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JANUARY 20, 2025

Credit checks revealed fraud markers against my name, placed by the bank, even though I had never been a customer I have been very badly treated by TSB, even though I have never been a customer. It mistakenly placed three fraud markers against my name, which prompted my bank, Santander, to close all five of the accounts I held with it. This has caused significant financial problems since direct debits and standing orders failed, and I was unable to start a planned house extension.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Commonwealth Bank has urged the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to prohibit all surcharges applied to debit and credit card payments.

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TheGuardian

JANUARY 20, 2025

Bank is considering sale of British business amid mounting frustrations over regulation Business live latest updates Santander has rushed out a note to senior managers after it emerged that the Spanish-owned lender is reviewing the future of its UK business amid mounting frustrations over regulation. The chief executive of Santanders UK corporate and commercial bank, John Baldwin, sent out a memo outlining how to respond to clients and its 21,000 UK staff, who have been rattled by news that the

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Visa has introduced Apple Pay to its customers in Egypt, marking a step forward in providing secure and convenient payment solutions tailored to the growing demand for digital-first services in the region.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Some reforms to the system might be necessary, but it would be unwise to eliminate a critical source of funding for banks across the country.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

The enhanced fintech partnership would build merchant scale, and selling U.K. and U.S. portfolios would free up cash.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

The ECB , together with the Riksbank and Danmarks Nationalbank , have been focusing on an initiative that facilitates instant payments between currencies.

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TheGuardian

JANUARY 20, 2025

Banks, asset managers and industry groups move to accommodate US presidents anti-net zero stance The second Trump administration is expected to strike a blow to efforts to align the global financial sector with the path to net zero, with banks, asset managers and industry groups already moving to accommodate the incoming presidents avowed policy of drill, baby, drill.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Global fintech iCapital has acquired Parallel Markets , a business that specialises in reusable financial identification solutions.

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American Banker

JANUARY 20, 2025

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Vice Chair Travis Hill has assumed the duties of FDIC chair, National Credit Union Administration Vice Chair Kyle Hauptman took over as NCUA chair and Securities and Exchange Commission member Mark Uyeda will serve as acting chair of the SEC.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Safaricom ’s global solution M-PESA has partnered with Awash Insurance to improve insurance payments and create financial inclusion and customer convenience in Ethiopia.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Revolut , the global financial super app, has announced the launch of In-App calls to personal customers, enabling users to expose impersonation scams.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Tred , a UK-based green fintech company, has announced it is shutting down operations after four years in business due to regulatory changes.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Canadian fintech Nuvei launches its omnichannel solution to the UK gaming market to unify payment channels.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Trustly , a global player in Pay by Bank solutions, has introduced an enhanced version of its Pay N Play technology, revealed at ICE 2025 in Barcelona.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

J.P. Morgan Payments has announced the launch of two proprietary terminals, Paypad and Pinpad, with the financial institution aiming to scale security and efficiency at checkout.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have released a joint report analysing developments in the crypto-asset sector.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Primer , a unified payment infrastructure provider, has partnered with digital payments firm dtcpay to facilitate fiat and stablecoins transactions in Southeast Asia.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Lyvely, a social ecommerce platform for content creators to monetise their offerings, has selected Mamo as its preferred payment provider.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Waza has launched Lync, a multi-currency platform offering FX liquidity and banking services for businesses in the US, UK, and EU.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Gemini , a cryptocurrency exchange, has selected Malta as the central hub for its operations under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Crypto.com , a worldwide provider of cryptocurrency asset services, has announced that it has obtained an in-principle MiCA licence.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Banco Bradesco has partnered with Cielo to begin pilot testing for Pix functionality via proximity, according to Money Times.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Revolut has announced plans to introduce an instalment payment option for its credit card users, enabling cardholders to repay purchases in fixed instalments.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Banco Mercantil has selected Atos to support its transition to the cloud through Google Cloud.

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