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Corpay to buy Paymerang

Corporate payments company Corpay is set to buy account payable automation outfit Paymerang. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

/retail

Brazillian digital bank Nubank surpasses 100 million customers

Eleven years after launching with a credit card product in Brazil, digital banking startup Nubank has transformed into a LatAm financial juggernaut, surpassing 100 million customers in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

/regulation

Cube RegTech rollup continues with acquisition of Reg-Room

Regulatory intelligence firm Cube has acquired US-based Reg-Room, the latest in a planned series of acquisitions to drive consolidation in the market for regulatory technology.

/retail

Google Wallet launches in India

Google Wallet is landing in India, although the existing Google Pay app will remain the place for all things payments in the country.

/markets

US FS giants explore multi-asset settlement using share ledger tech

A host of major US financial services firms - including Citi, JP Morgan, and Visa - are taking part in a Regulated Settlement Network (RSN) proof-of-concept that will explore multi-asset settlement using shared ledger technology.

/payments

TranscendAP launches as new venture for AI-powered accounts payable automation

Accounts payable automation specialist TranscendAP has spun out from IT services firm Optima Global Solutions.

/security

APP scam reimbursement rules extended to Chaps

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator is to extend its scam reimbursement programme to transactions taking place across the Chaps high value payments network.

/people

TSB to close 36 branches and cut 250 jobs

TSB is to close 36 bank branches and cut 250 jobs in a major operational overhaul at the UK bank.

/devops

Lloyds collaborates with Red Hat on InnerSource engineering programme

Lloyds Banking Group is collaborating with Red Hat on a programme to drive the adoption of open source software across its engineering teams.

/retail

Monzo raises further $190 million

Challenger bank Monzo has raised another $190 million with support from Hedosophia, an early backer of Airbnb and Uber, Alphabet fund Capital G, and Singapore's Government Investment Corporation (GIC).

/security

SoFi fined $1.1 million over flawed ID programme that led to multi-million dollar fraud

SoFi's self-directed retail brokerage unit has been fined $1.1 million by financial regulator Finra over ID verification failures that enabled thieves to steal $8.1 million from the accounts of customers at other financial institutions.

/security

SurePay wins Belgian bank mandate for Confirmation of Payee technology

Belgium's Centre for Exchange and Clearing has selected SurePay to provide Confirmation of Payee technology to the domestic banking industry.