Banks

Digital Banks Continue to Capture Users, As Android Banking App Downloads Increase by 13% in 2023

While digital banks continue to sit at the forefront of innovation and agility in the banking world, traditional banks continue to dominate regarding the number of customers they serve. However, a shift […]

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Сryptocurrencies

Mercuryo Aligns Itself With CryptoUK to Advance UK Digital Assets Industry

Organisations within the crypto sector must all play a part in ensuring that the sector is able to grow from a regulatory standpoint. Mercuryo, the global payments infrastructure platform is achieving this […]

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Banks

In Conversation at Pay360: Watch Lloyds Bank and CoBa Technology Discuss New Partnership

At this year’s PAY360 conference held at London’s Excel – one of the largest payment events of the year in the UK –  more than 5,000 payment and finance professionals from around […]

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Afreximbank Joins Forces With Sterling Bank to Launch Supply Chain Finance Product in Nigeria

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has partnered with Nigeria-based financial institution Sterling Bank to launch its supply chain finance product ‘Payables Finance’ across Nigeria. Under this arrangement, Afreximbank will provide financing to corporates […]

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Crypto.com Debuts Crypto Trading Platform in South Korea

Crypto.com, the cryptocurrency exchange platform used by over 80 million customers worldwide, is launching its app in South Korea, enabling Korean retail users to trade select cryptocurrencies. Crypto.com retail customers based in […]

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Сryptocurrencies

Ripple Dips Into Stablecoin Market, With Plans to Launch a Stablecoin on XRPL and Ethereum

Ripple, the provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, plans to launch a stablecoin, pegged 1:1 to the US dollar (USD). Ripple’s stablecoin will be 100 per cent backed by US dollar […]

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Paymentology and Rain Join Forces to Accelerate Digital Assets Market

Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, has partnered with Rain, a corporate spend management platform, to accelerate the digital asset business market in the Caribbean and Latin America. Together, Paymentology and Rain have launched […]

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Banks

Could Visa and Mastercard Credit Card Settlement Cause Issues for Issuing Banks and Consumers?

Earlier this week, payment giants Visa and Mastercard agreed to lower fees charged to merchants for credit card transactions in the US, following a lawsuit spanning almost two decades. In a move […]

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Сryptocurrencies

Sumsub Integrates Travel Rule Solution with Binance, Supporting VASPs Globally

Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification and compliance provider, has completed the integration of its Travel Rule solution with Binance, the crypto exchange platform, through the Global Travel Rule (GTR) Alliance. Sumsub hopes […]

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Preventing Future Fraudsters After Five Convicted for £500,000 Shell Company Money Laundering

Five people, including convicted fraudster Neale Rothera, were sentenced for their involvement in a fraud and money laundering scheme which cost banks over £500,000 earlier this week. But with the money unrecoverable, […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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