Banks

European Banks Urged to Seize Commercial Advantage in Climate Innovation

European banks are taking the lead in leveraging data and technology to address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns. A recent study by fintech Cogo highlights the importance of carbon footprint tracking, […]

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Xapo Bank Expands Euro Payment Options, Bolstering Crypto and Retail Banking Integration

Xapo Bank, a licensed private bank headquartered in Gibraltar that offers a blend of traditional banking services as well as access to cryptocurrencies, has announced its integration with the single euro payments […]

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BNP Paribas and NatWest Go Live with CobaltFX’s ‘Dynamic Credit’ for FX Credit Management

BNP Paribas and NatWest have partnered with fintech CobaltFX to simplify and streamline the allocation of credit for foreign exchange (FX) trades between banks. The implementation of CobaltFX’s ‘Dynamic Credit’ solution marks […]

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Dragonfly Financial Technologies: Technical Debt Is Standing in the Way of Banks’ Modernisation

Every bank has had to deal with technical debt at some point but now it’s preventing them from modernising their customer experience. Failure to modernise will result in lost clientele to emerging […]

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Сryptocurrencies

First Real-World, Cross-Border Settlement Using Australian CBDC Completed Through NexPay and Monoova

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), in collaboration with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC), held an invitation-only conference in Sydney for participants in the Australian Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) […]

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Digital Euro One Step Closer to Everyday Reality As Prototyping Exercise Results Revealed

The European Central Bank has published the summary and the lessons learned from the prototyping exercise conducted from July 2022 to February 2023. It tested how design choices for the digital euro […]

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Gulf Binance Obtains Digital Asset Operator Licences for Operations in Thailand

A joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange Binance and Thailand-based holding company Gulf Innova, ‘Gulf Binance‘, has obtained digital asset operator licenses from the Thailand Ministry of Finance through the Securities and Exchange […]

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Qred Becomes Europe’s Newest Bank, Boosting Small Business Financing

Swedish fintech Qred has bagged a full banking licence, paving the way for its expansion into new European markets. With its AI-powered financing platform, Qred has issued over 100,000 loans to small […]

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ZA Bank Set to Launch Virtual Asset Trading Services in Hong Kong

Hong Kong-based virtual bank ZA Bank is set to launch asset trading services for retail investors. Through the launch, ZA Bank looks to support the Hong Kong SAR government’s vision to develop […]

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Financial Edge and Northeastern University London Launch Investment Banking Degree

Financial Edge, the training provider for Wall Street investment banks, has joined forces with Northeastern University London to launch a new Masters in Global Investment Banking. The programne caters to postgraduate students from […]

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Russian human rights group claims 109 arrested during Navalny demonstrations – JURIST

OVD-Info, a Russian human and media rights group on Sunday claimed police arrested at least 109 people during demonstrations supporting imprisoned opposition leader, Alexey Navalny. The group stated two journalists are known […]

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Reporters Without Borders: Macau national security law threatens residents and journalists – JURIST

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced on Friday Macau’s decision to expand their national security law, which takes effect this week. The effect of these changes, according to RSF, “increases the pressure on […]

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Canada NGOs request federal court block former Israel PM’s visit – JURIST

Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) submitted  a court application, known as a mandamus, in federal court Friday urging Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino to deny former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett […]

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Rights group estimates Iran executed at least 140 people in May – JURIST

Iran Human Rights released data on Thursday which shows Iran executed 142 people in May, making it the highest number of Iranian executions in one month since 2015.Some of the charges used […]

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