research suggests that owning a business is increasingly tied to financial independence, while younger Americans are also navigating significant economic pressure.