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A major UK lender just launched a digital bank to compete with Monzo and Revolut

British lender NatWest has launched a digital bank to compete in the U.K.'s thriving fintech space

NatWest launches digital challenger Bó

Bó, the digital challenger bank from NatWest, is now live on the App Store and Google Play, featuring a bright yellow Visa card and a mobile app

ECB Board Member: Global Stablecoins Pose Risks to a ‘Fragmented’ Europe

European Central Bank board member Benoit Coeure has warned that global stablecoins remain untested and raise potential risks across multiple policy domains

Argentine fintech Ualá raises $150M led by Tencent and SoftBank

Ualá, an Argentine personal finance management app, has raised a $150 million Series C led by Tencent and SoftBank’s Latin America-focused Innovation Fund

India’s financial services firm Paytm raises $1B

Paytm said on Monday it has raised $1 billion in a new financing round as the Noida-headquartered firm, which once dominated the local mobile payments market, attempts to fight back giants Google

Can we all calm down about Apple Card’s “gender bias”

The tweet referred to an application for the new Apple Card -- which is issued and developed by Goldman Sachs

PayPal to acquire shopping and rewards platform Honey for $4B

PayPal announced today it has agreed to acquire Honey Science Corporation, the makers of a deal-finding browser add-on and mobile application, for $4 billion, mostly cash

European banks’ progress on diversity falls far short of equality

Financial services struggles to retain female staff as they climb the career ladder

The latest marker of Chinese interest in African fintech is a $120 million funding round for OPay

OPay has now raised $170 million in the last six months as it eyes Kenya, South Africa and Ghana

Tech companies won’t become banks, but they’ll pretend to

Silicon Valley has already eaten plenty of industries, from camera and newspaper businesses to watches and even flashlights. Now, Big Tech appears to be turning...

Our personal data needs protecting from Big Tech

As platforms expand their reach into healthcare, a new regulatory system is needed

Pay.UK knocks back Faster Payments fees to cover APP fraud

Proposals by seven UK banks to levy a per transaction fee for for certain Faster Payment transactions as a means to provide a long-term, sustainable funding arrangement