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1894 Results from 2023

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N26 CFO Kemper leaves

N26 chief financial officer Jan Kemper is leaving the German mobile bank 18 months after he was brought in to help guide it towards a yet-to-be-realised IPO.

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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank rolls out wearable payments

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) is working with Visa and Tappy Technologies to launch the region's first tokenised contactless payment wearables.

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Cashless Denmark records a year without bank robberies

Denmark's transition away from cash has seen the country record its first ever year in which it experienced zero bank robberies.

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Wyre said to be close to shutdown

Wyre, a crypto payment firm that came close to being acquired for $1.5 billion last year, is on the brink of liquiditation, according to reports.

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US regulators warn banks of crypto exposure risks

US regulators have warned banks to be on their guard against the risks posed by exposure to the crypto asset sector in the wake of the implosion of crypto-exchange FTX and heightened volatility in the market.

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DNB automates chat traffic with AI-powered virtual agent

Nordic bank DNB has automated more than half of its chat traffic by using Boost.ai's conversational AI platform.

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FTX's Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty

Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to eight criminal charges related to the collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange he founded.

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Zodia Custody appoints former Bitstamp and Starling executive Julian Sawyer as CEO

Zodia Custody, the crypto asset servicing joint venture between Standard Chartered and Northern Trust, has appointed former Bitstamp chief and Starling bank co-founder Julian Sawyer as its new CEO.

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Swift re-hires Grainger to lead Americas and UK business

Financial messaging co-operative Swift has re-hired Stephen Grainger from Mastercard to serve as chief executive for Americas and UK region.

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Turkish Central Bank completes first CBDC pilot transactions

The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) has run its first test transactions on the digital Turkish Lira CBDC network.