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Australian banks pilot fraud intelligence sharing network

Australia's top banks are piloting a fraud and scams intelligence-sharing network using behavioural- and device-based technology from security vendor BioCatch.

/wholesale

ING rolls out up-to-the-minute credit assessment tool for business clients

ING has rolled out a new digtial tool that helps businesses in The Netherlands more accurately assess the creditworthiness of their customers and suppliers.

/retail

Caixabank to invest $5 billion in technology over the next three years

Caixabank has outlined plans to spend more than $5 billion on technology over the coming three years to boost digital sales and launch new products and services.

/retail

Nubank in talks over domicile switch to UK

Brazilin digital banking giant Nubank is working with the new British government on plans to move its legal domicile to the UK, according to Bloomberg.

/inclusion

Beacon launches digital wallet for immigrants to Canada

Canadian startup Beacon has opened the waitlist for its purpose-built digital wallet for immigrants moving to the country.

/people

UK fintech W1tty winds down amid claims of unpaid staffers

UK-based smart finance app W1tty has shut down, with several former employees left claiming that they have not been paid owed wages.

/payments

Three quarters of UK consumers still carry cash for emergencies says NatWest

While the decline in cash use contnues, new research from NatWest demonstrates its enduring versatility, with three quarters of UK consumers still carrying paper money and coins in case of emergencies.

/payments

Sweden's Riksbank presents case for modernisation of retail payments infrastructure

Sweden's central bank says the country's retail payment infrastructure needs to be modernised to accommodate more instant payments and third party access to payment and settlement rails.

/payments

Google Pay integrates with Afterpay and Klarna

BNPL firms Klarna and Afterpay are both set to become payments options on Google Pay in the US.

/retail

Lifting of BaFin restrictions boosts growth at N26

The lifting of restrictions by German wathdog BaFin on N26 has led to a surge in demand that has helped the digital lender to record its first quarterly profit.

/cloud

Nationwide migrates onsite IT estate to HPE GreenLake Cloud

Nationwide Building Society has migrated its on-premises IT estate to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) GreenLake Cloud.

/ai

European central banks look to GenAI to improve inflation forecasting

The Bank for International Settlements is working with the European Central Bank and Detusche Bundesbank to explore how generative AI could be applied to improve inflation forecasting.