Miss these 27 funding rounds at your own peril
From stocktrading to teenage finances, last week's funding rounds provide plenty of things to consider for the future of the industry.
27 FinTech rounds from the last week you can’t afford to miss
Our weekly roundup of the big FinTech trends from the past seven days is all you need to keep yourself updated on what's happening in the industry.
German prosecutors have arrested the chief executive of Wirecard’s Dubai unit Cardsystems
The highly publicised collapse of Wirecard has taken another turn with German prosecutors having arrested the head of the company's Dubai-based subsidiary.
Surf Bank Brazil picks Paygilant to strengthen its fraud prevention capabilities
Mobile payments fraud-prevention and authentication provider Paygilant has been tapped by digital bank Surf Bank Brazil to help it fight fraud.
How will the Wirecard scandal affect the FinTech sector?
The collapse of Wirecard has sent shock waves through the FinTech industry, cut customers off from their money and raised some serious questions about the role of regulators.
Zimbabwe bans mobile payments over accusations of “economic sabotage”
Digital payments and trading on the stock exchange has been suspended in Zimbabwe in response to what President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government called “criminality and economic sabotage," Reuters reported.
FCA allows Wirecard to resume operational activities
Last week the UK's top financial markets watchdog ordered Wirecard to freeze all of its regulated activities in the country. Now it has lifted the ban.
Telegram forced to return $1.2bn to investors that backed its cryptocurrency project and pay...
Telegram's battle with the American authorities has ended with the social media app agreeing to pay back all the proceeds made from its cryptocurrency project and to pay a hefty fine.
20 FinTech rounds from last week you can’t afford to be unaware of
FinTech companies, RegTech ventures, InsurTech startups and challenger banks raised money in the last week. This is what you can learn from the 20 FinTech rounds we reported on.
Holvi cards suspended because of the Wirecard scandal
Holvi, the digital banking platform for freelancers, has become the latest FinTech firm to be swept up in the Wirecard scandal.
