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Global Fintech Forum 2025: Starting UK Fintech Week with a Bang

The Fintech Times

Dr Khaled Al-Dhaher, vice governor, supervision and technology, SAMA, Saudi Central Bank, Mo El Husseiny, founder and managing partner, Ventura Capital and moderator Sir Charles Bowman, advisor to PwC UK and FinTech Growth Fund who was Lord Mayor of London between 2017 and 2018.

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Credit Card Surcharges in Canada: A Legal Guide

EBizCharge

Canada’s legal framework leaves much of the regulatory nuance to the provinces, each of which has its own set of consumer protection laws. It’s essential to review the specific requirements in your province and consult up-to-date legal guidance.

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Oman’s Fintech Future: A Market on the Rise

The Fintech Times

Key organisations: Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Countrys central bank Capital Market Authority Omans capital market authority Oman Startup Hub (OSH) A platform for startups, investors, advisors, and entrepreneurs Oman Investment Authority Countrys investment promotional agency Sharakah S closed-joint stock company incorporated by a Royal Decree (..)

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Finovate Global: Talking Fintech Regulation in the European Union with EverC’s Maya Shabi

Finovate

Shabi: Complying with the MiCA framework is the first thing that comes to mind when cryptocurrency and the EU are mentioned in the same sentence. MiCA is the EUs first comprehensive legal framework for crypto assets that introduces clear and consistent rules across member states.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

While Spotify still worked with a few investment banks to help organize the logistics behind the unconventional deal, those advisors made a small fraction of what they would have on an IPO — only reaching about $30M among the 3 banks, according to The Wall Street Journal. BOUTIQUE BANKS.

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How Can AI be Used Reliably to Give Financial Advice?

The Fintech Times

Our final focus this month is on robo-advisors and their impact on the investment and wealthtech spaces. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the norm in our lives – many sectors have some sort of AI-driven function to help customers out, but can robo-advisors fill this role in the financial sector reliably? The advisor?

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Rewiring the cross-border payments paradigm: Risk and security in correspondent banking confirmation

The Payments Association

While digital infrastructure is advancing, including cloud-native solutions and distributed ledger technologies (DLT), legal frameworks are still rooted in outdated assumptions, creating friction in what should be frictionless systems. But as Paul Palmer pointed out, safety in real-time payments isnt just a legal question.