/retail
Australian bank Westpac is planning to spend billions of dollars over the next four years to simplify its technology infrastructure.
1 hour
/security
A report from the US Treasury has called on banks to bolster their risk management frameworks in order to avoid being overwhelmed by AI-powered fraudsters and cybercriminals.
/payments
A third of EU banks do not currently offer an instant payments service and the majority have been discouraged by the January 2025 deadline, according to recently published research.
2 hours
/sustainable
Bulgarian embedded finance provider Paynetics is making an ESG play through the acquisition of UK 'impact neobank Novus. Financial terms were not disclosed.
13 hours
Visa has added a trio of AI-powered risk and fraud prevention tools to its suite of products for businesses.
Robinhood continues to expand beyond its stock trading origins, launching a credit card with a host of perks, including three per cent cashback.
23 hours
/crypto
Guests at a party hosted by a cryptocurrency firm chaired by former UK chancellor Philip Hammond were served sushi off the bodies of half-naked models.
27 March 2024
Tempo France claims it is the the first fintech in the money transfers market to suspend classical remittances in order to focus exclusively on decentralised finance (DeFi).
Worldcoin, the crypto biometric project fronted by OpenAI boss Sam Altman, has been temporarily banned in Portugal over data privacy concerns.
/wholesale
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has pushed back the planned rollout of a new trading system, GPW WATS.
ZayZoon, an earned wage access provider for SMEs has raised $15 million in a Series B extension led by Viola Fintech.
/regulation
As it warns firms and so-called 'finfluencers' to keep their social media ads lawful, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has published guidance for memes, reels and gaming streams promoting financial services.
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