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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.

/payments

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

/payments

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.

/security

Bank of Ireland warns of worrying surge in investment scams

Bank of Ireland is warning of a surge in investment fraud, describing it as the most concerning trend in evolving scam tactics.

/startups

B2B emerging markets payment platform Waza comes out of stealth with $8 million funding

Waza, a payment and liquidity platform for emerging market businesses, has secured $8 million in equity and debt funding to make it easier for African businesses, traders, and other large organisations to manage and pay their suppliers globally.

/payments

Mastercard to cut around 1000 jobs - Bloomberg

Payments firm Mastercard intends to cut its 33,400-strong workforce by three per cent, according to Bloomberg.

/retail

Revolut hits $45bn valuation in secondary share sale

Revolut has secured a $45 billion valuation in a secondary share sale with new and existing investors.

/retail

Deutsche Bank's Postbank settlement rejected by plaintiffs - Reuters

Deutsche Bank’s settlement offer to shareholders that sued them for underpaying for the Postbank acquisition has been rejected by plaintiffs.

/regulation

NatWest added to Texas energy ban

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has added NatWest to its list of financial institutions that they will not be doing business with according to a new Texas law.

/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Using AI technology to drive sustainable solutions

IBM announced its joint endeavor with WWF Germany to use AI spatial capturing technology to enhance elephant tracking in Africa. This technology will be able to support conservation of African elephants, which can increase carbon storage in their forest habitats.