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TransferWise becomes Wise
Ten years after launch, British payments group TransferWise is changing its name. Meet ‘Wise’. It’s not ‘just’ a money transfer company anymore and ...
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Ageras nabs $73M at a $244M valuation for its accountancy marketplace and bookkeeping tech stack
Vertical marketplaces continue to be a key lynchpin in the digital economy, a centralized place where people providing certain goods or services can ...
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Morocco’s central bank to investigate the use of CBDC
Morocco’s central bank Bank-Al-Maghrib (BAM) has announced is investigating the benefits of launching a central bank digital currency (CBDCs). BAM has launched an exploratory committee ...
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ANZ New Zealand inks open banking deal with Bud
ANZ NZ aims to improve its loan approval processes for business customers. Bud says the bank can analyse and categorise data from applicant’s ...
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Manchester Credit Union signs payments deal with ClearBank
ClearBank is providing direct access to Faster Payments via incuto’s banking technology platform. It says the credit union can offer “viable and equitable” ...
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Saudi Arabia plans new SME bank to underpin local funding
Saudi Arabia’s government has approved the establishment of a new bank for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The new bank, dubbed The Bank ...
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Newly licensed UK bank Cashplus is raising £50m
Cashplus, a UK-based challenger which landed a full UK banking licence earlier this month, is in the swings of a £50 million funding round. The ...
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Open banking firm Yolt Technology Services gets PSD2 license from FCA
Open banking provider Yolt Technology Services (YTS) gets nod for the PSD2 license from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) enabling the firm to ...
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What do these 36 FinTech rounds raised in the last week reveal about the industry
Companies operating in the WealthTech, cybersecurity, RegTech, anti-fraud, PropTech, credit, InsurTech and loan segments of the FinTech industry raised money over the course ...
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Monzo CEO calls on government to make gambling blocks mandatory for banks
Neobank Monzo’s CEO has called on the UK government to make gambling blocks mandatory for banks in a bid to limit the risks ...