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Global: Starling responds to UK Govt’s report on suspected BBLS fraud
UK Government has confirmed that of the £47 billion provided in loans through the Bounce Back Loan (BBL) scheme, £1.1 billion of these ...
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Global: Payments Firm Bolt Scraps Deal to Acquire Crypto Company Wyre
California-based online payments company Bolt is pulling out of an agreement to buy crypto provider Wyre. The news of the scrapped deal, which ...
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Global: Australian Police Creates Crypto Forensic Unit
A cryptocurrency forensic unit has been launched by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to address crimes around cryptocurrency and money laundering. According to ...
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Global: Businesses shut, events cancelled, and rates decision delayed after Queen’s death
Businesses, financial institutions and unions have cancelled or postponed events as a mark of respect to the Queen, with the Bank of England delaying a ...
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Global: JPMorgan Hires Former Microsoft Executive to Its Digital Assets-Related Payments Group
JPMorgan (JPM) has hired former Microsoft (MSFT) executive Tahreem Kampton as a senior payments’ executive within the bank’s payments group. His focus will ...
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Global: European Central Bank makes largest-ever interest rate hike
The European Central Bank made its largest-ever interest rate increase, following the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks in a global stampede ...
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Global: Report Examines Risk of Currency Colonization- CBDC
A new report has raised concerns that African countries embracing the creation of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) could risk falling victim to ...
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Global: Bank of England says banknotes featuring Queen’s image remain legal tender
The Bank of England said its banknotes featuring the image of Queen Elizabeth remained legal tender, following the monarch’s death on Thursday (September ...
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Global: Compliance regtech SteelEye raises $21m Series B funding
Compliance technology and data analytics firm SteelEye has raised $21 million in a Series B funding round as it sets its sights on ...
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Global: Digital lending rules designed to end regulatory arbitrage, protect customers- RBI DG M Rajeshwar Rao
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao said the recently released digital lending norms are designed to end regulatory arbitrage and ...