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Citi, Visa, AmEx invest in crypto-compliance platform TRM Labs

Blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round joined by a host of big-name firms, including Visa, Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, PayPal Ventures, and Block (formerly Square).

07 December 2021

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EBAday 2021: Payments innovation and the benefits cascading down the waterfall model

EBAday 2021 has flown by, and the sessions throughout day three of the event served to build on the momentum from day one and two. Another punchy strategic roundtable addressed the need for industry-wide collaboration to drive payments innovation, while two boisterous chatrooms tackled the weighty subjects of Open Banking, CBDCs and stablecoins.

30 June 2021

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Clearing firms invest in FIA Tech

A group of 10 clearing firms have committed $44 million to the Futures Industry Association's FIA Tech.

16 June 2021

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ID verification outfit Trulioo hits $1.75bn valuation

Canadian identity verification outfit Trulioo has hit a US$1.75 billion valuation off a US$394 million Series D funding round led by TCV an joined by Citi and American Express.

07 June 2021

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Cryptocurrency’s complex quest toward building institutional infrastructure

If the normalisation of Bitcoin and crypto-at-large is to be achieved, there are fundamental challenges that this ‘non-analogue’ asset will be faced with. During Citi’s Digital Money Symposium, panellists of the ‘Institutional Infrastructure for Crypto’ session explored the obstacles crypto firms have faced while trying to carve out a footing within the institutional ecosystem.

25 March 2021

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Regulators lose patience with Citi over risk management flaws

Federal regulators have slammed Citigroup for failing to correct deficiencies in enterprise-wide risk management, compliance risk management, data governance, and internal controls, hitting the bank with a $400 million fine and cease and desist order.

08 October 2020

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Citi penalised for system design flaw that scrubbed millions of audio files

Citibank has been fined $4.5 million by the Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) for a design flaw which led to the deletion of millions of audio files, including recordings which had been subpoenaed.

29 September 2020

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Goldman, Citi and Santander invest in ID verification outfit Trulioo

Big-name financial services players Goldman Sachs, Citi and Santander have joined a funding round for Canadian identity verification outfit Trulioo.

17 September 2019

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World Economic Forum sets up fintech cyber security consortium

Citi and Kabbage have signed on as founding members of a new industry consortium set up by the World Economic Forum to strengthen the cybersecurity of fintech firms and data aggregators.

06 March 2018

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Goldman Sachs leads $38m Visible Alpha funding round

Investment research technology firm Visible Alpha has expanded its roster of big Wall Street name backers and set its sights on MiFID-led European growth after closing a $38 million funding round led by Goldman Sachs.

18 January 2018

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Frankfurt predicts Brexit jobs boost at London's expense

A recently published report states that, contrary to the fears of Brexit-sceptics, the UK's exit from the European Union will create as many as 80,000 new jobs - the majority of which will be in financial services. The only problem for Brexiteers is that the jobs will be in Frankfurt rather than London.

25 August 2017

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A third of London's City workers could face relocation in wake of Brexit - survey

Almost one in three workers in London face an uncertain future over their employer's plans to relocate the business.

25 November 2016

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