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ECB's Panetta calls for urgent action to curb crypto Wild West

Global regulators need to hasten efforts to introduce a coordinated framework to tackle the crypto-asset Wild West, the European Central Bank's Fabio Panetta has warned.

25 April 2022

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Standard Chartered leaps into the metaverse

Standard Chartered has acquired a virtual plot of land at The Sandbox metaverse’s Mega City district, a culture hub inspired by Hong Kong creative artists.

25 April 2022

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CBI launches campaign to get UK businesses to embrace fintech

Confederation of British Industry (CBI) president Lord Bilimoria has launched a campaign to get more businesses using fintech to fuel growth.

25 April 2022

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NextGen Nordics: Juni launches USD accounts

Ahead of our NextGen Nordics conference on 27th April 2022, we will be putting together a weekly briefing of selected top stories that are emerging out of the region and setting the blueprint for payments innovation across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

22 April 2022

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Regulator hits Anchorage Digital over AML failures

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued a consent order against digital asset custody services provider Anchorage Digital Bank over Bank Secrecy Act anti-money laundering failures.

22 April 2022

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Commerzbank applies for crypto custody licence

Germany's Commerzbank is seeking to enter the crypto-assets market after a spokesperson revealed the bank has applied for a local crypto licence.

22 April 2022

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Finextra and Jobbio join forces to unlock fintech's finest talent

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22 April 2022

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Tencent invests in UK fintech

Chinese ecommerce giant Tencent has led a funding round into London-based fintech Previse.

22 April 2022

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Finastra hires Isabel Fernandez to lead lending biz unit

Finastra has appointed former ING Bank board member Isabel Fernandez as EVP for the company’s lending business unit.

22 April 2022

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Global fintech funding cools in Q1 2022

Global fintech funding clocked in at $28.8B in Q1/22, down 18% quarter-over-quarter — the largest percentage drop in quarterly funding since 2018 - according to the latest data from CBInsights.

21 April 2022

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Qonto closes Crowdcube campaign after raising €5 million in 6.5 hours

Qonto, the French scaleup offering a business account to European SMEs, has raised €5 million in just 6.5 hours on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.

21 April 2022

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Citi and State Street invest in FundGuard

Citi and State Street have joined a $40 million Series B funding round for AI-powered SaaS investment management and asset servicing enterprise platform FundGuard.

21 April 2022

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