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Congress members introduce bills to protect cash

21st June 2023

Dive Brief: Last week, Congress members introduced legislation in the House and Senate to ban…

One in three banking customers still use physical channels for product purchase

1st June 2023

Kearney has published the latest findings of its annual European Retail Banking Radar, which includes a…

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…

Barclays sets out its flexible banking strategy

31st January 2023

Barclays today announces the expansion strategy for its flexible banking formats, as it evolves its…

Atlantic Money reports Wise to the CMA

26th January 2023

Money transfer startup Atlantic Money has registered a complaint with the Competition and Markets Authority…