North Korean hackers tricked a staffer at Chilean interbank network Redbanc into a fake Skype job interview and then duped him into downloading malware onto his work computer, according to local press reports.
EveryoneInvested, a wealthtech spinoff from KBC Asset Management, has joined forces with Mastercard to offer European banks technology that lets their customers invest spare change.
US crypto index fund manager Bitwise Asset Management has expanded into Europe through the acquisition of London-based crypto exchange-traded product issuer ETC Group. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Danske Bank’s Northern Ireland unit has launched the UK’s first mortgage to be certified as carbon neutral.
Wise shareholders have voted in favour of the fintech’s plan to shift its primary listing from London to the US.
Phillip Hammond, the UK Chancellor, has highlighted the critical role played by fintech in helping the UK to mitigate any negative economic impact that may result from Brexit.
Caroline Ellison, the former girlfriend of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to two years in prison for her part in the crypto exchange’s collapse.
Indian money management firm Fi Money is giving users a comprehensive overview of their financial net worth by snapping photos of physical assets and providing an instant valuation.
UK challenger bank Tandem has reported its first full year of underlying profit, joining fellow challengers Monzo and Starling on the path to profitability.
Finastra is running its first public appathon, inviting fintech firms and developers to build applications that help North American community banks and credit unions.
Ireland’s top three retail banks are to jointly launch a mobile payment service, Zip Pay, next year to rival fintech giant Revolut.
Morgan Stanley and Soros Investment Fund have joined a $200 million growth capital round for NYDIG, the cryptocurrency technology firm at the centre of Wall Street’s recent embrace of bitcoin.
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (Ciro) says it shut down some of its systems last week after identifying a “cybersecurity threat”.
BNP Paribas is to dedicate a new area in its data centres for IBM Cloud services as part of an effort to strengthen resilience and meet new laws under the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (Dora).
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has bought a stake in capital markets tech provider Trading Technologies (TT).