Social media

News/startups

Neobank 11Onze builds private social network for customers

Catalonia digital community bank 11Onze has launched its own money-focused, Facebook-like private social network for customers.

26 April 2021

News/payments

Nedbank and Mastercard team on WhatsApp payments for small businesses

South Africa's Nedbank has teamed up with Mastercard and local fintech player Ukheshe to let customers pay small businesses via WhatsApp.

26 April 2021

News/security

TSB calls on tech platforms to tackle scam adverts

With fraud Britain's fastest growing crime, TSB is calling for banks to publish their reimbursement rates and for tech platforms to do more to remove scam adverts.

22 April 2021

News/payments

Clubhouse adds payments

Audio-based social media startup Clubhouse has enlisted Stripe to add a feature that lets users send money to speakers.

07 April 2021

News/crypto

Signal begins beta tests of payments feature

Fast growing messaging app Signal has begun beta tests in the UK of a P2P payments service, initially utilising a proprietary cryptocurrency from MobileCoin.

07 April 2021

News/payments

Facebook tests QR code-based P2P payments

Facebook has begun trialling QR code-based person-to-person payments and personalised payment links.

06 April 2021

News/crypto

Bottlepay goes live with bitcoin Twitter payments

Digital payments app Bottlepay has gone live with its first fiat-to-crypto social media feature, enabling users to send and receive bitcoin via Twitter.

18 March 2021

News/crime

Clamour grows to add financial scams to UK 'Online Harms' bill

UK Trade organisations, consumer groups and a senior MP have joined forces to call on the UK government to reverse its decision not to include online scams in its new 'Online Harms' bill.

12 March 2021

News/markets

SIX acquires majority stake in social media analytics vendor Orenda

Swiss IT services house SIX has taken a majority stake in Orenda Software Solutions, a Canadian-based AI platform specialising in ESG and alternative data sets.

23 February 2021

Research/Social media

What will drive the journey towards cashlessness and digitalisation?

18 January 2021 657 downloads

News/crime

Starling's Boden criticises government over Online Harms bill

Starling boss Anne Boden has called on the UK government to reverse its decision not to include financial fraud in its new 'Online Harms' bill, arguing that banks "seem to have become the underwriter" of all kinds of fraud, giving other players, such as social media platforms and telcos, a free pass.

08 January 2021

News/retail

Line launches 'social banking' platform in Thailand

Tech giant Line has begun offering integrated banking services to people in Thailand through its hugely popular social media platform.

21 October 2020

News/payments

Icici lets firms access trade finance services via WhatsApp

Customers of India's Icici Bank can now create fixed deposits, pay utility bills and access trade finance services through WhatsApp,

16 October 2020

News/crime

Barclays reports sharp rise in recruitment of young money mules

Criminals are targeting cash-strapped students to act as money mules, with the number of under-21s being recruited to launder money tripling in the past three years, according to figures from Barclays.

01 October 2020