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UAE Banks Face New Sovereign Cloud Questions as Core42 Expands Beyond CBUAE Mandate

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UAE Banks Face New Sovereign Cloud Questions as Core42 Expands Beyond CBUAE Mandate

Interviews

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U.S. Payment Rails Aren’t Ready For The Stablecoin Surge

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Everyone’s building crypto exchanges. Khaled Guerbouz is building the rails institutions won’t move without.

The forty-seven private fintechs most worth knowing about right now.

Banking & Neobanks

The £116bn that won’t move: open banking takes on idle cash

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UAE’s Jaywan Card Scheme Gets Its First Credit Co-Badge, a Day After National Launch

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Sav’s Entire Card Portfolio Goes Exclusively Visa in Five-Year UAE-Saudi Deal

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