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Science & Technology

KPMG: ESG Tops Regulatory Demands in Finance While UK & EU Rules Diverge

KPMG’s Regulatory Barometer showed that financial service firms in the UK and the EU remained under significant pressure to comply with diverging ESG requirements over the last 6 months

News

Foodcellar Market Launches Contactless Scan and Pay Shopping

In New York, Foodcellar Market stores now have the ability to scan products using a smartphone and pay for purchases by a mobile device.

Finance & Economics

Digital Asset Protection Provider Coincover Raises $30 Million

Coincover, a UK-based provider of digital asset protection services, has reported raising $30 million in funding.

Finance & Economics

UAE Central Bank Launches Digital Finance Initiatives

The Central Bank of the UAE launched Financial Infrastructure Transformation Programme which includes nine key digital finance initiatives to make UAE financial and digital payment hub

Finance & Economics

Tether Announces $960 Million In Excess Reserves

Tether has published a report according to which there are excess reserves and the transfer of assets to treasury bills.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Cross-Border Payments FinTech Tazapay Nets $16.9 Million

Tazapay, a cross-border payments company, has raised $16.9 million in a Series A funding round.

Finance & Economics

Beauceron Security Gets CIBC Backing

The platform of the Canadian company SaaS for cybersecurity Beauceron Security has received funding from CIBC Innovation Banking.

Finance & Economics

Dhakai Adds Automation Capabilities to B2B Apparel Sourcing Platform

Dhakai has expanded the capabilities of its platform designed to search for clothing suppliers in B2B format.

Finance & Economics

Qatar Airways Launches Reusable NFC Bag Tags for Contactless Luggage Check-In

Passengers flying Qatar Airways planes have been allowed to transfer their flight data to a reusable electronic tag attached to their luggage.

Finance & Economics

MEPs Approve Draft Legislative Framework for European Digital Identity Wallet

The European Union Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy has approved the proposed update of the European Digital Identification System.

Blockchain & Crypto

Kraken Agrees to Shut Crypto-Staking to Settle SEC Charges

U.S. SEC targets crypto exchange Kraken over crypto-staking services.

Blockchain & Crypto

Maker DAO Votes to Integrate Chainlink to Help Maintain DAI Stability

MakerDAO integrates blockchain data provider Chainlink’s Automation for price updates, liquidity balancing, and maintaining the stability of Maker’s DAI stablecoin.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Identity Decisioning Fintech Alloy Launches in UK

US fintech Alloy has announced the launch of activities in the British financial services market as part of a project to expand its presence in the EMEA region.

All materials

Mastercard and Network International Unveil Fraud Prevention Tech

Mastercard and digital commerce company Network International have jointly developed a technology using artificial intelligence (AI) to combat fraud in financial transactions in the Middle East and Africa.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Lunar Raises €35 Million

Danish neobank Lunar announced the raising of financing in the amount of 35 million euros.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Ex-Nyse CIO Launches Finance App

Fierce, a financial app founded by former Nyse CIO Rob Cornish, was launched with $10 million in seed funding.