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EBA warns talent shortage will hamstring crypto regulation

European regulators are facing challenges in finding talent to help regulate crypto, a chair of the European Banking Authority has warned, underscoring concerns around the capacity of authorities to supervise the industry.

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Bank of Ireland triples length of paid paternity leave

Bank of Ireland has introduced a new policy that triples the bank’s current paternity leave, allowing an employee to take six weeks of paid leave within the first six months of the new child’s life.

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Ex-Mollie CEO Gaston Aussems takes the helm at TPAY MOBILE

Leading mobile payments provider across the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, TPAY MOBILE, has announced that Gaston Aussems, previously CEO of Mollie, will take the reins as CEO.

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57% consumers believe corporations should respect their gender identity - Mastercard

New research from Mastercard details discrimination of non-binary individuals in their financial experiences.

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Mastercard’s The Belle Block to empower women and non-binary to use Web 3.0

Mastercard brings inclusivity to the forefront by announcing the launch of The Belle Block, an industry group to focus on empowering women and non-binary individuals to use Web 3.0 technology and cryptocurrency.

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Freetrade to cut up to 15% of staff

During an internal "All Hands" meeting on Thursday the 9th of June, the challenger stockbroking app, Freetrade, announced that it would be implementing redundancies for up to 15% of its staff.

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HSBC to run fintech education course for employees

HSBC is to put thousands of its employees through a bespoke training course in the latest fintech developments in a partnership with the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School

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CBA to hire 1000 engineers this year

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has set itself the target of hiring 1000 engineers this year across a variety of disciplines.

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Zopa employees can now work from abroad for up to four months each year

UK digital bank Zopa is to give employees the option of spending a full four months working from abroad, billing the policy as the industry’s "boldest and most generous scheme" currently in place.

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Wahed appoints former BlackRock lawyer to global legal team

Global Islamic fintech company, Wahed, has just announced the appointment of former BlackRock lawyer, Shahan Jamil, as deputy general counsel.

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Atomico leads $11 million round in legaltech PocketLaw

Legaltech firm PocketLaw today announced the closure of a €10 million Series A round lead by European VC firm, Atomico.

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Flagstone appoints 10x’s Leda Glyptis and Monzo’s Meri Williams to board

UK cash deposit platform, Flagstone, has announced the addition of fintech heavyhitters Leda Glyptis and Meri Williams to its board of directors, ahead of planned Series B funding in 2023.

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EBAday 2022: Empowering women in payments

A report published by McKinsey in 2021 read that in the US, the payments industry has the lowest share of women at entry-level, manager, and senior-manager level.

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Ukrainian refugees connected with UK tech jobs by Fintech Without Frontiers

Fintech Without Frontiers – an industry led-initiative created by Ozone API – has launched a bid to connect Ukrainian refugees with career opportunities in the UK fintech space.

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Finextra and Jobbio join forces to unlock fintech's finest talent

If you are looking for fast-growing opportunities to enrich your career, look no further than Finextra.jobs.

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Volt appoints PayPal veteran as CRO

Real-time payments provider Volt has announced the hire of Matt Komorowski, who previously led PayPal’s channel partnership business across APAC, LATAM, and MEA.

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BNP Paribas to hire 1000 more female coders by 2024

BNP Paribas has set itself a target to have 1,000 more women working in IT professions by the end of 2024, through both internal and external recruitment.

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Plum prepares US stock investing product launch

European money management app Plum plans to launch a product for users to invest in US stocks in Q1 this year, adding EU and UK stocks, and crypto assets later in 2022.

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Monzo offers staff three months’ paid leave

Monzo intends to revamp employee work-life balance by ensuring staff that have worked for the digital bank for over four years are eligible for sabbaticals lasting three months.

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Starling pulls Facebook advertising; preps SaaS offering

Starling CEO Anne Boden says the bank has pulled all paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram until Meta tackles fraudsters advertising on its platforms. In her annual letter, Boden also confirms the planned launch of a Software as a Service (SaaS) proposition during 2022.