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GoCardless Secures Goes Open Banking With Nordigen Buy
GoCardless Secures Goes Open Banking With Nordigen Buy
July 01, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Digital payment solution GoCardless is to acquire Nordigen, an open banking data provider. In merging, the companies connect the two pillars of open banking: account-to-account...

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EMEA Daily: Airtel Africa Launches SmartCash Payment Service Bank; Mollie and xentral Announce Collaboration
EMEA Daily: Airtel Africa Launches SmartCash Payment Service Bank; Mollie and xentral Announce Collaboration
July 01, 2022  |  emea

In today’s EMEA daily news, Airtel Africa unveils SmartCash Payment Service Bank, its newest subsidiary. GoCardless announces its acquisition of Nordigen and the expansion of...

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Payment Service Provider Mollie, Xentral Partner on eCommerce Payments
Payment Service Provider Mollie, Xentral Partner on eCommerce Payments
July 01, 2022  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Dutch payment service provider Mollie’s services will be integrated into German enterprise resources planning platform provider xentral’s offerings under a collaboration launched today and effective...

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EU Commission Finds Ally in EU Banking Regulator on Open Finance
EU Commission Finds Ally in EU Banking Regulator on Open Finance
July 01, 2022  |  Regulation

The European Commission (EC) will close a consultation on Tuesday (July 5) about open finance in what can be seen as a first step to...

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Weekly TechREG EMEA: EU Agrees on Crypto Regulation With Strict Controls on Stablecoins; EU Banking Regulator Proposes Standard APIs To Boost Open Banking 
Weekly TechREG EMEA: EU Agrees on Crypto Regulation With Strict Controls on Stablecoins; EU Banking...
July 01, 2022  |  Regulation

This week the most notorious development in the TechREG space is the agreement reached by EU institutions on the scope of the regulation that will...

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Digital ID Company G+D Buys Valid’s Payment, ID Business
Digital ID Company G+D Buys Valid’s Payment, ID Business
July 01, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Security technology provider Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has acquired the payment and identity solutions business of Valid USA, according to a press release. “With this step, G+D...

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EMEA Neobank Weekly: Newcomers Seek to Differentiate as UK Grants Fresh Licenses
EMEA Neobank Weekly: Newcomers Seek to Differentiate as UK Grants Fresh Licenses
July 01, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

This week in the news, the U.K is to get two new neobanks as Ashman and Kroo are granted licenses. Ashman has been issued a...

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EU Agreement on Crypto Regulation Limits Stablecoins, Leaves Out NFTs and DeFi
EU Agreement on Crypto Regulation Limits Stablecoins, Leaves Out NFTs and DeFi
July 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

At the 11th hour, on Thursday June 30, the last day of the French presidency of the Council of the EU, members of the European...

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Banks Leap From Legacy Core Systems to Innovation, Real-Time Capability
Banks Leap From Legacy Core Systems to Innovation, Real-Time Capability
July 01, 2022  |  Banking

In the world of open banking and open finance, core banking systems are no longer just a concern for the world’s biggest banks. On one...

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