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Zawya
08-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Citi debt duo in Dubai leave US bank: IFR
The head of debt capital markets for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Citigroup has left the bank, according to sources, as has a senior loans banker whose business also included the region. Iman Abdel Khalek, head of debt capital markets for CEEMEA, based in Dubai, and Zain Zaidi, head of UK, Europe and MEA loans products and execution, also based in Dubai, have left the bank. Abdel Khalek is joining SMBC, according to the sources, taking on a coverage role. Her career at Citi spanned more than 20 years. Zaidi, too, is a Citi veteran, having joined the firm in 2007, according to his LinkedIn page. Citigroup declined to comment, as did Abdel Khalek. SMBC said it was unable to immediately comment. Zaidi could not be immediately reached for comment.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
TransCrypts Wins Pitchfest at Consensus Hong Kong
Four and half years ago, when Zain Zaidi was applying to grad school, he submitted his academic transcripts. But, through an administrative error, the documents were lost, and he almost lost his place. Understanding how someone's life could be altered by not being able to prove something like an academic credential, Zaidi set out to try and make it easier. Instead of going to grad school, Zaidi started TransCrypts, which helps companies verify employment information. The blockchain-powered startup recently won CoinDesk's Pitchfest at Consensus Hong Kong. Zaidi says if we're not able to prove data about ourselves, we give up something important about who we are. 'We as consumers can't actually verify who we are, own who we are,' Zaidi told CoinDesk Live after walking off stage. TransCrypts gives individuals 'self-sovereignty' over their ID information, proving their information on-chain. Zaidi told us the business already generates about $5 million in annual revenue. After employment information, the startup is now expanding into medical records and academic records. TransCrypts picked up $10,000 in tokens, a trophy and ten coaching sessions. In the runner-up spot was CredShields, an automated auditing platform that scans, manages, and fixes vulnerabilities in Solidity smart contracts. Ten other teams competed at Pitchfest at Hong Kong, including Oneverse Technology and Liquidium (both finalists) and semi-finalists Apillon, Domi Chain, GoSats, iBTC, NettyWorth, Tokenyze, Vanilla Finance, and Zypher Network. The event was presented by Dimitra, a token and toolkit for smallholder farmers. Sign in to access your portfolio
