Capital Markets

The IMF’s UAE Verdict Is In, and Global Capital Is Paying Attention

Nameer Khan, Chairman of the MENA Fintech Association, unpacks the significance of the IMF's verdict following its ten-day visit to the UAE, a verdict...

Fraudsters Are Using Urgency, Authority and Fear, Now AI Is Doing It for Them

Charles Lobo, Senior Vice President and Regional Risk Officer for CEMEA at Visa, joins Raghda Ibraheem to go deeper on the AI-fraud landscape, and...

Banking the Unbanked With Stablecoins, the Next Frontier of Financial Inclusion

Torab Torabi, CEO of Movement, joins Wall Street to Mena following a landmark partnership, global payment platform Sarb has selected Movement as the exclusive...

How Public Companies Win Investor Confidence in 2026 

How has investor relations evolved in an era of AI, fintech, digital assets, and global capital markets? In this episode, J.D. Durkin sits down with Alex Jorgensen, Partner...

Securitize’s NYSE Debut & the Future of Tokenized Finance

Tokenization has reached another major milestone. Securitize has officially begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ, becoming one of the first publicly traded companies...

Alpaca’s $135M Raise & the Future of AI-Powered Finance

The future of investing is becoming increasingly automated as artificial intelligence and tokenized assets reshape global financial markets. Following its announcement of a $135 million...

Why Tokenized Stocks, Treasuries & RWAs Are Reshaping Global Finance 

The tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is rapidly becoming one of the biggest transformations in global finance. While tokenized U.S. Treasuries helped kickstart institutional...

What the Chip Selloff, Bank Earnings and CPI Data Mean for Markets

Eric Criscuolo, market strategist at the New York Stock Exchange, is back as a week of strong bank earnings and cooler inflation ends with...

Egypt’s 5G Bet, Will It Build Technology or Just Buy It?

Dr. Islam Tharwat Abdel Halim, Regional Coordinator for the IEEE Computer Society (Europe, Africa and Middle East), joins Capital Markets: Wall street to MENA...

Stripe and Advent’s bid for PayPal; Anthropic’s potential October IPO; and DTCC process their first live tokenized stocks, ETFs, and US Treasuries

The Plumbing Goes Live On Wednesday, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation processed its first live production trades in tokenized stocks, ETFs, and US Treasuries....

The Gulf’s ESG Moment: Transformation Agenda or Investor Pitch?

Gihan Hyde, MFTA sustainable Fintech specialist, joins Raghda Ibraheem to cut through the ESG noise across the Gulf, and her starting point is simple:...

How Finstreet Is Transforming Private Markets Through Tokenization

Sunidhi Pasan, Founder & Group CEO of Finstreet Limited, joins J.D. Durkin from the New York Stock Exchange to discuss how private markets are entering...