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Plum raises $10 million to fund European expansion

Money management app Plum has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Japan’s Global Brain and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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FinTech Flow wins PSD2 license from Dutch Central Bank

The Dutch startup Flow Your Money is now a licensed Account Information- and Payment Initiation Service Provider.

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Moneybox raises £30m

British savings and investment app Moneybox has raised £30 million in a Series C funding round led by Eight Roads and CNP and joined by Breega.

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Planner Bee taps Salt Edge for customer financial data access

Pocket financial planning app Planner Bee announced a partnership with Salt Edge, a leader in open banking solutions, to securely and seamlessly connect millions of users to their personal banking data.

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Gambling charity criticises banks' use of card blockers

A gambling awareness charity in the UK has criticised UK banks for failing to properly use technology designed to prevent users from accessing gambling sites via their debit and credit cards.

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ING Belgium adds subscription management tool to app

ING Belgium has teamed up with Sweden's Minna Technologies to let the bank's customers manage their subscription services from within its app.

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CBA adds Coronavirus money tool to mobile app

Commbank is adding a Coronavirus Money Plan feature to its mobile app, pointing customers to relevant guidance and tools to help better plan and manage their finances.

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Wombat opens gender diversity fund

Wombat Invest, the mobile-only fractional investment app, has launched a new thematic fund that offers exposure to companies taking the lead on gender equality.

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CCAF, World Bank, World Economic Forum launch survey to research fintech’s role post-Covid-19

Targeting 15,000 fintech firms worldwide, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) announced it has partnered with the World Bank Group and the World Economic Forum to survey industry players and compile data about Covid-19’s impact on the marketplace.

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Tinkoff rolls out micro-investing service

Russian bank Tinkoff has launched a micro-investing service, letting customers round up debit card transactions and put the spare amounts into an ETF.

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Kids money management app Nestlums launches

The creative arm of core banking vendor Thought Machine has joined forces with game developer Glitchers to build an app that teaches kids money management skills.

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M1 Finance raises $33m

Automated money management platform M1 Finance has raised $33 million in a Series B funding round led by Left Lane Capital.

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Quantum Advisory selects RiskFirst for pension analytics

Quantum Advisory, a leading independent financial services consultancy, has selected PFaroe, the web-based pensions risk analytics platform from RiskFirst, a Moody’s Analytics company.

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Singapore fintechs partner for China remittance

Singapore fintech Aleta Planet and Zhongguo Remittance (长诚中国汇款), one of Singapore’s leading money-transfer companies, have launched Aleta China Express (ACE), an online service that offers consumers a faster and safer way to send money from the city-state to China.

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Mobile banking service for US immigrants launches

Welcome Technologies, an outfit that works to support immigrants to the US, has joined forces with Green Dot on a digital banking product.

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Coinbase to pay UK and EU customers 5% ‘interest’ on crypto holdings

Coinbase has announced it is to start offering staking rewards to its customers in the UK and certain EU countries, which could offer around 5% interest on the Tezos they hold in their wallet.

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HyperJar to achieve full PSD2 compliance with Salt Edge

Salt Edge, a leader in developing open banking solutions, enables UK fintech HyperJar to follow PSD2 requirements and provide new open banking capabilities.

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N26 finds that only 27% of people globally feel 'in control' of ttheir finances

N26, the mobile banking platform that is changing the way American consumers bank, today announced survey results from its larger “Big Banking Chat” global initiative that reveal surprising findings on consumers’ current attitudes towards banking, their biggest financial concerns, and insights into people’s overall understanding and sentiment toward managing their finances.

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Poland's Pekao launches kids' app

Polish bank Pekao has launched an app that helps children save and learn about how to manage their money.

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Samsung and SoFi launch money management tool

Electronics giant Samsung has partnered US digital lender SoFi on a mobile-first money management platform and Mastercard debit card.