Lithuania has issued a five-point, five-year plan for its fintech sector as part of its ambition to become one of the EU’s leading hubs in the space.

For the sixth year running, EBAday will host a dedicated Fintech Zone, where 16 early stage and growth startups will compete for the chance to be crowned the 2024 winner.

Samsung is offering the 75 million Galaxy phone owners in the US three months of free access to Coinbase One membership.

Mastercard, Bitget Wallet, and Immersve are launching a zero-fee crypto card that enables users to spend their crypto at more than 150 million merchants globally.

Deutsche Bank has signed on as Crypto.com’s corporate banking partner in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong, with additional support and coverage to come.

Lloyds Banking Group has hired UX design guru Dan Makoski to fill a newly-created role as chief design officer.

What is the role of public and private investment in sustainable finance? How can green bonds and blended finance achieve sustainable development goals? These questions were answered in a sustainable policy panel, titled ‘Prudence, purpose, and profit; Balancing returns, impact, and risk’ at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt.

The Financial Conduct Authority has filed its first criminal charges against an individual accused of unlawfully running multiple crypto ATMs without FCA registration.

Mastercard is in late-stage talks to buy crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform Zerohash for up to $2 billion, according to Fortune.