Next Gen Banking

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/payments

EBAday 2020: Digital payments should be synonymous with convenience

Diving into the sessions on day one of EBAday 2020, defining the direction of travel for digital payments was resoundingly clear: mobile-led convenience.

/startups

UK's Tech Nation announces latest fintech cohort

Thirty one UK scaleups have been selected to participate in the third cohort of Tech Nation's fintech programme.

/devops

StanChar opens virtual bank in Hong Kong

Standard Chartered has announced the official opening of its virtual bank in Hong Kong

/covid-19

German fintech Monedo files for bankruptcy

A German fintech once backed by PayPal investor Peter Thiel, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to recover from the economic effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.

/crypto

Lagarde makes case for digital euro

The president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, has suggested that the Euro Zone's central bankers are close to making a decision on whether to press ahead with the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

/regulation

ICO’s new code to protect ‘datafied’ children

Having come into effect on 2nd September, the ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code has dealt firms a new raft of cumbersome data protection requirements to implement within a 12-month transition period.

/regulation

PRA challenges business models of new banks in consultation paper

In a recent consultation paper, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) set out its proposed approach to the supervision of both new and growing non-system UK banks.

/crypto

Philippine central bank mulls digital currency

The Philippine central bank has become the latest national monetary authority to consider establishing its own digital currency.

/covid-19

UK fintech funding slows amid pandemic

The first half of 2020 has seen investment in the UK's fintech sector slow by more than a third as venture capitalists (VCs) chose to either keep hold of the money or invest in more established companies amid the global pandemic.

/startups

Revolut nets £63m from share sale

Digital banking app Revolut has netted £63m ($80m) from US private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners in its latest funding round.

/cloud

Deutsche Bank and Google Cloud agree multi-year deal

German banking giant Deutsche Bank has agreed a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud for the provision and joint development of cloud services.

/payments

P27 on track as Norway commits further and community banks are brought into the fold

A 40-plus priority project plan in full swing, Norway once again close to proceedings and ongoing discussions with all four countries’ financial authorities, project P27 is very much on track, P27 CEO Lars Sjogren assures, in a frank and candid interview with Finextra

/retail

Neobanks’ Covid-19 recovery will provide the blueprint for future scalability in fintech

The fintech industry continues to flourish across Europe, the Middle East and Africa despite economic setbacks such as those that have emerged following the outbreak of Covid-19.

/covid-19

Barclays invests in trade finance scale-up

UK high street bank Barclays has become the highest profile investor so far in Stenn, a UK-based online trade finance provider.

/payments

Australia central bank mulls lowering e-payments charge

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is considering reducing the charges applied to certain payments due to the high number of people opting for contactless methods in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

/crypto

Tokenise launches regulated digital exchange

A digital securities exchange, Tokenise, has collaborated with post-trade service provider GMEX to launch a regulated digital exchange.

/sustainable

Bunq CEO: Covid-19 no threat to appetite for sustainability

Continuing pressure caused by Covid-19 has not put a dampener on bunq’s green-minded users, as 81% of the Dutch challenger's online community have pushed for a 'SuperGreen' commitment to plant trees for every EUR100 spent with any bunq card.

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E-commerce firms to get helping hand into banking markets with Standard Chartered nexus

Standard Chartered is rolling out a new business platform that will help e-commerce firms shape loans, credit cards and savings products for their customers under their own brand name.

/regulation

Transformative regulation finds its feet in 2020

The true benefits and complexities of transformative regulation across financial services is set to become reality in 2020, as firms work to prepare and implement systems to meet compliance standards while maintaining a competitive edge.

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Robinhood outage sees customers threaten class action

Threats of legal action are emerging across trading app Robinhood’s 10 million customer base, following a 17-hour outage on the day the stock market gained $1.1 trillion.