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Uber launches new FinTech initiative Uber Money

Ride-hailing unicorn Uber has made another foray into the FinTech space with its new initiative Uber Money.

Stripe is officially launching in Mexico as Latin America’s FinTech scene is exploding

Mexico City is due to welcome Stripe as the payments giant becomes the latest FinTech stakeholder to bet on the opportunities in Latin America.

Expat banking solution Denizen shuts down after failing to scale

Denizen is shutting down barely three years after the global banking solution first saw the light.

Venmo announces new credit card through Synchrony partnership

Hot on the heels of its announcement about a new transfer service, Venmo has unveiled its first-ever credit card.

Ghana aims to topple Kenya as Africa’s most digitalised economy

The vice-president of Ghana has announced an ambitious programme to digitalise the country’s economy.

Klarna and Samsung Electronics sign UK partnership

Samsung Electronics and Klarna have announced a partnership to give customers three new ays to pay for products and services.

Here’s what to expect as Singapore and Australia begin negotiating their new cross-border FinTech...

The Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement was announced in June as a bid to boost the two countries’ digital economies. Now they’ve begun the talks for real.

Revolut selects Bottomline to help retail customers access the UK’s Faster Payments Scheme

Real-time payments are quickly gaining traction in the UK. To meet the demand, challenger bank Revolut has picked Bottomline Technologies to help it out.

Samsung Pay teams up with Finablr to boost international money transfer services

Finablr, the payments platform, and Samsung Electronics America have joined forces to create a new money transfer function on Samsung Pay.

Challenger bank Bunq is expanding across the entire EU

The Dutch challenger bank Bunq is not only announcing that it is going to be available across the EU, but also that it will from now on enable Apple Pay and Google Pay support for travel card users in some countries.

News Stories

Strong week in the FinTech sector with $1.7bn raised

FinTech Global this week reported on 21 recorded deals in the FinTech sector, with a strong showing in the reinsurance space bringing the total value recorded over $1bn.

EU regulator suggests revamp in sustainable investment rules

The ESMA has recently recommended a significant overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) within the EU.
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

MNT-Halan expands into Turkey with acquisition of Tam Finans

MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

EU banks and insurers lag in green compliance, PwC study finds

A recent PwC study has uncovered a striking deficiency in the alignment of financial institutions’ activities with the EU's taxonomy for sustainable activities. According...
India

India’s new climate finance taxonomy to propel green transition

India is poised to implement a climate finance taxonomy, as announced by the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, during the annual budget.

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