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China central bank closes software firm for crypto trading

A Beijing-based software firm has been closed down by China's central bank because of its suspected involvement with crypto trading.

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Bank-backed identity app itsme raises €24.7 million

Itsme, the digital identity app owned by a consortium of Belgian banks and telcos has received a €24.7 million capital injection and welcomed Federal Holding and Investment Company as a new shareholder.

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Fed official warns CBDCs could be embarrassing fad

The Federal Reserve's supervision chief has become the latest central bank bigwig to weigh in on CBDCs, comparing them to the parachute pants made famous in the 1980s by MC Hammer - a fad that could in future seem embarrassing.

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EBAday 2021: Modernisation, a catalyst for payments utopia

With day two now under our belt, we are only just beginning to digest the eyewatering number of insights shared across six panel sessions, two roundtables, a lively chatroom forum and of course, non-stop networking on the EBAday platform.

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Call centre data security firm Semafone scores majority investment

Call centre data security and compliance specialist Semafone has secured a majority investment from PE firm Livingbridge. Terms were not disclosed.

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VTB and Visa test 'pay-by-glance'

Russia's VTB is working with Visa and a local fintech to let restaurant customers make payments by looking at a camera.

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BBVA Mexico overhauls cards

BBVA Mexico is giving its credit and debit cards a makeover, adding biometrics, removing printed data and using recycled plastic.

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AML regulations driving up compliance costs across UK

A new report by LexisNexis Risk Solutions has found that increased AML regulations, more so than criminal threats, are intensifying compliance costs for UK financial institutions.

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Stripe launches ID verification tool; sees strong investor interest

Stripe continues to expand beyond payments, launching a tool that help internet businesses securely verify the identities of their users from over 30 countries.

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Santander pushes back at Which? over APP scam reimbursement rates

Santander has pushed back against calls from Which? for banks to publish figures on the proportion of customers they refund for authorised push payment (APP) fraud, arguing that looking at reimbursement rates in isolation could present a "misleading" picture.

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ID verification outfit Trulioo hits $1.75bn valuation

Canadian identity verification outfit Trulioo has hit a US$1.75 billion valuation off a US$394 million Series D funding round led by TCV an joined by Citi and American Express.

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Capital One invests in Socure

Machine learning-based digital identity verification firm Socure has received an undisclosed strategic investment from Capital One Ventures.