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FTC accuses Dave of misleading marketing and hidden fees

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against fintech Dave for using "misleading marketing" and charging "surprise" fees for its cash advance service.

/payments

UBS pilots blockchain-based payment system

UBS has successfully piloted a blockchain-based payment system, UBS Digital Cash, designed to improve the speed and efficiency of cross-border transactions for corporate and institutional clients.

/payments

OCBC rolls out P2P pay-to-wallet service for cross-border remittances

OCBC has used Visa Direct to become the first mobile banking app in Asia Pacific to let customers send near-instant peer-to-peer transfers to both Weixin Pay (WeChat Pay) and Alipay using just the recipient’s China national identification name and China mobile number.

/payments

BNZ acquires open banking fintech BlinkPay

Bank of New Zealand has acquired Māori open banking fintech BlinkPay.

/wholesale

JP Morgan rebrands Onyx to Kinexys for blockchain charge

JP Morgan has rebranded its Onyx blockchain unit as Kinexys by JP Morgan as the banking giant prepares to bring the technology into mainstream financial services.

/payments

Visa to connect with QR code schemes across Asia Pacific

Visa is collaborating with a host of QR payments providers to enable cross-border payments across Asia Pacific.

/payments

Wise eyes trillion pounds prize

With H1 profits and revenue ticking upwards, money movement firm Wise has set its sights on crossing the billion pounds transaction processing barrier and moving trillions of pounds across the world.

/regulation

Kaizen secures $42 million growth equity investment for expansion across North America

London-based RegTech Kaizen has secured a $42 million minority investment from Boston-based Guidepost Growth Equity, setting the stage for an expansion in North America.

/cloud

BCA Syariah partners Thought Machine to modernise Islamic finance

Indonesia-based Islamic banking services provider BCA Syariah has rolled out Thought Machine’s cloud-native Vault Core platform.

/payments

NatWest rolls out mobile virtual corporate cards for business expenses

Natwest has rolled out a virtual card payment tool, Approval2Buy, for business expenses, using Mastercard’s mobile virtual app card and tokenisation technology.

/security

Banks and mobile operators collaborate on Scam Signal for detecting APP fraud

GSMA and UK Finance have joined forces to provide a collaborative framework for the UK’s mobile network operators and banks to develop and launch Scam Signal, a new system to help address Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud in the UK.

/security

Banque de France and Monetary Authority of Singapore complete post-quantum cryptography trial

The Banque de France (BdF) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have completed a groundbreaking joint experiment in post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to strengthen internet communications and data transfers conducted across continents.