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Swarm Launches Tradable Stocks on Blockchain

Swarm, a regulated blockchain platform, has announced the launch of the world’s first public investment offer for AAPL. TSLA and two network ETFs of US Treasury bonds.

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GB Bank Uses Almis Treasury Solutions

GB Bank, which received a full banking license in August 2022, decided to use additional ALMIS International products.

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Napier to Provide AML Transaction Monitoring for Lyra

Napier, which specializes in the development of technologies to combat crimes in the financial sector, announced the establishment of a partnership with Lyra Group, a European provider of unified payment solutions.

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US Credit Card Debt Reaches $1 Trillion, While Delinquency Rates Rise

The New York Federal Reserve estimated that US credit card debt reached nearly $1 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2022, growing by a record $130 billion annually. The rise in delinquencies and charge-offs makes credit card issuers prepare for the worst

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Natwest Waives Customer Charges for Pocket Money Cards

Natwest Bank customers will continue to enjoy free access to prepaid children’s debit cards from this financial institution.

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Social Investing Platform eToro Secures NYDFS Licenses

The American subsidiary of eToro, an Israeli social investing platform, received its money transmitter and virtual currency licenses from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)

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Is There Gender Equality in Fintech?

Despite decades of the gender equality movement progress, many business industries still have a wide pay gap and gender-biased career opportunities. Being an innovative facilitator of financial inclusion, has fintech managed to create gender equality in its own industry?

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Crypto Startup Klink Finance Gains EU Licence

Klink Finance, a crypto startup based in London, has received initial permission to provide services in the European Union.

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Ethiopia Considering Opening Mobile Money Market to Foreign Operators

A consultative meeting will be held in Ethiopia by the end of February, during which the prospects of the mobile money market in this country will be discussed.

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SBI Investment Leads $28 Million Series A in German Fintech Pliant

Japan’s SBI Investment has led a $28 million Series A round in the German corporate card platform Pliant.

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Bank of Japan Launches CBDC Pilot

The Bank of Japan decided to launch large-scale testing of the digital yen after two years of research into the prospects of this project.

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Hong Kong Welcomes Crypto Trading With New Policies

Hong Kong proposes milder crypto regulations that would let retail investors trade certain “large-cap tokens” on licensed exchanges, emerging as one of the new hubs for the virtual asset industry

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Barclays Reveals Contactless Payments Trends

New data from Barclays, which enables nearly half of the UK’s debit and credit card transactions, reveals that a record 91.2% of all eligible card transactions were contactless in 2022

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Riyad Bank Integrates E-Invoicing ZATCA Enabled by SunTec Xelerate

Riyad Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in Saudi Arabia, integrated the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) solution for e-invoicing, deployed on SunTec Xelerate platform

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Tesco Considers Selling Its Banking Arm

Currently, the British supermarket chain Tesco is considering selling its banking division.

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Stripe Expects to See $1 Trillion in Payments Volume in 2023

Stripe expects that by the end of 2023, the total volume of transactions processed by the company will amount to $ 1 trillion.

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