Zywa and Mastercard Join Forces to Empower Gen Z in the UAE

UAE-based fintech Zywa has entered a new strategic partnership with Mastercard as it looks to enable its Gen Z user base to save towards their financial goals, send and receive money, split the bill with friends, pay bills and shop online. Zywa provides those aged 10 to 25 with a community-based app and a card […]
Opinion: The crucial takeaway from the backlash against ‘Creed III’ stars

Note: Spoilers follow for “Creed III.”Read More
Newly discovered asteroid has a slight chance of colliding with Earth in 2046

A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a “small chance” of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine’s Day in 2046, according to NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.Read More
Takeaways from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s CNN town hall on public education

• Analysis: Biden and Trump agree on one big thing • Opinion by Gov. Youngkin: America has an education problem. Virginia has the solutionRead More
Friend of Americans kidnapped in Mexico recounts the moments before they went missing

Cheryl Orange traveled with her friends from South Carolina to Texas, but didn’t cross the border into Mexico with them because she didn’t have her ID. She recounts the moments that lead to their disappearance with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.Read More
5 Men Found in Mexico With Note Apologizing for Attacking 4 Americans

The note, which was purportedly written by a powerful drug cartel, apologized for the attack last week that left three people dead, and offered up five men it said were responsible.Read More
Why China Is Tightening Its Oversight of Banking and Tech

A series of regulatory changes approved this week reflect the increasingly centralized control of Xi Jinping, newly confirmed for a third term as China’s president.Read More
Xi, More Dominant than Ever, Signals China’s Focus on U.S. Rivalry

The Communist Party-controlled legislature, the National People’s Congress, endorsed Xi Jinping for president in a ritual ballot.Read More
This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 09/03
Welcome to The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Thursday 9 March. Appointments Cybersecurity consultancy CyberScale has appointed former CISO of the Bank of England Professor Cameron ‘Buck’ Rogers as the first member its newly established advisory board. Buck’s professorship is in cybersecurity and digital innovation at Gloucestershire University. Dext, the cloud automation platform for […]
Pedro Pascal says his brutal ‘Game of Thrones’ scene was actually ‘relaxing’

Pedro Pascal can handle the heat from a hot wing, but the summer sun on the “Games of Thrones” set was another story.Read More