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/retail

Railsr and Equals Group set for £283m merger

The long-trailed merger of embedded banking platform Railsr and payments firm Equals Group is set to go ahead through a £283 million takeover deal.

/crypto

Ripple wins NYDFS approval for stablecoin launch

Ripple has won approval from the New York Department of Financial Services for the upcoming launch of its dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD.

/wealth

Embedded investment API Upvest raises €100 million

Investment API Upvest is set to double its 170-strong team after closing on a €100 million Series C funding round.

/wholesale

'Suspicious transactions' led to collapse of UK fintech Stenn

UK fintech Stenn collapsed into administration after a reference to the company in a US criminal indictment about a Russian money laundering scheme prompted its lenders to begin probing potentially suspicious transactions, according to the Financial Times, citing people familiar with the matter.

/sustainable

The Payments Association calls for action to address the environmental impact of digital payments

The Payments Association is calling for the development of a standardised framework that allows firms to meaningfully measure carbon emissions in the digital payments value chain.

/payments

Swish adds tap-to-pay function for its 8.6 million mobile users

Sweden's popular payments app Swish is adding payment cards to its mobile service, enabling users to Tap-to-Pay with their phones in stores across Sweden and abroad.

/ai

Eviden and Ordo pilot open banking-based bill payment platform

Atos Group unit Eviden is teaming up with fintech Ordo and blockchain company ByzGen to pilot an open banking-based bill payment service.

/ai

AML firm Themis raises £7.25m

Financial crime prevention platform Themis has raised £7.25 million in scale-up funding.

/regulation

EBA Clearing launches Sepa-wide Verification of Payee

EBA Clearing has launched a Sepa-wide Verification of Payee (VOP) service to help PSPs in Europe meet Instant Payment Regulation requirements.

/payments

ABN Amro pilots 'Pay Later' feature for B2B transactions

ABN Amro is launching a 'Pay Later' debtor management pilot for business clients with the aim of securing trust in online B2B transactions.

/payments

Klarna fined $50 million over AML violations

Klarna has been fined Skr500 million ($50 million) by Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority, for anti-money laundering defects.

/payments

Swedish spend management fintech Mynt raises €22 million

Swedish spend management fintech Mynt has raised a €22 million Series B funding round at a significantly increased valuation of approximately €175 million.