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NYDFS Secures $157.4 Million in Recoveries and Penalties in 2022

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) secured $157.4 million in 2022.

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AI Startup Anthropic Reportedly Looking to Raise $300 Million

Startup Anthropic, which specializes in developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), plans to attract investment funds in the amount of $ 300 million.

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Candidly Raises $20.5 Million for Student Debt and Savings Optimization

Candidly reported that it managed to attract investment funds in the amount of $ 20.5 million following the results of the Series B financing round.

Blockchain & Crypto

Crypto Exchange Gemini Denies J.P. Morgan Chase Ended Banking Partnership

Gemini cryptocurrency exchange has denied information about the termination of J.P. Morgan Chase’s interaction.

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Transact Campus Partners With Amazon to Introduce Unmanned Stores on Campuses

Fintech provider Transact Campus integrated its payment solutions with Just Walk Out technology by Amazon to deploy self-service stores on and off college campuses

Blockchain & Crypto

Silvergate Bank Faces “Voluntary Liquidation”

The parent company of one of the major crypto-friendly banking institutions, Silvergate Bank, decided to “wind down operations” and liquidate the bank

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GIACT and Mastercard Team to Provide Secure Account Verification

Mastercard and GIACT announced the beginning of cooperation in order to provide customers with a secure account verification procedure.

Fintech & Ecommerce

UK BaaS Platform Griffin Becomes Bank

The British Banking As A Service platform Griffin has received the status of a bank, as a result of which additional restrictions apply to it from now on.

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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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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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