WorldFirst Partners with OCBC to Accelerate its Southeast Asia Expansion

Clara SHI, Vice President of Ant International and CEO of WorldFirst, and Melvyn LOW, Head of Global Transaction Banking at OCBC, signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Singapore (Image Courtesy: Business Wire)

Ant International’s WorldFirst, an all-in-one digital cross-border payment and treasury account service for global businesses, has announced a partnership with OCBC, the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 29 October 2025, WorldFirst and OCBC committed to a strategic collaboration aimed at supporting WorldFirst’s base of […]

KFH Partners with NCR Atleos to Enhance Customer Experience through AI Avatar

NCR Atleos has collaborated with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) to transform the in-branch customer experience through the deployment of a hyper-realistic conversational AI-powered avatar (Image Courtesy: Business Wire)

NCR Atleos Corporation (“Atleos”), a leader in expanding self-service financial access for financial institutions, retailers and consumers, has collaborated with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) to transform the in-branch customer experience through the deployment of a hyper-realistic conversational AI-powered avatar. This groundbreaking initiative introduces AI-driven video avatars at account service kiosks across KFH branches, offering customers real-time, personalized assistance. […]

Star Mountain Capital Appoints Curtis Glovier as Chief Investment Officer

Curtis Glovier, Chief Investment Officer at Star Mountain Capital (Image Courtesy: Businesswire)

Star Mountain Capital, LLC (“Star Mountain”), a specialised, alpha-focused, employee-owned, private markets investment firm with over $4 billion in assets under management (“AUM”), has announced the promotion of Curtis Glovier to Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Glovier has been working with the Star Mountain team for over five years, most recently as Strategic Investment & Portfolio Officer. Mr. […]

Options Unveils Upgraded Netskope Service for Secure Financial IT Compliance

Options Unveils Upgraded Netskope Service for Secure Financial IT Compliance

Options Technology, one of the leading providers of cloud-enabled managed services, on June 4th, announced a major milestone in its three-year strategic partnership with Netskope, one of the global leader in modern security and networking. Options’ AtlasWorkplace is an IT platform purpose-built for hedge funds, asset management, private equity, and financial services firms. It combines high-performance infrastructure, […]

Paytm Names Ramana Kumar as CEO of Middle East Business

Paytm Names Ramana Kumar as CEO of Middle East Business

Paytm (One97 Communications Limited), one of India’s leading payments and financial services distribution companies and pioneer of mobile payments, QR codes and Soundbox, on May 26th, announced the appointment of Mr. Ramana Kumar as Chief Executive Officer for its Middle East business. He brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the fintech, payments, and […]

IonQ Expands Global Reach with Fronte Enterprise on AWS and Quantum Cloud

Rendering of a Forte Enterprise-powered data center (Photo courtesy: Business Wire)

IonQ, a leader in the quantum computing and networking industries, recently announced that IonQ Forte Enterprise, IonQ’s recently commissioned quantum computer is now officially available to customers globally through Amazon Braket, a managed quantum computing service from Amazon Web Services (AWS), as well as the IonQ Quantum Cloud. IonQ Forte Enterprise joins IonQ Aria and IonQ Forte […]

Why Startups are Investing in Fintech App Development Company for Competitive Advantage

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Fintech apps are those that support banking and all other financial services such as insurance, investing, cryptocurrency, lending, and financial management. In addition, fintech app development plays an important role whenever there is a marketplace, e-commerce, or SaaS service. For these businesses, embedded finance functionality is a must-have and it is also provided with fintech […]

Ant International Launches New Financial Solution to Boost SME Lending in Brazil

Merchants can access Bettr Working Capital on AliExpress Seller Centre, selecting loan amount and repayment options. (Actual credit line and interest rates are subject to the rates displayed in the system at the time of loan application.) (Image: Businesswire)

Bettr, a leading AI-driven lending business under Ant International, has recently announced its official launch in Brazil to expand small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending to support local and regional economic development by working with local partners. As a first move, it formed a strategic partnership with AliExpress to bring a new financing solution, Bettr […]