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ANZ to Trial Offline CBDC Payments

ANZ has established cooperation with two universities to test CBDC offline payments using smart cards, which can be loaded with funds and used as cash.

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EBA to Crack Down on Banks Ignoring Gender Diversity

EBA noted the painfully slow progress of banks and investment firms in improving gender diversity policies and announced it wants supervisors across the EU to crack down on those non-compliers

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Westpac Announces Initiatives To Back Women Business Leaders

Westpac announced new measures to help female-led SMBs with dedicated start-up and scale-up loans, as research reveals accessing finance is one of the main challenges for women in business

Society & Lifestyle

5 Tips for Managing Your Personal Finance

Money management is a crucial skill everyone should have in today’s world, where we are constantly inundated with advertisements and messages. It can be hard to resist spending money. However, if you’re not careful, all of this spending can quickly get out of control and leave you in a difficult financial situation.

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Varo Bank Raising $50 Million at 28% Discount

Varo, an American neobank with the charter of the national bank, reported a capital raising of $50 million at a discount of 28% compared to its last estimate.

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B2B Payments Platform Barte Raises $3 Million

Brazilian business-to-business payment platform Barte has announced that it has managed to attract investment funds in the amount of $ 3 million following the results of the initial round of financing.

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Smart Lending Fintech Abound Raises £500 Million

Abound, a fintech company based in the UK has reported raising funds for 500 million pounds as a result of a combination of debt and equity financing.

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Senators Urge Regulators to Take Action on Zelle Fraud

In the Senate, Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren, issued an appeal to financial regulators to take actions aimed at curbing fraudulent activity, against the P2P payment service owned by Zelle Bank.

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Bankjoy Raises Funding From Curql

Bankjoy, a digital banking service provider based in Detroit, has announced the start of a new round of financing.

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NinjaTrader Launches Web and Mobile Apps

NinjaTrader Group, LLC, a leader in futures brokerage and advanced technologies for active traders, announced the launch of new web and mobile applications for fully integrated trading on multiple devices.

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Adyen Integrates Click To Pay Checkout Which Works Even for Guests

Fintech platform Adyen integrated the Click To Pay experience into its online checkout flow in all available markets, enabling even guest shoppers to bypass manual data entry

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BIS Concluded CBDC Project Icebreaker

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has finished a joint project exploring international retail and remittance payments use cases for CBDC with the central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden

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Westpac Tests New Security Feature

Westpac is testing additional security layer for online payments to alert customers of potential scams, as customer losses to fraud reached a new record high in December

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Western Union Turns to MFS to Expand Global Money Transfers

Western Union announced the beginning of cooperation with MFS Africa.

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RBI Fines Amazon Pay

The Central Bank of India has taken action in the form of a fine against the Indian division of Amazon Pay.

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Coinbase Buys One River Digital Asset Management

Coinbase announced the acquisition of One River Digital Asset Management (ORDAM), a subsidiary of One River Asset Management.

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