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Banks look to fintechs to stave off threat from Big Tech

10th November 2023

Nearly half of all banks are looking to buy majority stakes in fintechs to fend…

Lloyds draws the blinds on more branches

26th September 2023

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed 35 new branch closures, drawing a line under the provision…

NatWest to shutter 143 branches in 2023

12th July 2023

NatWest Group is to bring the shutters down on a further 36  branches, bringing the…

Majority of countries see ATM recovery post-COVID

29th June 2023

The ATM market has grown in more than half of 180 countries analyzed in RBR’s…

Cash: Don’t write it off just yet

27th April 2023

Despite all the hype around a cashless society – and paranoia from conspiracy theorists about…

Lloyds and NatWest close more branches

4th April 2023

Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest are, between them, closing another 80 branches across the UK…

Walmart invests $200m in Indian fintech PhonePe

21st March 2023

Indian mobile payments company PhonePe has secured $200 million in primary capital from US retail…

Judge upholds $5.6bn interchange settlement

20th March 2023

A US federal appeals court has upheld a $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement between 12…

Central banks conclude cross-border CBDC experiment, Project Icebreaker

7th March 2023

Project Icebreaker, a joint initiative from the Bank for International Settlements and the central banks…

Smart lending fintech Abound raises £500 million

7th March 2023

Abound, a UK-based fintech that uses a combination of open banking and artifical intelligence to…

Bybit launches debit card; suspends US dollar deposits

7th March 2023

Crypto Exchange Bybit has begun the roll out of Mastercard debit cards, enabling users to…

FinTech Australia says ING systems upgrade may breach open banking rules

9th February 2023

Fintech Australia and the Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA) are calling on Australia’s competition…