Connecting the dots in FinTech... by Marcel van Oost

Kemi Badenoch seeks emergency meeting with Revolut amid fears it may leave UK. 

Is N26 unbelievably overvalued?

Coinbase offers a fiery response to the SEC’s threat of enforcement action & more

Ex-Palantir execs raise €2.5m to protect startups from cyberattacks & more

Europe’s banks temper ambitions to challenge big US payments groups & more

Neobank creator Fintech Farm raises $22m; Unlimint expands reach to Nigeria & more

Pix continues to grow; Goldman Sachs; Coinbase considers London & more

Ryan Reynolds invests in Canadian fintech Nuvei & more

🍏 Apple Card’s new high-yield Savings account is now available
💪 Yonder secures £62.5m in equity and debt Series A round.
🇨🇴 Kala has raised US$6M
💚 Tide Encourages UK Businesses to ‘Kickstart’ Global C…

🔔 Rakuten Bank prices IPO
🚀 dLocal debuts All-in-One payment solution
🇧🇷 Nubank is now testing ‘NuConsignado’.
🇫🇷 Thunes bags new French license for global cross-border payments.
🇨🇦 Affirm and Stripe exp…

🇺🇸 Bluevine and Wise Launch International Bill-Pay for U.S. SMBs
🌍 Fintech Plots EU Mobile-Payments Revolution From Poland
📈 Twitter to let users access stocks, crypto via eToro in finance push
🚀 Plaid …

🇨🇳 China’s Central Bank Warns Against ChatGPT ‘Data Leaks’
❌ Amsterdam-based cryptocurrency platform Change raises €2M
👩‍⚖️ Walmart Sues Credit-Card Partner Capital One
🇦🇪 UAE’s fintech Qlub raises $25 …

🚀 Revolut launches ‘Crypto Collections’ for multi token investing
🙏 Cash App Founder, Bob Lee Fatally Stabbed In San Francisco
📉 Stripe Says Volume Growth Slowed
🇦🇺 Australian regulator cancels Binance'…

🇬🇧 Regulator cautioned over Revolut
📉 Affirm Shares Sink on Apple Pay Later News, Affirm Responds
🤝 Payments-as-a-Service Finexio partners with Proactis
👦🏻 Acorns acquires UK's GoHenry, a fintech focuse…

🧑‍⚖️ Revolut Reportedly Hired Lawyers to Challenge Audit Report
🌎 Worldpay chief Gabriel de Montessus takes the chair at Toqio
🇮🇳 PhonePe Cancels Deal To Acquire BNPL Startup ZestMoney
✍️ Zero Hash taps…

😅 Binance Sees $2 Billion in outflows as troubles compound
💳 Wio Bank selects Paymentology for card issuing
🇺🇸 StellarFi raises $15 Million
🅰️ Paytrix raises $18.3 million series A
🇬🇧 UK open banking sec…

🍎 Apple Pay Later launches for select group
☃️ Frost goes carbon neutral ahead of fundraise
🚀 Thunes raises $30m as part of Series C
✍️ Griffin strengthens leadership team with new CFO and CRO
📱 Ingenico…

👩‍⚖️ Binance and founder allegedly violated rules to attract U.S. users
🏦 First Citizens Acquires Much of Failed Silicon Valley Bank
📉 Block short-seller claims ‘Wild West’ compliance
🤖 Big banks invest…

🤖 Klarna plugs ChatGPT into its platform for faster product recommendations
🚀 BNPL FinTech Sezzle files for direct listing on Nasdaq
🦁 MoneyLion rebrands "Even Financial" to "Engine by MoneyLion"
🇳🇱 Dut…

Enfuce to power Science Card; Mastercard settles stablecoin transactions & more