Backbase, Mastercard to work on accelerating cross-border payment adoption
Backbase will embed "Mastercard Move," Mastercard’s suite of global money movement capabilities, directly into its AI-native banking OS...
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IF Insights: Tim Cook leaves with a new Siri and Apple’s biggest AI gamble yet
The centrepiece of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2026 was a completely rebuilt version of Siri, rebranded as "Siri AI"...
Orange completes acquisition of Lorca’s 50% stake in MasOrange
This transaction follows the signing of a binding agreement with Lorca on 12 December 2025, under which Orange agreed to acquire full ownership of MasOrange...
European banks advocate rule simplification as investment gap rises to 1.4 trillion euro
As per the European Banking Federation, the widening investment gap reflects rising funding needs in areas such as energy, defense and digitalization...
Egypt’s garments exports carve out 15% increase despite volatile geopolitics
As per the Apparel Export Council of Egypt (AEC), the sector’s exports reached approximately USD 1.15 billion between January and April 2026...
Siraj Finance PJSC: Redefining ethical banking through innovation, excellence, and strategic leadership
Siraj Finance PJSC offers Sharia-compliant financial products and services for SMEs, corporate and individual clients across the UAE...
Consolidation in Switzerland’s wealth management space as Temenos acquires Additiv
With an extensive global client base in the wealth space, Temenos will benefit from Additiv's AI-enabled orchestration layer...
All you need to know about RBC’s “BlueBay Enhanced Income Fund”
The fund will be managed by portfolio managers Mark Shohet, Ajeet Atwal and Sid Chhabra of BlueBay's Securitized Credit and CLO Management team...
Africa sees red as Maersk raises freight fees on cargoes from China
For cargo destined for the Port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, the surcharge for a 20-foot container has increased from USD 750 to USD 1,000...
Interactive Brokers launches Claude-linked agentic trading capabilities
Using the Claude integration, Interactive's clients will be able to generate trading instructions for equities and ETFs using market and limit orders...