Investment

From DBS agentic credit tools to Razorpay's payments foundation model, Asia's fintech layer is rewiring around AI in a single week.

Japan's SBI Group backs a stablecoin neobank spanning 125 countries, signalling institutional capital's pivot to emerging-market financial infrastructure.

A $35,000 grant programme targets Egypt's $2.2bn funding gap for women entrepreneurs across 12 tech startups.

A $27.4m cumulative USAF programme backs 3D Systems to scale flight-critical metal additive manufacturing, bridging defence procurement and advanced materials.

A multi-launch extension through 2031 signals tightening capacity in small-lift space access as defence demand accelerates.

Firefly's commercial ground facility earns NASA eligibility, revealing how launch infrastructure bottlenecks now shape the space economy.

A $400m raise and a $50m Lumilens order position POET's optical interposer at AI infrastructure's next bottleneck: the photon.

A US autonomous-systems firm lands its largest commercial contract yet, deploying networked anti-drone detection across Middle East energy assets.

The former Bitcoin miner has contracted 241 MW of AI data centre capacity worth $9.8bn, repositioning its Texas power grid as frontier AI infrastructure.

A bumper week for fintech capital sees Rillet reach a $1bn valuation and Ingenico recapitalise with PIMCO backing.

Stripe's reported acquisition of model-routing platform OpenRouter signals that AI infrastructure, not models, is becoming the next consolidation battleground.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank's first CAIO signals Gulf financial institutions are hardwiring AI into core strategy, not just operations.

The partnership puts alternative credit intelligence inside FICO Platform, reaching 90% of top US lenders and over a billion credit-invisible consumers.

A stablecoin orchestration network and African payments infrastructure provider are joining forces to cut the cost of cross-border money movement across 30+ markets.

The UK mortgage software giant names a data chief as the government's Smart Data initiative promises £14bn in homebuying social value.

Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered have adopted Ant International's time-series AI model for FX and cashflow management.

The multi-seven-figure deal creates an integrated advisory-to-PE platform targeting Egypt's $123bn SME finance gap.

UAE in-principle approval positions Fintech Galaxy at the centre of the Gulf's regulated financial data infrastructure buildout.

REPAY's reseller deal with Visa gives independent payment operators direct VisaNet access, cutting out legacy processor dependencies.

Starling's user-built AI finance tools signal a shift from product-led banking to platform-led personalisation.