All articles by Refna Tharayil

Refna Tharayil

DP World partners with Standard Bank on trade finance solutions in Africa

The collaboration will enable African companies to easily access working capital from Standard Bank through the DP World Trade Finance platform

PKO Bank Polski accelerates expansion in Metaverse 

The bank has announced that it is preparing to create attractive spaces on gaming platforms such as Fortnite and Roblox and it wants to develop its activity on the Metaverse class platforms – Decentraland and The Sandbox

JPMorgan Chase plans to introduce AI-driven investment advice service

The New York-based company is reported to have applied to trademark a product dubbed IndexGPT, which will leverage cloud computing software utilising AI for the computer software selection of financial securities and financial assets

JupitarFinance launches new platform to transform financial sector 

JupitarFinance seeks to transform the management of finances for individuals and help them access financial services with the platform’s features and user-centric approach

Equitas Small Finance Bank, IBM partner on cloud-native secure banking platform

Through the partnership, Equitas seeks to adopt a cloud native architecture, enabling digital channels and applications to securely operate across any technology environment

CFI Egypt officially launches in Cairo

CFI Egypt brings investors in the region access to 200+ EGX-listed stocks including Commercial International Bank, QNB ALAHLI, Telecom Egypt, and much more, all with highly competitive trading conditions and ultra-low trading fees

Fintech solutions provider Nymbus secures $70m in Series D

The funding round was led by venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners and had additional investments from Nymbus’ customers ConnectOne Bank and PeoplesBank

Finbots.ai to transform credit risk management for Sathapana Bank

Based in Singapore, finbots.ai aims to support lenders drive profitable lending and financial inclusion with the company’s AI-led credit modelling platform creditX

Ford EV customers to get access to 12K Tesla Superchargers in US and Canada

With the new agreement, the available number of fast-chargers available to Ford Motor’s EV customers will double by the start of Spring 2024