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News/regulation
Following court proceedings brought by the Financial Conduct Authority, fintech QPay Europe has consented to a court order to give up £2 million held in its name.
21 April 2022
News/crypto
European Parliament members have voted to outlaw anonymous cryptocurrency transactions as part of an EU anti-money laundering package.
01 April 2022
Company update/startups
Global law firm Ashurst announces the 16 FinTechs and GreenTechs who have been selected as the next cohort of FinTech Legal Labs.
30 March 2022
News/predictions
American Express has filed trademark applications to register its name, logo, and slogans for a range of banking services in the metaverse.
16 March 2022
News/people
German prosecutors have charged former Wirecard chief executive Markus Braun in relation to the collapse of the payments firm last year.
14 March 2022
News/payments
A £14 billion class action lawsuit against Mastercard interchange fees has moved a step closer to trial with an additional £2.7 billion added to the claim following the latest judgement by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal.
10 March 2022
The Financial Conduct Authority opened over 300 cases related to crypto firms in a six-month period last year and has 50 live investigations, including criminal probes, into companies in the sector.
03 March 2022
Company update/people
Qolo, the omnichannel payments platform for Fintech, today announced the appointment of its first General Counsel, veteran attorney Steve Zelinger.
16 February 2022
News/retail
Meta and digital banking giant Chime have filed a first-of-its-kind joint lawsuit against two Nigerian-based individuals they say have been using Facebook and Instagram for phishing attacks designed to get access to victims' financial accounts.
10 February 2022
US authorities have arrested two people and seized $3.6 billion wort of bitcoin in relation to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.
08 February 2022
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is being taken to court by a union over its alleged failure to give thousands of retail banking employees millions of dollars worth of tea breaks.
21 January 2022
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-6 this week to advance a major tech competition bill, says CNBC.
News/security
Morgan Stanley has agreed a $60 million class action settlement relating to legacy technology mishandling that led to two seperate data breaches in 2016 and 2019.
05 January 2022
Company update/regulation
On 21 December 2021, a special administration order was made by the Court, in relation to Viola Money (Europe) Limited, under the 2021 Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations.
29 December 2021
Taxation preparation firm H&R Block has filed a trademark infringement suit against Block, the recently rebranded Square business, accusing the payments firm of confusing customers and damaging its psopects as it moves deeper into financial services.
17 December 2021
Craig Wright, the self-declared inventor of bitcoin, is claiming victory in a civil lawsuit filed against him by the family of a dead business partner, despite being ordered to pay $100 million in damages.
07 December 2021
News/wholesale
Enterprise digital documentation specialist Arteria AI has agreed to acquire the financial services business assets of contract lifecycle management platform H4.
01 December 2021
Canadian police have arrested a teenager in connection with the theft of CAD$46 million in cryptocurrency from a victim in the US.
19 November 2021
Coinbase has abandoned its planned interest-earning product two weeks after the cryptocurrency exchange revealed that the SEC was threatening to sue over the issue.
20 September 2021
Cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is set to centralise its business structure in the wake of intensifying regulatory concern over the firm’s lack of systemic transparency.
17 September 2021
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