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Starling inches towards IPO with search for head of investor relations

Starling Bank has launched a recruitment search for a group head of investor relations who will be charged with steering the company towards a possible IPO.

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Molten Ventures feels the upside of Revolut's $45 billion valuation

Fintech VC Molten Ventures has seen the value of its £7 million initial stake in Revolut boosted to £160 million following the recent share sale which valued the SuperApp at $45 billion.

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Transatlantic fintech alliance Fintilect goes live

Fintilect, a transatlantic alliance of three fintech firms owned by Parabellum Investments, has launched to provide banks with a full suite of AI-driven customer engagement tools.

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Swiss banks turn on instant payments system

Consumers in Switzerland can now send and receive payments in seconds following the market launch of instant payments across the banking industry.

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Brazil's Pix lands in Europe

Brazilian tourists in Spain and Portugal will soon be able to use the Pix instant payments system on their trips thanks to a partnership between PagBrasil and Wipay.

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Citi inks referral agreement with Dubai's Network International

Citi has struck a referral agreement with Dubai-based Network International to offer the bank's corporate clients omnichannel payments services in the Middle East and Africa.

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Adyen taps rival PayPal to offer Fastlane in the US

Adyen has struck a deal to offer rival PayPal's Fastlane guest checkout product to its enterprise and marketplace customers in the US.

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State Street selects Taurus to grow digital assets business

State Street is to add tokenization and digital custody services to its digital assets business through a deal with infrastructure provider Taurus.

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Mobile wallet operators band together on cross-border payments

Money movement company TerraPay has formed a 'Wallet Interoperability Council' with five leading payment operators to facilitate interconnection in cross-border transactions.

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Bank of England to develop analytics data platform for ISO 20022

The Bank of England is working with the BIS Innovation Hub London centre on a project that will explore how technology can enhance the analytical use of ISO 20022 data to shed light on economic conditions, system liquidity and compliance

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Amazon in India considers splitting off payments app

Amazon is looking at splitting off Amazon Pay as a standalone app in an attempt to gain a bigger market share in India's competitive e-commerce market.

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Bitwise makes European play with ETC Group acquisition

US crypto index fund manager Bitwise Asset Management has expanded into Europe through the acquisition of London-based crypto exchange-traded product issuer ETC Group. Financial terms were not disclosed.