/payments
UAE-based buy now, pay later player Tabby is to acquire Saudi digital wallet Tweeq, expanding its product suite to offer customers spending accounts with money management tools.
03 September 2024
/security
Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs is opening consultations on new rules that would empower the police to order banks to restrict the banking transactions of people who refuse to believe that they are being scammed.
/retail
Hardbacon, a Canadian budgeting app that generated revenue through lead generation and affiliate marketing, has shut down after tweaks to Google's search algorithm saw users plummet.
/crypto
Revolut is rolling out dedicated crypto payment cards for spending on everyday items.
02 September 2024
Lloyds Bank is facing multiple complaints from customers related to an apparent failure of its online banking app.
The Bank of London has been selected by Malysian start-up Waafi Bank to support its plans to enter the UK's Shariah-compliant banking market.
Money movement firm firm Atlantic Money is to make it possible for users to forsake its app and instead send and receive currencies direct from within their own bank accounts.
The UK Government-backed Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has teamed up with leading banks and technology firms to test digital verification as a means to combat spiralling levels of economic crime.
Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller has cautioned against the clamour to interlink national fast payment systems, insisting that the US is focused on building up its FedNow network domestically.
For the second time in three months, the NatWest banking app has suffered technical issues, leaving some customers unable to make payments or fund transfers on Friday morning.
30 August 2024
Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange platforms, Busha and Quidax have been granted the first provisional licenses by the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
/sustainable
This year’s annual Sustainable Finance Live conference will be held at Events@No6 in London on October 8.
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