/retail
HSBC has written off its stake in Monese just two years after investing $35 million in the mobile banking fintech.
01 October 2024
/security
The UK's Post Office is no longer offering MoneyGram services in the wake of a serious cyber security incident at the American money transfer giant.
/wholesale
ANZ is the latest bank to join the Monetary Authority of Singapore's multi-year Project Guardian initiative to explore asset tokenisation applications.
/payments
Wells Fargo and Fiserv will end their long-running merchant acquiring joint venture next year.
/crypto
In a UK first, a man has pleaded guilty to illegally operating a network of crypto ATMs without FCA registration.
30 September 2024
/regulation
The UK's two main financial regulators, the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have announced the opening of its Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS).
Proposed legislation is set to give Ireland's cybersecurity agency the power to monitor all of the country's internet traffic when there is a "pressing national security threat".
French neobank Qonto is set to open new offices in Austria, Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands as part of a European expansion plan.
/people
The Tech Council of Australia (TCA) has launched a initiative designed to address the battle for tech talent.
/ai
Private equity giant Blackstone has confirmed a £10 billion investment in an AI data centre in the North East of England, creating around 4000 jobs.
Trinidad and Tobago is the latest country to sign up with NPCI International Payments for the development of a real-time payments system based on India's UPI.
/markets
The UK will push ahead with the move to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities trades by the end of 2027, regardless of whether the European Union makes the switch at the same time.
27 September 2024
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