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  "id": 16029572,
  "title": "Robinhood picks DIFC for Middle East debut and targets 2027 launch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/robinhood-picks-difc-for-middle-east-debut-and-targets-2027-launch-16029572",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T10:07:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/markets/2026/10/22/robinhood-picks-difc-for-middle-east-debut-and-targets-2027-launch/"
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  "summary": "US financial services platform Robinhood is expanding to the Middle East, with the Dubai International Financial Centre becoming its regional headquarters. The company said on Thursday it had been approved by the Dubai Financial Services Authority to offer trading and custody services across all 10 asset classes approved by the regulator, including equities, cryptocurrencies, exchange-traded…",
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        "published": "2026-10-22T06:12:40.000Z"
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        "published": "2026-10-22T09:03:31.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Robinhood picks DIFC for Middle East debut and targets 2027 launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/robinhood-picks-difc-for-middle-east-debut-and-targets-2027-launch",
        "published": "2026-10-22T10:07:56.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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