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Robinhood hit with $70 million FINRA fine

01 Jul 21 @ 09:10

Robinhood has been fined $70 million for “systemic” failures, including systems outages, providing “false or misleading” information, and weak options trading controls, that harmed millions of customers. The Financial Industry... read more

White paper: Carbon offset solution for digital banking

29 Jun 21 @ 16:13

Pan-European payment processor Nets is taking the lead in green banking technology, with the launch of a pioneering card service that helps consumers to track and reduce their carbon footprint.... read more

Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

21 Jun 21 @ 09:07

Are you a professional looking for an exciting new opportunity? Well then you have absolutely come to the right place. Today, we had a look through our job board for... read more

The European Commission takes Luxembourg to court over AML failings

14 Jun 21 @ 14:59

The European Commission has taken Luxembourg to court, asking the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to impose penalties, on a daily basis, for failing to put new EU AML (Anti... read more

Payments Cards & Mobile Jobs of the Week

07 Jun 21 @ 14:13

As we all start returning to a normal, Covid-free life, a lot of us may start looking to make some changes. Especially when it comes to our careers. For the... read more

Prepaid Financial Services in regulatory hot water…again

18 May 21 @ 11:46

Prepaid Financial Services is in the regulators sights again just two months after being named and fined for a cartel involving Mastercard, Allpay, Sulion and Cashplus. Shares in PFS’s Australian... read more

De Roos & Pen sends notice to Dutch bank for financial malpractice

12 May 21 @ 11:41

In another startling case of financial malpractice unearthed in a Dutch-registered bank headquartered in the Netherlands owned by a Turkish financial holding company, a whistle blower as advised by his... read more

Banks will return to pre-COVID performance levels within three to five years

11 May 21 @ 15:44

Analysis from Kearney has found that the performance of retail banks is likely to return to pre-COVID levels within three to five years, although profitability will remain under pressure in... read more

Payoneer replaces PayPal in latest agreement with eBay

04 May 21 @ 09:00

As eBay further distances itself from its PayPal relationship and looks to consolidate its payments inhouse, the e-commerce monster has signed a new deal with Payoneer. Payoneer says it is... read more

European Central Bank reports weak lending in Eurozone dampening recovery

21 Apr 21 @ 09:44

According to the European Central Bank, demand for business loans in the eurozone fell and banks tightened credit standards in Q1 of 2021, a toxic combination that challenges the bloc’s... read more

Damning report into EY audit of Wirecard fraud released

19 Apr 21 @ 12:02

An independent report by Rödl & Partner has been released. The aim of the report was to investigate any shortcoming by accounting firm EY into the now infamous Wirecard scandal.... read more

Payment Systems Regulator names Mastercard in pre-paid card cartel

31 Mar 21 @ 16:11

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set out provisional accusations for five payments companies including Mastercard, in which it states the companies violated antitrust laws, by operating a cartel for... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more