MSTRpay
MSTRpay goes live in Ghana with Multitrust
MSTRpay goes live in Ghana with Multitrust — dedicated infrastructure and market activities start immediately Ghana becomes the latest active...
MSTRpay and TRO-TAL launch Tanzania market activation programme
New country platform brings the MSTRpay–TRO-TAL cooperation into active market development, customer engagement and commercial preparation Stockholm / Dar es...
Digital banking
Apple Pay enters India’s home-grown payments revolution
Apple Pay has launched in India, entering a market already transformed by domestic digital payment infrastructure. Its arrival highlights both...
US politics
Musk to co-lead Pentagon project on the future of warfare
Elon Musk will help lead a Pentagon initiative examining the technologies and capabilities needed for future conflicts, Pete Hegseth announced...
The Wallenbergs, 170 years of power
Newshub Finance launches investigative series on the Wallenberg sphere
NewsHub Finance is launching a major investigative series examining 170 years of money, industry and power within Sweden’s Wallenberg sphere....
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Middle east
Iran receives U.S. response as seven-month war reaches critical diplomatic moment
Iran says it has received Washington’s formal response to its latest proposal to end the seven-month war, renewing attention on...
On this day
On this day in 1975: The “Thrilla in Manila”
Fifty-one years ago today, on 1 October 1975, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought for the third and final time...
Newshub Finance
Newshub Finance passes 32,000 weekly sessions as organic traffic surges
NewsHub Finance, the international financial media platform owned by MSTRpay, recorded 32,690 sessions between 21 and 27 September 2026, an...
Financial insights
Asian chip stocks climb as Gulf markets face oil and diplomacy risks
Asian chip stocks climb as Gulf markets...
Africa
Egypt’s Paymob raises $35 million to expand digital payments
Egyptian fintech Paymob has secured $35 million in fresh funding to expand its payments business across the Middle East and...
Indonesia
Indonesia’s Bank Jago expands AI use as digital banking grows
Indonesia’s Bank Jago has allocated approximately 5 billion rupiah to artificial intelligence as it seeks to improve lending assessments, fraud...
AI - Tool or Threat?
AI, tool or threat? The fake meeting that cost a company $25 million
An employee joins a video meeting, recognises senior colleagues and follows instructions to transfer company funds. But the people on...
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China - US
Iran receives U.S. response as seven-month war reaches critical diplomatic moment
Iran says it has received Washington’s formal response to its latest proposal to end the seven-month war, renewing attention on...
Leapfrog economies
The Solar Projects Waiting for Finance: Odyssey’s Bid to Close the Gap
Odyssey Energy Solutions has raised $74 million to help smaller companies build solar projects across emerging markets. Its approach tackles...
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LATAM
Nubank dismisses Monzo deal reports as Latin American expansion continues
Brazilian digital banking group Nubank has said it is not pursuing a transaction with Britain’s Monzo, responding to reports of...
India
India’s digital payments forecast to reach 702 billion transactions
India’s digital payments market could reach approximately 702 billion transactions annually by the financial year ending March 2031, according to...
Blockchain
Blockchain moves towards everyday payments as Minisend expands into Kenya
Blockchain finance is moving closer to everyday use in East Africa as stablecoin settlement company Minisend expands its operations in...
Caribbean
Jamaica opens a new door for fintech innovation
Jamaica is expanding the infrastructure around its fintech economy, creating a new regulatory sandbox that will allow financial companies to...
Climate & Energy
The world is draining its water savings account
The world's rivers experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, while freshwater stored in...
H&M vs Zara
H&M vs Zara: Two Fashion Giants, Two Very Different Money Machines
They sell to many of the same customers, compete on many of the same high streets and operate on a...
Everybodys Dolly
Dolly Parton dies at 80, leaving a legacy far beyond country music
Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose songs, warmth and unmistakable style made her one of the world’s most recognisable...
Business of the week
From small Nigerian start-up to $250 billion fintech engine
Moniepoint began in Lagos in 2015 as a self-funded technology venture created by two Nigerian software engineers. Just over a...
Inside the scam - Serie
Inside the scam (Part 5): Can anyone stop the scam economy?
Online fraud has evolved into a global industry supported by trafficking networks, stolen identities, artificial intelligence and an international system...
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Newshub long read
1856: The banker who started a dynasty
1856: The banker who started a dynasty In 1856, André Oscar Wallenberg founded Stockholms Enskilda Bank with a group of...
Financial inclusion
6. The infrastructure of freedom
Why financial inclusion deserves to stand alongside roads, schools and electricity as essential development infrastructure Every generation eventually discovers that...
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World Cup 2026
Sweden wakes to razor-thin election as opposition takes narrow lead
Sweden woke on Monday to one of the closest parliamentary elections in its modern political history, with the centre-left opposition...
Trump in office
Trump’s crypto ventures generated more than US$1bn in 2025, financial filing reveals
Businesses linked to US President Donald Trump generated more than US$1 billion in revenue from cryptocurrency-related activities during 2025, according...
Serie - HIdden financial giants
Trump and Xi extend trade truce but leave major disputes unresolved
The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping ended on Friday with a two-month extension of...