The British Business Bank has doubled direct scale-up investing to over £600m in nine months, backing 50+ UK companies and targeting £400m a year.
Category: Finance
Indonesia Puts Rp281 Trillion Back in Himbara Banks Through Year-End
Indonesia reinstates Rp281 trillion in Himbara banks through year-end with Rp100 trillion standby at Bank Indonesia to keep 11.5% credit growth going.
Open Banking Is Becoming Open Finance, and the Bank Loses Its Grip
Mastercard's open finance framing widens permission-based data sharing from bank accounts to pensions, insurance, payroll, and credit. What changes in 2026.
African Banks Squeeze Into Kenya, but Local Giants Refuse to Budge
Egypt's CIB, Nigeria's Access, and South Africa's Nedbank and Absa are stampeding into Kenya, but Equity, KCB and M-Pesa keep the $2bn pool hard to crack.
FTSE 100 Falls 35 Points as Apple’s Memory Bill Cracks the AI Trade
FTSE 100 fell 35 points to 10,495 as Apple's memory-driven MacBook and iPad price hikes cracked the AI trade, sending KOSPI down 8% and SoftBank down 14%.
Tech Rout Hits Dow as Memory Chips Drive the Other Way
The Dow fell 187.92 points to 51,732.70 Friday as Apple, Microsoft and Amazon sold off, while memory chip makers like Micron surged on record earnings.
Banking Passports for Business Owners: The 2026 File
A banking passport is a structured compliance file, not a secrecy tool. Here is what business owners must build in 2026 to protect assets.
Pakistan’s Banks Could Share Branches Like Telcos Share Towers
A Branch Operating Company with 5,000 shared sites could reshape Pakistan's banks, taking the Engro Connect tower-sharing playbook to retail banking.
DIFC: AI, Data, and Embedded Finance Will Reshape UAE Banking
DIFC's June 2026 report maps how AI, data, and embedded finance will reshape UAE banking, with Revolut, Emirates NBD, and Mashreq weighing in.
WeLab Plans $220M Bank Push Across Four Southeast Asian Markets
WeLab founder Simon Loong tells BFM 89.9 the group is weighing bank acquisitions across Southeast Asia, starting in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, funded by a US$220M Series D...