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Karat Financial is bringing business banking to creators

Karat Financial, the company known for its credit cards for creators, is launching a creator-focused business banking product. Powered by digital bank Grasshopper, Karat’s banking product...

Lightspeed backs Indian home services startup Snabbit as the next big consumer trend

Home services in India — whether it is cleaning, dishwashing, or laundry — have traditionally been offline and informally run. This has often resulted...

GCC banks post record $15.6bn profit in Q1 amid lending boom, stable forecast

RIYADH: Gulf Cooperation Council banks posted $15.6 billion in net profit for the first three months of 2025, a 7.1 percent rise from the...

Fintech firms powering MSMEs via digital public infra, says FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister during her visit to Indian fintech company Pine Labs lauded fintech firms’ contribution to expanding country's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)India’s fintech sector...

Saudi authority approves new guidelines for sustainable debt instruments 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority has approved new guidelines for issuing green, social, sustainable, and sustainability-linked debt instruments. These guidelines, which came into effect...

Saudi startup Ejari plans to scale as demand grows

Rent-now, pay-later platform to build full-service real estate ‘super app’ RIYADH: Property tech startup Ejari aims to build a full-service real estate “super app” as it...

Security startup Horizon3.ai is raising $100M in new round

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity startup that provides tools like autonomous penetration testing, is seeking to raise $100 million in a new funding round and has...

Is Groww worth $7-8 billion? Sebi F&O rules key to determining IPO fate

Broking firms are bracing for higher taxes on trading during the current fiscal, have been earning lower exchange rebates since the middle of the...

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