/payments
Blackbird Labs, a blockchain-based restaurant loyalty and payments app, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round.
08 April 2025
NatWest has made a minorty investment in rewards credit card startup Yonder.
/crypto
Ripple is to acquire crypo-friendly prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, representing one of the largest deals in the digital assets space.
/ai
AI-powered anti-money laundering, screening and fraud prevention outfit Hawk has raised $56 million in a Series C funding round led by One Peak.
Félix, a chat-based platform that utilises WhatsApp and stablecoins to enable Latino immigrants in the US to send money abroad, has secured $75 million Series B in equity and growth financing.
Turkish emebedded finance fintech Sipay has raised $78 million at a valuation of $875 million.
Berlin-based Mondu is expanding its distribution across Europe through new partnerships with Payin3 and Lemonway, providing businesses and marketplaces with the same ease and convenience of consumer payments and buy now, pay later options.
Open banking startup LuxHub has signed up six major banks in Luxembourg to its Verification of Payee (VoP) and Routing and Verification Mechanism (RVM) technology.
/people
Standard Charted has appointed former Monetary Authority of Singapore executive David Hardoon as global head of artificial intelligence enablement.
A record 94.6% of all eligible in-store card transactions in the UK were made using contactless last year.
Brazil's central bank is set to allow users of the Pix instant payments system pay for their transactions in instalments.
/security
Santander says that over £18 million was stolen from customers by scammers in the first three months of 2025.
07 April 2025
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