Madrid-based treasury management startup Embat has raised €14.7 million in a Series A funding round led by Creandum, an early backer of fintech success stories Trade Republic, Klarna, iZettle and Pleo.
When posed with a logical puzzle that demands reasoning about the knowledge of others and about
counterfactuals, large language models (LLMs) display a “distinctive and revealing pattern of failure,” according to a bulletin from the Bank for International Settlements.
Pig-butchering, an investment scam involving fake crypto companies, has emerged as one of the top payment threats facing consumers.
The European payments and transaction banking community will gather in Copenhagen on 16-17 June for the 21st edition of EBAday, the continent’s leading summit for industry professionals. Hosted at the Bella Centre, EBAday 2026 promises two days of high-impact networking, strategic insight, and forward-looking discussion.
British ambitions to become a global crypto hub are being hindered by a conservative regulatory approach that has seen applications for registration by crypto firms drop by 51% over the past three years.
Relay, a business banking and money management service for SMEs, has raised $32.2 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures.
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) released a report this week on the outstanding concerns within the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D).
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.