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Mexican digital bank Klar raises $190m

Carey Olsen's corporate team in the Cayman Islands has advised Mexico-based digital bank Klar on its US$190 million Series C funding round, which values the company at over US$800 million.

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What Will The Next Generation of the Investing Landscape Look Like?

Whilst attending the Communify Fincentric Experience 2025, Brian Casey, CEO, Westwood Holding Group, joined the FinextraTV studio and shared his thoughts on the event, the importance of networking and how exciting the next generation of investing will be. As part of this next generation, Casey says investors will continue to look for objective advice and guidance against the backdrop of a plethora of options.

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Five more Belgian banks join the European Payments Initiative

Five big banks in Belgium have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) with the intention of rolling out the Wero digital wallet and instant account-to-account (A2A) payment application to customers in the first half of next year.

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Zopa opens Manchester office

London-headquartered digital bank Zopa is opening an office in Manchester as it bids to create a 500-strong workforce in the city.

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Are Mobile Wallets the Future of Cross-Border Payments Modernization?

Speaking to FinextraTV while attending Money 20/20, Stanley Wachs, Director of Business Development and Head of France, Benelux, Switzerland, and Africa at Dandelion Payments, shared his thoughts on how mobile wallets are impacting the modernization efforts of banks and fintech's. Wachs positions mobile wallets as a key component of the future of cross-border payments and of progressing the modernization of payment infrastructure.

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Verification of Payee: The role of RVMs & Conformance

Joining the FinextraTV studio at EBAday 2025 in Paris, Paulo Barbosa, COO, Banfico helped to provide an understanding of what a routing and verification mechanism (RVM) is and how it is impacting the verification of payee landscape. Barbosa provided an up-to-date look at what is currently evolving ahead of the October deadline, whilst sharing clarifications around the role RVM's play alongside banks to provide greater speed, experience and compliance.

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Can Agentic AI Help to Reduce Financial Crime in Banking?

Joining the FinextraTV studio at Temenos Community Forum 2025, Adam Gable, Senior Product Director, Temenos provided an insight into the way that agentic AI is helping to combat financial crime. Discussing the challenges inherent in fighting financial crime amidst a high-volume, high-speed market, Gable emphasises how well-considered agentic AI tools can provide an investigative element as fast as the speed of modern fraud.

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Hokkoku and Soft Space to roll out SoftPOS tool that supports stablecoin transactions

Hokkoku Financial Holdings is working with Soft Space to develop a SoftPOS product that enables merchants to accept both contactless card payments and regulated stablecoin payments using only a smartphone or tablet.

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What Are The Key Priorities for Banks in The Middle East & Africa?

Whilst attending the Temenos Community Forum 2025 in Madrid, Santhosh Rao, Managing Director, MEA, Temenos and Mohamed Al Zamil, Chief Operating Officer, Reem Finance joined the FinextraTV studio to discuss banking trends in the Middle East and Africa. Explaining the rapid changes happening in these dynamic markets, Rao and Al Zamil examine the impact of new digital banks, evolving regulations and how to service gaps in traditional processes.

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Spendbase launches digital banking and virtual cards

Spendbase, a spend management platform that helps businesses save on software and cloud costs, is launching a new suite of financial tools that take spend control to the next level: Digital Banking and Virtual Cards.

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South African fintech Lesaka to buy Bank Zero

Lesaka Technologies, the South African fintech firm formerly known as , is set to buy South African digital-only institution Bank Zero Mutual Bank in a deal worth R1.1bn (US$62m).

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Starling eyeing US bank acquisition

UK challenger bank Starling Bank is reportedly considering the acquisition of a US lender as part of its expansion plans.

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BBVA launches digital bank in Germany

Spain's BBVA continues its European expansion, launching a 100% digital retail bank in Germany.

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Revolut to buy Argentina's Banco Cetelem - Bloomberg

Fintech giant Revolut is set to buy Small Argentinian lender Banco Cetelem from BNP Paribas, according to Bloomberg.

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Chase launches UK credit card

UK digital challenger bank Chase is launching its first credit card, offering customers 0% interest on purchases for up to 15 months.

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Digital First & Wellness Banking: How Gen Z are Changing The Banking Journey

Discussing how technology and digital investment is increasing, despite geopolitical uncertainty, Mark Yamin-Ali, Managing Director, Europe, Temenos and Domenico Ferrari, Platform Manager of Mobile and Digital Banking, Credem Banca joined the FinextraTV studio at Temenos Community Forum 2025. From explaining how Gen Z's digital-first needs are transforming the industry to the growing focus on wellness banking, Yami-Ali and Ferrari provide insights into the continued evolution of digital channels.

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NAB hires Lloyds' Pete Steel for new digital, data and AI role

Australia's NAB has appointed Lloyds Banking Group's Pete Steel to the newly created role of group executive, digital data and artificial intelligence.

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Coastal Credit Union signs with Lumin Digital

Cloud-native digital banking provider, Lumin Digital, today announced that Coastal Credit Union, headquartered in Raleigh, NC, has selected it as its new digital banking provider.

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Klarna arrives on Google Pay in the US

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is now available as a payment option on Google Pay.

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Deutsche Bank partners with Silverflow for cloud-native digital payments

Silverflow, the new standard in payment processing, has partnered with Deutsche Bank to launch a new cloud-native payments platform across Europe.