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News/regulation
The US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have launched legal action against Dave, the mobile banking app, alleging that it misled customers over its charges.
02 January 2025
News/retail
A new analysis of finance, fintech and crypto apps on the Google Play Store by SplitMetrics, has found that UK neobanks have surpassed UK legacy banks in terms of app downloads for the very first time ahead of the festive season.
19 December 2024
News/payments
In this preview of a Mastercard report being released in early 2025, leaders at the card processer say that generative AI is emerging as critical to boosting fraud protection rates by as much as 300%.
13 December 2024
Sweden's popular payments app Swish is adding payment cards to its mobile service, enabling users to Tap-to-Pay with their phones in stores across Sweden and abroad.
12 December 2024
News/security
Mobile banking firm MoneyLion has agreed to be acquired by tech group Gen Digital in a $1 billion cash deal.
10 December 2024
Nordic challenger bank Lunar is stepping up its BaaS efforts, shifting its banking services division into a new standalone entity called Moonrise.
09 December 2024
Banco Santander has launched a Self-Invested Personal Pension (Sipp) plan in the UK, with a £1000 cashback offer to people investing over £100,000.
05 December 2024
News/crime
Copenhagen Economics and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) have revealed flaws in the European Parliament’s unprecedented extension of liability beyond payments services providers (PSPs) to online platforms and electronic communication service providers, such as telecom operators, who would also have to refund victims of impersonation fraud.
04 December 2024
‘Smishing’ accounts for 94% of all fraud cases from January to October this year.
The European Payment Initiative, a bank-backed venture that was initially set up to build a rival to Mastercard and Visa in Europe, has enrolled 14 million users and processed eight million transactions since launch.
25 November 2024
News/inclusion
Canadian startup Beacon has opened the waitlist for its purpose-built digital wallet for immigrants moving to the country.
20 November 2024
News/cloud
Hot on the heels of its arrival in the US, Santander's Openbank digital offering has landed in Mexico.
19 November 2024
Canadian fintech Neo Financial has raised C$110 million in equity and another C$250 million in debt to fuel its efforts to take on the country's big five high street banks.
13 November 2024
The VC arm of insurance giant Allianz has led a $300 million Series E funding round for Ualá which values the Argentinian mobile banking player at $2.75 billion.
11 November 2024
OCBC has used Visa Direct to become the first mobile banking app in Asia Pacific to let customers send near-instant peer-to-peer transfers to both Weixin Pay (WeChat Pay) and Alipay using just the recipient’s China national identification name and China mobile number.
07 November 2024
Florida-based VyStar Credit Union has been hit with a $1.5 million penalty over the botched rollout of a new online banking system that saw members unable to access their accounts and money.
01 November 2024
Speaking to chief experts of Tehanu AI, Tosca Tindall and Patrick McSharry, Finextra learned about their nature-finance focused business that is working to incentivise nature stewardship by creating green jobs.
29 October 2024
News/ai
In a European first, Nordic challenger bank Lunar has launched a virtual assistant using GenAI Native Voice technology.
24 October 2024
News/startups
Afin Bank, a digital lender created to help people from Africa living and working in the UK, is set to start offering mortgages and savings products after securing the regulatory green light.
23 October 2024
Santander has launched its Openbank digital offering across the United States, taking its presence in the country nationwide.
22 October 2024
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