SEC charges three individuals for defrauding investors in a bitcoin scheme
A US regulator has charged three individuals for taking part in a bitcoin fraud that cost investors more than $11m.
What’s next for Sweden’s FinTech ecosystem?
After years of record growth and it briefly being home to Europe's most valuable FinTech, how will Sweden's emerging FinTech ecosystem come out of the Covid-19 pandemic?
HelpSystems has acquired Digital Defense
HelpSystems has acquired cybersecurity firm Digital Defense to boost its cyber portfolio.
Biometrics to secure over $3trn in mobile payments by 2025
Biometrics will be used to authenticate over $3trn mobile payments around the world by 2025, according to a new study from Juniper Research
Regulating buy now pay later market is a “logical move” – PwC
A UK regulator has moved to toughen up the playbook for buy now pay later (BNPL) companies, which has been welcomed by the PwC.
Papara hires founding members of the Istanbul police’s anti-cyber crime branch
Turkish FinTech Papara has hired one of the founding members of the Istanbul police department's anti-cyber crime branch as its new corporate relations director for cybersecurity.
FCA calls for stricter buy now pay later regulations “to protect consumers”
The buy now pay later sector may have had its best year ever in 2020, but now the UK’s top financial watchdog is calling for stricter rules “to protect consumers”.
Lanistar faces problems with layoffs, late wages and low employee morale – reports say
Lanistar has been accused of failing to pay its workers on time, suffering from low staff morale, postponing launches, mishandling influencer contracts and of making many employees redundant.
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Latin American success stories and celebrities among the 29 FinTech rounds raised last week
Latin American ventures, Iron Man-backed enterprises and buy now pay later startups among the big winners of the 29 FinTech funding rounds reported on last week.
