The UK is home to nearly three million “Frankenstein” identities stitched together by fraudsters out of real and made up personal details, according to researchers who warn of a potential multi-billion pound hit to the economy.
The cloud provider has announced that it is launching a dedicated Digital Assets Team to explore the potential of blockchain-based platforms.
Oliver Dowden, the UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has announced that new ‘data adequacy’ partnerships will be struck with the likes of the US, Australia, and the Republic of Korea.
NextGen Nordics returns to Stockholm on 23rd April, and at seven weeks away from the event day, 200 attendees have already registered.
Digital wealth management platform YieldStreet has closed a $62 million Series B funding round led by Edison Partners and joined by Greenspring Associates and existing investor Raine Ventures.
ANZ has completed the roll out of its ‘New Ways of Working’ programme to Australian technology staff, converting 9000 team members to the benefits of agile development methodologies.
ING Ventures has invested in London-based data security company eXate.
Mt. Gox and Ripple founder Jed McCaleb has unveiled Stellar, his latest stab at a decentralised payment network and digital currency. Payments firm Stripe has backed the project to the tune of $3 million.
ION has been hit by a cyber attack that knocked out servers dealing with cleared derivatives, sparking trade reporting and maching problems for brokers and rival processing services.
CME Group is to become the first derivatives marketplace to offer real-time futures and options market data across the Google Cloud platform.
The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) announced that major retail banks in Singapore have enhanced their security measures in a bid to combat an increasingly complex cyber-threat environment.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has fined Metro Bank £16.7 million for financial crime failings after a new transaction monitoring system implemented in 2016 went on the blink.
Global banking technology vendor FIS has teamed with stablecoin issuer Circle to give financial institutions the ability to transact in USDC.
JPMorgan Chase is considering taking legal action against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over an ongoing probe into the abuse of Zelle payments by scammers.
Sustainable Finance Live kicked off Tuesday morning in a hybrid format, in-person and online, where leaders discussed the problem statements and solutions that are defining the sustainable finance industry today.