MSTRpay
MSTRpay begins Sierra Leone market entry process
Sierra Leone has become the latest West African market in MSTRpay’s international expansion as the company begins local verification, partner...
On this day
On this day in 1980: © Zuheir Saade—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com 1980 The Iran-Iraq War began
On 22 September 1980, Iraq launched a large-scale invasion of neighbouring Iran, beginning a devastating conflict that would last almost...
Financial insights
Asian markets open higher as technology rally lifts sentiment
Asian stock markets opened mostly higher on...
Leapfrog economies
Indonesia’s DANA attracts new investment as digital finance leapfrogs traditional banking
Indonesia’s digital finance transformation is attracting fresh international capital, with investment group 01F backing DANA, one of the country’s largest...
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US politics
Trump extends $100,000 H-1B visa push as immigration battle widens
US President Donald Trump has extended for another year an executive order seeking to impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B...
AI - Tool or Threat?
AI – tool or threat: the same technology is now fighting on both sides
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the world's most powerful productivity and security tools – while simultaneously creating new...
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Digital banking
Ghana opens another door to digital finance as dLocal wins payments licence
Ghana’s rapidly developing digital financial sector is gaining another international player after the Bank of Ghana granted dLocal an Enhanced...
LATAM
Mexican fintech Fairplay secures $108 million to expand alternative business finance
Mexican fintech Fairplay has secured more than $108 million in new financing as it expands an alternative lending model designed...
India
Indian fintech takes farm credit digital as 300,000 applications move online
India’s fintech transformation is reaching far beyond its major cities, as an agricultural finance platform backed by the National Bank...
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...
Africa
The Gambia is quietly building a digital financial economy
One of Africa’s smallest economies is undergoing a remarkably rapid financial transformation. Mobile money and fintech usage are expanding across...
Middle east
Key Democrat blocks Trump’s $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel
One of Washington’s most prominent pro-Israel Democrats has refused to clear a proposed $2.8 billion US weapons sale to Israel,...
US-Iran conflict escalates at sea as oil breaks $100
The confrontation between the United States and Iran has entered a dangerous new maritime phase after US forces destroyed five...
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...
Russian election
United Russia dominates wartime election as votes are counted
Russia’s ruling United Russia party has taken a commanding lead in the country’s first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion...
Election in Sweden
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...
Sunday article
The rise and fall of Senator McCarthy – the man who made America afraid
For four extraordinary years, a senator from Wisconsin held Washington in his grip. Joseph McCarthy accused officials, diplomats, soldiers and...
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
The rise and fall of Senator McCarthy – the man who made America afraid
For four extraordinary years, a senator from Wisconsin held Washington in his grip. Joseph McCarthy accused officials, diplomats, soldiers and...
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
United Russia dominates wartime election as votes are counted
Russia’s ruling United Russia party has taken a commanding lead in the country’s first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion...