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• What could keep Dubai from becoming a cryptocurrency capital?

  Dubai wants to become a cryptocurrency capital, but several challenges could keep the United Arab Emirates (UAE) city from achieving …

  

• Cover Genius bags $70m Series D amidst insurtech investment drop

  Cover Genius has secured $70m in a new funding round at the same time as the rest of the insurtech …

  

• Klarna rival Tymit bags £23m round as BNPL industry keeps struggling

  The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) industry has had a really bad 2022. Market leader Klarna has suffered a down round that slashed …

  

• What fintech experts hate that you get wrong about embedded finance

  People get things wrong about embedded finance and fintech experts are tired of hearing their misconceptions. Moreover, those mistakes could …

  

• Is this the end of buy-now-pay-later?

  Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) companies are staring into the abyss. After two years of explosive pandemic-fuelled growth, the sector has found itself …

  

• “Shoot now, pay later”: Fintech has become the latest gun control battleground

  Guns don't kill people; payment companies kill people. A firestorm has erupted in Washington D.C. after lawmakers made that claim …

  

• Klarna CEO bullish despite tripling losses

  Sebastian Siemiatkowski is "proud" of Klarna's latest results, despite the Swedish fintech heavyweight's losses having tripled in the last year. …

  

• Block lawsuit over cybersecurity incident is the latest setback for Jack Dorsey

  Jack Dorsey is not having a great week. Over the past four days, his friend Elon Musk has dragged him …

  

• CTO Talk: Q&A with Andrey Korchak of Monite

  Andrey Korchak is the CTO and co-founder of Monite. The Berlin-based fintech startup secured a €4.4m ($5m) funding round in …

  

• Have a taste of this: OakNorth boosts board with Gousto founder hire

  OakNorth Bank has just added some flavour to the fintech firm's leadership by appointing food box startup Gousto's founder as …

  

• African fintechs enjoy record funding, but market volatility could stop the party

  Is the African fintech bubble about to pop? The question may seem incongruous in the face of the smattering of …

  

• FUEL bags €1.5m in funding as NFT bubble threatens to pop

  Non-fungible tokens (NFT) were all the rage in 2021. Now, however, the craze is showing signs of slowing down. Some …

  

• in3 bags $11.1m Series A to provide BNPL with a difference: “We don’t want to put people in debt”

  Dutch startup in3 has its work cut out for it. The company has just picked up a $11.1m Series A …

  

• PNC completes $4.1bn purchase of FirstBank  

  PNC Financial Services Group has concluded the acquisition of FirstBank Holding Company and its banking subsidiary, FirstBank, after receiving all regulatory clearances and meeting closing …

  

• IBM powers digital upgrade for Egypt’s Bank NXT 

  Egypt’s Bank NXT has deployed IBM software tools in collaboration with IT consultancy Inspire for Solutions Development to modernise its digital banking infrastructure.  These software tools are IBM Instana, IBM Turbonomic, and IBM Cloud …

  

• Synovus and Pinnacle finalise $8.6bn merger

  Georgia’s Synovus Financial has completed its merger with Tennessee-based Pinnacle Financial Partners, in an all-stock deal valued at $8.6bn. The transaction …

  

• Knight FinTech raises $23.6m in Accel-led Series A round

  India-based Knight FinTech, a technology provider to banks and financial institutions, has raised $23.6m in a Series A funding round …

  

• First Financial finalises all-stock acquisition of BankFinancial

  First Financial has finalised its previously announced acquisition of Chicago-based BankFinancial through an all-stock transaction, marking its entry into the …

  

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