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Article: Navigating Responsible AI in the FinTech Landscape

InfoQ Culture Methods

Explore the dynamic intersection of responsible AI, regulation, and ethics in the FinTech sector. This article highlights key challenges and innovative practices as organizations navigate compliance with evolving guidelines like the EU AI Act. By Lexy Kassan

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For Fintech, 2024 Was A Year of Hype, Hustle and Hard Truths. What’s Next In 2025?

Crunchbase News

By Katherine Maslova This has been a year of rapid progress and high expectations for the fintech sector. So, despite being a sector with a strong concentration of AI leaders, fintech like 74% of companies across industries struggles to scale value. There’s also been lots of buzz and hard, painful truths learned.

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Top tech trends powering the Middle East’s digital evolution by 2025

CIO

Adopting multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions will enhance flexibility and compliance, deepening partnerships with global providers. Fintech hubs like Dubai and Riyadh will continue attracting global and regional players. The Internet of Things is gaining traction worldwide.

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2025 Middle East tech trends: How CIOs will drive innovation with AI

CIO

Data sovereignty and the development of local cloud infrastructure will remain top priorities in the region, driven by national strategies aimed at ensuring data security and compliance. However, overcoming challenges such as workforce readiness, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity risks will be critical to realizing this vision.

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QED Investors closes on $1.05B across two funds to invest in fintech companies globally

TechCrunch

Specifically, today QED is announcing a $550 million early-stage fund and a $500 million growth-stage fund , both of which are aimed at backing fintech companies primarily in the U.S., Clearly, Alexandria, Virginia-based QED was investing in fintech before fintech was “cool.” Most fintech companies will fail.

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Nigerian YC-backed startup Anchor comes out of stealth with $1M+ to scale its banking-as-a-service platform

TechCrunch

In 2015, the emergence of fintechs such as Flutterwave and Paystack changed the game for online businesses in Africa by making it easier to integrate payments into customer interfaces without building those features from the ground up or merging with tacky foreign software. The situation is no different in Africa.

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Banyan wants to unlock financing for a (more) sustainable future

TechCrunch

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. The theory is that it will make investment in sustainable infrastructure a more attractive proposition, too.