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Fime acquired by Gallant Capital

Private equity firm Gallant Capital Partners has acquired payments consultancy and testing specialist Fime as well as the UL Solutions payments testing business and merged the two. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Revolut launches crypto exchange

Revolut has rolled out a crypto exchange designed for professional investors, but available on desktop for all UK users with a Revolut retail account.

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Worldline partners Google for cloud programme

French payments processor Worldline has formed a partnership with Google Cloud to boost its digital transformation efforts.

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Visa applies generative AI to clamp down on brute force attacks

Visa is introducing a generative AI tool to assign real time risk scores to transactions in a bid to stop enumeration attacks that use automated scripts and botnets to test for vulnerabilities.

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Robinhood Crypto warns it could face SEC action

Trading platform Robinhood says its cryptocurrency arm has received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating that the US regulator is set to take enforcement action.

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JP Morgan taps Visa Direct for faster payments

JP Morgan is promising faster domestic payments in the US, through the Visa Direct network.

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Wells Fargo says US investigating Zelle complaint handling

Wells Fargo has joined JP Morgan in revealing that US authorities are investigating the handling of complaints about P2P payments service Zelle.

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RBC launches incubator

The Royal Bank of Canada is backing a new incubator programme for fintech and cybersecurity startups.

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Zopa Bank hits £4 billion in customer deposits

In just under four years since the former peer-to-peer lender received its banking license, Zopa Bank has amassed £4 billion in customer deposits.

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Namibia signs on for India's UPI tech

The Bank of Namibia has called in NPCI International Payments to help the southern African country develop an instant payments system based on India's hugely successful UPI.

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Permira to take majority stake in BioCatch

PE firm Permira is buying a majority position in BioCatch in a deal that values the Israeli behavioural biometrics company at $1.3 billion.

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Payments processor BlueSnap reaches $10m settlement with FTC

BlueSnap and its former CEO have settled with the Federal trade Commission (FTC) for knowingly processing payments for "deceptive and fraudulent" companies.