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Hong Kong takes first steps on CBDC journey

06 October 2021

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has taken the first steps on its exploration of a central bank digital currency with the release of a technical white paper on a possible...

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UK FinTechs attract record VC investment in the third quarter

06 October 2021

Venture Capital (VC) investment in UK fintechs has reached an all-time high, as firms in the industry attracted $11.4bn in the first nine months of the year, and rake...

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Holvi plans credit card launch, fundraise and IPO after split with BBVA

06 October 2021

Holvi lost a big chunk of customers and 50% of its staff after buying itself out from BBVA earlier this year. But according to founder Tuomas Toivonen, the small business...

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Upgrade launches its own BNPL offering

06 October 2021

Upgrade, a neobank that offers customers credit, has announced that it is launching its own Buy Now, Pay Later offering. Upgrade’s users will be able to split the cost...

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Robo advisor Betterment achieves unicorn status with $160mn capital injection

06 October 2021

Robo-advisor Betterment has landed $160 million in growth capital, valuing the company at almost $1.3 billion. The capital was made up of $60 million from a Series F equi...

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Revolut leadership under pressure from staff to address stark pay gap

04 October 2021

London fintech Revolut has upset staff over its handling of its first gender pay gap report, which revealed women at the company earn 31% less than men per hour on averag...

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US FinTech Upgrade steps into Buy Now, Pay Later arena

04 October 2021

Buy now, pay later is the hot trend in the world of fintech and beyond, and now another fintech is jumping on the bandwagon. Upgrade, a neobank that offers customers aff...

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Monzo abandons U.S. banking licence bid

04 October 2021

British digital bank Monzo has withdrawn its application for a U.S. banking licence after more than two years of negotiations with regulators, in a further setback for th...

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Payments FinTech Checkout.com continues its executive expansion drive with new CMO and Chief HR officer

04 October 2021

Leela Srinivasan and Kerry Van Voris have been appointed the fintech’s first chief marketing officer and chief human resources officer respectively. The world of paymen...

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The Buy Now Pay Later boom hits the USA and Latin America

04 October 2021

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) has taken the payments industry by storm in the last couple of years. Whilst the new payment method originally took off in Europe, it has slowly ...

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JPMorgan taps ex-Barclays chief’s FinTech to build UK digital bank

01 October 2021

JPMorgan is partnering with former Barclays chief Antony Jenkins to use his fintech startup’s technology inside the UK iteration of its digital banking brand Chase. 10...

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Mobile money dominates FinTech investment in Africa

01 October 2021

Financial technology, colloquially referred to as “fintech,” is accelerating financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa—a region that traditionally suffers from limi...

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