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Planky secures €6.9 million to scale AI-driven credit decisioning and predictive risk infrastructure

Planky, the UK-based AI-driven financial data intelligence platform and part of BKN301 Group, today announced €6.9 million in new funding…
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Planky secures €6.9 million to scale AI-driven credit decisioning and predictive risk infrastructure

Planky, the UK-based AI-driven financial data intelligence platform and part of BKN301 Group, today announced €6.9 million in new funding…
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Planky and BKN301 logos on a dark purple background, announcing Planky’s €6.9 million funding round to scale AI-driven credit decisioning and predictive risk infrastructure
Planky secures €6.9 million to scale AI-driven credit decisioning and predictive risk infrastructure

Planky secures €6.9 million to scale AI-driven credit decisioning and predictive risk infrastructure

Planky, the UK-based AI-driven financial data intelligence platform and part of BKN301 Group, today announced…
November 10, 20266 min Read More
Entrance of the Business Design Centre in London with Open Banking Expo UK & Europe 2026 banners, where Planky exhibited on 13–14 October 2026
Open Banking Expo 2026: our takeaways from the Planky stand

Open Banking Expo 2026: our takeaways from the Planky stand

That’s a wrap on Open Banking Expo 2026. Over two busy days in London, Planky…
October 21, 20262 min Read More
Pulse of Fintech issue #04 cover, “Qatar Fintech: Infrastructure Behind Growth”, over the Doha skyline at night: BKN301 newsletter on Qatar’s fintech market
Qatar fintech: infrastructure behind growth

Qatar fintech: infrastructure behind growth

Qatar’s fintech market is growing fast. The more important story is the infrastructure underneath it:…
October 6, 20266 min Read More
Cracked stone monolith lit by glowing data lines on a dark background, illustrating fragmented legacy core banking systems and the need for data decoupling
The hidden cost of legacy isn’t the core. It’s the data

The hidden cost of legacy isn’t the core. It’s the data

Legacy core banking systems are often seen as the main roadblock to digital change. The…
September 24, 20264 min Read More
Flags of Saudi Arabia, the market analysed in BKN301's tokenisation outlook to 2030
Saudi Arabia and tokenisation: a market outlook to 2030

Saudi Arabia and tokenisation: a market outlook to 2030

Saudi Arabia's tokenisation market could reach $5 billion by 2030 at an estimated 25% CAGR.…
September 18, 20262 min Read More
Qatar national flag in close-up against a dark blue background, illustrating asset tokenization and the growth of digital and real-world assets in Qatar
Asset tokenization in Qatar: bridging digital and real-world assets

Asset tokenization in Qatar: bridging digital and real-world assets

Asset tokenization turns rights to real-world or financial assets into blockchain records. A look at…
September 16, 20265 min Read More
Stiven Muccioli, Founder and CEO of BKN301, featured in Business Leaders magazine (September 2026) on Qatar fintech, venture capital and financial infrastructure
BKN301 CEO Stiven Muccioli: “Qatar is leapfrogging other traditional financial centres”

BKN301 CEO Stiven Muccioli: “Qatar is leapfrogging other traditional financial centres”

In an interview with Business Leaders, Stiven Muccioli, Founder and CEO of BKN301, shares his…
September 11, 20265 min Read More
Pulse of Fintech issue #03 cover, “Tokenomics of the real world”: BKN301 newsletter on real-world asset tokenization in the Gulf
From vaults to validators: what’s really happening in asset tokenization

From vaults to validators: what’s really happening in asset tokenization

Tokenization has moved from conference slides into live regulatory frameworks, registries and settlement rails. What…
September 3, 20265 min Read More
Al Faisal Holding and BKN301 executives at the partnership meeting in Doha, Qatar
Al Faisal Holding enters a strategic partnership with BKN301 to advance fintech and digital banking

Al Faisal Holding enters a strategic partnership with BKN301 to advance fintech and digital banking

Al Faisal Holding, one of Qatar's largest diversified private sector groups, and BKN301, a financial…
August 31, 20265 min Read More
Dark skyline of banking towers rising from glowing layers of data, illustrating the banking data layer that sits beneath financial institutions
CTO’s note | The rise of the banking data layer

CTO’s note | The rise of the banking data layer

In his latest note, BKN301's Chief Technology Officer, Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya, explores why data, rather than…
August 27, 20263 min Read More
Hadron by Tether, FirstData and BKN301 collaboration for institutional tokenisation in Saudi Arabia
Hadron by Tether launches strategic collaboration with FirstData and BKN301 to advance institutional tokenization in Saudi Arabia

Hadron by Tether launches strategic collaboration with FirstData and BKN301 to advance institutional tokenization in Saudi Arabia

Hadron by Tether, FirstData and BKN301 collaborate to advance institutional real estate asset tokenisation and…
August 6, 20265 min Read More
The Great Separation: how banking separates data, services and settlement rails from the core banking system
The great separation. Why banking is quietly decoupling itself

The great separation. Why banking is quietly decoupling itself

Stablecoins, tokenisation, AI and embedded finance are separating banking capabilities from the core. Why Data…
August 4, 20268 min Read More