This Week in Fintech

Kraken Receives Fed Skinny Master Account (MC 3/5) PLUS: Stablecoins Aren't for Americans w/ Ayo Omojola

Kraken Receives Fed Skinny Master Account (MC 3/5)

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PLUS: Stablecoins Aren't for Americans w/ Ayo Omojola

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And the same went for our neighbors in Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi, Bahrain and Oman.

The clouds take a hit (TWIF - MENA 05/03) Marhaba, fintech friends ☮️ Reporting from Dubai - safe, with a lot of sound. It is quite the week in this corner of the world. The city’s typical soundtrack - cars, crowds, construction - took a dark turn on Saturday morning. Suddenly, all we could hear was the sound of

The clouds take a hit (TWIF - MENA 05/03)

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Marhaba, fintech friends ☮️

Reporting from Dubai - safe, with a lot of sound.

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omen's Day. Fintech is one of the most dynamic industries in the region, and it is not immune to the broader gender inequalities that shape Latin America. Women face financial, technological, and entrepreneurial barriers that the sector has yet to fully reckon with. The share of women founders, CEO

Pix rewrites payments history, DolarApp becomes ARQ | TWIF LatAm (03/04) Hola amig@s fintech, This Sunday is International Women's Day. Fintech is one of the most dynamic industries in the region, and it is not immune to the broader gender inequalities that shape Latin America. Women face financial, technological, and entrepreneurial barriers that the sector has yet to fully reckon

Pix rewrites payments history, DolarApp becomes ARQ | TWIF LatAm (03/04)

https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/pix-rewrites-payments-history-dolarapp-becomes-arq-twif-latam-03-04/

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Hola amig@s fintech,

This Sunday is International W…

This Week in Fraud A TWIF Publication | Week of March 2, 2026

This Week in Fraud

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A TWIF Publication | Week of March 2, 2026

M-Kopa Nigeria Moves Into New Verticals After $169M Disbursement (TWIF - Africa 03/02) Hi Fintech friends 👋, Meet Us at Stable Salons Africa – Kigali, March 9 Last month, Paschal Okeke hosted the inaugural Stable Salons in Nairobi the first stop in an eight-city Africa series bringing together operators, regulators, and builders working on the future of cross-border payments and digital finance. He wrote about

M-Kopa Nigeria Moves Into New Verticals After $169M Disbursement (TWIF - Africa 03/02)

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A World of change- TWIF UK & Europe (19/01) The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe for the week ending 20th February 2026.

A World of change- TWIF UK & Europe (19/01)

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The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe for the week ending 20th Februar…

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BillDesk acquires Worldline India ops; Hong Kong's RedotPay plans $1B+ IPO | TWIF Asia - 2nd Mar, 2026 Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, investor in early stage startups. If you’re reading from any of the countries in the GCC region, I hope you and your family is safe. Happy Holi to our Indian readers! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’

BillDesk acquires Worldline India ops; Hong Kong's RedotPay plans $1B+ IPO | TWIF Asia - 2nd Mar, 2026

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New on the podcast, @NikMilanovic sat down with Alesia Haas, CFO of @coinbase, to unpack the company’s 2025 year end performance and what comes next.

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