Fintech
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Swedish EQT set to lead EU’s Scaleup Europe Fund
The EU has tasked EQT to head the new €5 billion ($5.8 billion) fund aimed at keeping Europe’s most promising tech companies from scaling abroad.
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Unlocking collateral mobility: Tokenization, smart contracts, and digitization
The derivatives industry is poised to unlock the full potential of tokenized assets by extracting structured data from legacy documentation.
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Trump EO directs agencies to integrate fintech into regulatory frameworks
Federal financial agencies must examine rules to identify directives that “unduly impede” fintech firms from partnering with US-regulated institutions.
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Electronic money and payment sector thrives in Lithuania as major players consolidate
While licensing and transaction revenues grew during 2025, most of them are still tied to the 10 largest institutions on the market.
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How the Baltics became a fintech powerhouse
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are quickly becoming a home for some of the world’s most innovative fintech companies.
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Lithuania’s Payments Market Strategy 2030: innovation, resilience, and consumer protection
Actions in the strategy are geared toward all market participants including banks, credit unions, and fintech companies.
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FTC accuses Amazon execs of using Signal to auto-delete messages, destroy evidence
The FTC said the absence of Signal messages from Amazon discussing substantive business issues relevant to the antitrust case against the company meant those messaged had “disappeared.”
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UK planning next generation of retail payments
Regulators, Bank of England representatives, and private sector players met this week to discuss the future of payments.
