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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.

Pockit customers’ accounts frozen because of the Wirecard scandal

Challenger bank Pockit has been forced to freeze all customers' accounts because of the Wirecard scandal and tells users to go to local welfare assistance schemes if they can't pay for their essentials.

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.

Why FinTech companies can’t rest on their laurels despite being ideally placed to weather...

From: FinTech Global While many FinTech firms could be ideally placed to leverage the coronavirus to their advantage, they still have much to do to...

Only 14 out of 21 digital banking applications approved by MAS

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has rejected eight out of the 21 digital banking applications submitted by the beginning of the year, but more are heading for the chopping block.

31 investment rounds that show the state of the FinTech industry

From Monzo's seeing its valuation plummet to Checkout.com becoming one of Europe's most valuable FinTechs, the last week has been full of funding rounds that could cause big waves in the sector.

Mobile app flaws could leave half of mobile banks at risk of fraud

Over half of bank mobile apps could leave companies and their clients exposed to fraud, according to a new report.

Revolut unveils open banking feature for retail and business customers in Ireland

Neobank Revolut boasts having over one million retail and business customers who can from now on enjoy the FinTech unicorn's new open banking feature.

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