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News/regulation
Online bank Revolut is facing more questions over its internal controls after it was criticised by a UK regulator for the unacceptably high risk of "material misstatement" in its account auditing.
06 September 2022
News/crypto
Revenue derived from cryptocurrency-related crime is down by 65% in the first half of 2022 compared to the corresponding period in 2021.
22 August 2022
News/retail
Revolut has announced that Romanian customers are able to apply for consumer loans in their local currency.
19 August 2022
Crypto exchange Gemini, has connected with open banking and payments platform Plaid, to provide UK customers with the option to buy cryptocurrency through their bank accounts.
28 July 2022
Qonto, online payment solution targeted at freelancers and SMEs, has announced its intention to acquire German fintech, Penta. The deal is expected to close within the next few weeks.
22 July 2022
UK challenger bank Starling has decided not to pursue an Irish banking licence as it changes its plans for international expansion.
19 July 2022
News/startups
Nearly half a trillion dollars has been wiped off the valuation of fintech firms so far this year when their current value is compared to their peak valuation, according to CB Insights.
18 July 2022
News/people
During an internal "All Hands" meeting on Thursday the 9th of June, the challenger stockbroking app, Freetrade, announced that it would be implementing redundancies for up to 15% of its staff.
10 June 2022
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) has been postponed to come into force in early 2023, rather than later this year as previously anticipated.
06 May 2022
News/payments
Tarabut Gateway, a Bahrain-based open banking platform, has been granted a licence to provide payment services to and from the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC).
22 April 2022
Trademark filings reveal Walmart’s plans to create its own cryptocurrency and a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), suggesting the retailer’s appetite to make and sell virtual goods in the metaverse.
17 January 2022
Money transfer app Wise has named David Wells, the former CFO of Netflix, as the chairman of its board of directors.
09 December 2021
A payments app developed by Ireland’s high street banks to compete with digital banks has hit a snag after it was announced that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) would launch an investigation.
David Marcus has quit as the boss of Facebook parent Meta's fintech unit after leading a frustrating effort to launch the Novi digital wallet and its associated stablecoin Diem.
30 November 2021
During Singapore Fintech Festival’s panel session ‘Decentralised Finance: Redefining the Architecture’, ChainLink co-founder Sergey Nazarov and Celo CEO and co-founder Rene Reinsberg examine the forces currently driving the decentralised finance (DeFi) sector and how financial institutions should be approaching their DeFi and cryptocurrency strategy.
08 November 2021
Insider reports that Amazon’s Project Santos is working on the point-of-sale (POS) solution to compete with the likes of industry giants.
10 September 2021
News/markets
Wise has opened the door to US-based customers and retail and institutional investors seeking to invest in the company from September 2021.
20 August 2021
Big tech firm Google is reported to be planning a push into Japan's financial services market
08 July 2021
The first half of 2021 has seen London-based fintechs raise more money in venture capital (VC) investment than any previous year.
EBAday 2021 has flown by, and the sessions throughout day three of the event served to build on the momentum from day one and two. Another punchy strategic roundtable addressed the need for industry-wide collaboration to drive payments innovation, while two boisterous chatrooms tackled the weighty subjects of Open Banking, CBDCs and stablecoins.
30 June 2021
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