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Things we’re reading today include … Money 20/20 Europe 2024: Day One in Amsterdam | The Fintech Times Business Reporter – Payments – Navigating five years of UK fintech amid Brexit and Covid-19 (business-reporter.co.uk) Standard Chartered: UK bank accused of helping to fund terrorists – BBC News King Charles III banknotes enter circulation – BBC…

Things we’re reading today include … Missing Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova’s links to Bulgaria underworld – BBC News Standard Chartered: UK bank accused of helping to fund terrorists – BBC News Whistleblower accuses US of ignoring evidence Standard Chartered Bank served suspicious Iranian clients – ICIJ Digital bank Monzo posts first full year of profit after…

Things we’re reading today include … Global Banks Start Targeting CRE Emissions Risk – Bloomberg Synapse bankruptcy: Yotta CEO says 85,000 bank accounts locked (cnbc.com) Should Canadian bank customers, investors worry about money laundering probes? – National | Globalnews.ca Unleashing the Full Potential of Fintech: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Way Forward (msn.com) Digital Transformation in…

Things we’re reading today include … Cryptocurrency lands on the London Stock Exchange (cityam.com) Singapore’s Largest Bank DBS Holds Nearly $650M in Ether (ETH): Nansen (coindesk.com) Revolut cranks up hiring as it pushes crypto services to its 40m customers – DL News Trump’s reversal on cryptocurrency reeks of desperation and hypocrisy (msnbc.com) Climate Fintech’s scorecard:…

Things we’re reading today include … Cross-border bank mergers should be easier in Europe, says ECB’s Villeroy | Reuters Banking bonuses: The situation in 2024 (efinancialcareers.com) Malta’s central bank chief, former deputy PM, plead not guilty in sprawling corruption case – POLITICO What is pay by bank? (finextra.com) Japan’s Fintech Awakening: Navigating Demographic Shifts With…

Things we’re reading today include … Fintech N26 says regulatory action cost it ‘billions’ in lost growth (ft.com) A (not so) brief ‘criminal’ history of the ECB  – POLITICO Blockchain Technology Can Help Banks Weather Margin Pressure, Deutsche Bank Says – Bloomberg Shaping the future of Digital Banking (danskebank.com) Five Things to Watch as Synapse…

Things we’re reading today include … JPMorgan casts doubt on SEC approval for Solana and other crypto ETFs | The Block Starling investor eyes £10bn valuation for bank as tech business takes off (cityam.com) Digital bank buys out specialist buy to let mortgage … (introducertoday.co.uk) ABN AMRO to Buy Private German Bank for EUR672 Million…

Things we’re reading today include … Synapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed, and 10 million consumers could be hurt | TechCrunch BNPL Regulation Grabs Headlines as FinTech IPO Index Slips (pymnts.com) Fall in bank bonuses blows a hole in the Government’s finances (telegraph.co.uk) Starling investor targets £10bn valuation for digital lender (ft.com) Coventry Building Society…