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News/Legal
Jobs in the UK's fintech sector have grown by 61% in the last year while demand for skilled workers has seen salaries rise by as much as 25% according to a recently published report.
18 June 2019
The Indian central bank has been persuaded to reconsider a controversial law that mandates payments data should not be allowed to leave India's borders.
Social media platform Facebook has unveiled further details of its much-anticipated digital currency offering, which it hopes will transform financial services.
An immature ecosystem and a lack of competition is slowing down South Korea's fledgling fintech industry according to the country's financial regulator
07 June 2019
Australian Mutual Qudos Bank is preparing to engage in a full-blooded legal battle with Infosys, accusing the Indian software house of copyright infringement, breach of contract and misuse of confidential information.
28 May 2019
An international criminal network that used malware to try to steal $100 million from more than 41,000 victims, has been dismantled after a law enforcement operation spanning several countries.
17 May 2019
News/retail
The New York State Attorney General (NYSAG) office has accused the operator of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency trading platform and the issuer of the Tether currency of engaging in a cover-up to hide the apparent loss of $850 million in client and corporate funds.
26 April 2019
A £14 billion class action lawsuit against Mastercard over interchange fees is back on after the Court of Appeal granted permission to challenge an earlier decision to dismiss the case.
16 April 2019
Russian authorities are promoting the international use of an alternative financial messaging system to the global Swift network in order to mitigate the risk of sanctions.
22 March 2019
The UK Insurtech Board has unveiled a toolkit of legal documents designed to make it easier for ambitious insurance technology startups to forge commercial relationships with corporate partners.
13 March 2019
News/payments
With International Women’s Day 2019 upon us, banks around the world are celebrating females in finance and addressing the scarcity of women heading up global corporations and institutions. Finextra Research will to do the same at EBAday, the two-day conference curated by the Euro Banking Association to be held in Stockholm on the 18th and 19th June 2019.
08 March 2019
The owner of a company at the centre of an alleged bribery scandal involving National Australia Bank has been arrested and charged with more than 50 corruption offences.
01 March 2019
News/security
US authorities have filed charges alleging crooks hacked into a Securities and Exchange Commission database to gain access to non-public information that was then used to make millions of dollars through illicit trades.
15 January 2019
The ongoing shutdown of the US government, sparked by a disagreement over funding for border security, is starting to impinge on the US fintech industry, according to reports.
11 January 2019
The Swiss government has amended its Banking Act to include new authorisation rules for fintechs in its latest bid to boost innovation in the sector.
30 November 2018
News/ai
Bank of America has been sued by a man over the use of the name "Erica" for its in-app AI-powered virtual assistant chatbot.
12 November 2018
News/inclusion
Taking a step back from innovation for the day, this year’s Money 20/20 Las Vegas event concluded with banking executives and fintech players sharing their personal experiences of the financial services industry.
24 October 2018
Denmark's Financial Services Authority (FSA) is bracing itself for a formal enquiry from the European Banking Authority over the money laundering scandal at Danske bank that was reported last week.
25 September 2018
The UK's banking watchdog is threatening to charge Tesco Bank £30m for its failure to prevent a cyber attacks that affected thousands of customers in 2016.
A spate of online banking glitches has hit the UK's leading high street banks, leading inevitably to discussions of resilience and operational risk in the industry.
21 September 2018
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