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Checkout.com buys Estonian software development firm

Online payments firm Checkout.com has acquired Estonian software development firm Icefire, adding 110 engineers to its team. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Mizuho president Fujiwara to step down following series of IT failures

Mizuho Bank President Koji Fujiwara is to fall on his sword after being held responsible for a widespread series of outages that hit the Japanese bank between February and March.

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Aussie fintech BlackArrow moves HQ to Glasgow

Australian fintech player BlackArrow has chosen Glasgow as its new headquarters after securing financial support from the Scottish government.

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BBVA to cut 10% of Spanish staff amid massive banch closure programme

BBVA has agreed terms with labour unions for the termination of almost 3,000 staff and closure of 480 branches in its home market of Spain.

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Derek White swaps Google Cloud for Galileo

After less than a year as head of Google Cloud's FS business, Derek White is joining SoFi-owned API and payments platform Galileo as CEO.

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Outgoing Refinitiv boss Craig to co-chair new nature-related risk taskforce

David Craig, the former CEO of Refinitiv, has resurfaced as co-chairman of a new market-led Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), which will support business in assessing emerging nature-related risks and opportunities.

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Rapper A$AP Rocky becomes Klarna CEO for the day

American rapper A$AP Rocky has become a shareholder of buy now, pay later firm Klarna, and assumed the mantle of CEO for a day.

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New bank serving SME developers names Sue Hayes CEO

GBB, a new bank targeting SME property developers in underserved UK regions, has appointed industry veteran Sue Hayes as CEO.

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Zopa to test blended working arrangements with overseas option

UK neobank Zopa is trialling a new hybrid working model that will allow employees to work from abroad for up to 90 days a year.

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Klarna locates new tech hub in Madrid

Buy now, pay later giant Klarna is to open a new tech hub in Madrid that will employ 500 freshly-recruited engineering staff.

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Proptech Stavvy raises $40m

Stavvy, the Boston-based startup behind a platform that digitises the mortgage closing process, has raised more than $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Morningside Technology Ventures.

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Tandem CEO Knox leaves

Tandem Bank CEO Ricky Knox is leaving the digital challenger he co-founded, to be replaced by former Credit Suisse executive Susie Aliker.