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Italy's Qomodo raises €13.5m to bring BNPL to the high street

Qomodo, an Italian startup that helps physical merchants offer their customers BNPL payment options, has raised €13.5 million in Series A funding.

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RBC to co-develop GenAI models for data security and privacy with Cohere

Royal Bank of Canada has teamed with AI vendor Cohere to co-develop a security and data privacy application using generative AI.

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Stripe lays off 300 employees

Stripe has laid off around 300 employees, 3.5% of its workforce, according to Business Insider.

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Nationwide consolidates data estate to pave the way for GenAI

Nationwide Building Society is to expand its use of Generative AI, after reporting a successful first implementation with Microsoft.

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Monzo CEO and board debate IPO venue

As Monzo makes preliminary plans to go public, the UK digital challenger bank's CEO and board are reportedly at odds over whether to list in London or New York.

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Egyptian PayTech MoneyHash raises $5.2 million

Egyptian payments platform MoneyHash has secured $5.2 million in pre-Series A funding to target emerging markets globally.

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MyPOS acquires French cash register company Toporder

London-based fintech myPOS has made its first acquisition, snappping up French cash register company Toporder.

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Barclays shuts down Rise fintech accelerator programme

UK bank Barclays is shuttering its decade-old fintech accelerator programme, Rise.

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Bank of Ireland fraud prevention team received over 10,000 calls during festive period

Bank of Ireland has revealed that its fraud prevention team fielded over 10,000 calls from customers during the peak holiday period – Monday 23 December to Sunday 29 December – with more than 550 calls from customers on Christmas day alone.

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Capital One customers hit by outage

Capital One says an issue with a third-party vendor that left some customers unable to access their accounts has been fixed.

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UK green fintech Tred winds up; blames APP fraud reimbursement rules

UK green fintech startup Tred is to wind down its business, blaming the shutdown on new reimbursement rules on authorised push payment fraud.

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Swedish central bank calls for more action by banks on Tips cross-currency project

Sweden's central bank is calling on banks to join in the ongoing work to enable instant cross-currency payments within Europe via the Target Instant Payment Settlement (Tips) system.