/payments
Credit and debit cards continue to dominate American payments, but cash is still an important player, accounting for 14% of all consumer transactions in 2024, according to the Federal Reserve.
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/retail
Zopa Bank has raised £80 million in its first London Stock Exchange bond listing as it prepares for the launch of current accounts.
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/security
Monzo has rolled out a new feature that allows customers to set a personal timeframe to cancel a mistaken bank transfer.
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Following success in the Netherlands, ING is rolling out its 'check the call' fraud feature to customers in Belgium.
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/ai
BBVA has nearly quadrupled the number of its ChatGPT Enterprise licences after concluding that the technology saves employees nearly three hours a week.
Raiffeisen Bank International has struck a deal with Wise to bring cross-border payments to its customers in Central and Eastern Europe.
UK bank TSB is offering customers who are fleeing or experiencing abuse free access to personal safety app Hollie Guard Extra for a year.
/crypto
American trading app Robinhood is buying WonderFi, the Canadian crypto operator of Bitbuy and Coinsquare, for around C$250 million in cash.
13 May 2025
Shares in Coinbase jumped in pre-market trading on Tuesday on news that it will become the first cryptocurrency outfit to be included in the benchmark S&P 500 index.
UK digital bank Monzo has reportedly lined up Morgan Stanley to pitch the company to investors ahead of a potential IPO in the first half of next year.
/wholesale
Lloyds and Mercore have completed a series of transactions that have featured the secondary participation in an accepted digital bill of exchange.
RetailBook, a platform that enables retail investors to participate in primary capital market transactions on the same terms as institutional investors, has secured a £4.5 million funding round led by Augmentum Fintech,
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