Fintech
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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.
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Estonia considers a financial ombudsman as finserv complaints rise
Similarly to the Nordic countries, the rise in complaints is a result of a wave of fraudulent activities.
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EU designates critical ICT third-party providers under DORA
European supervisors carried out a systematic assessment of the importance of each service provider to the financial sector, before deciding on designation.
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Hong Kong’s Fintech 2030 strategy to focus on AI, data, and tokenization
Key objectives include establishing next-gen infrastructure, AI adoption, enhancing tech resilience, and making tokenization part of mainstream finance.
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UK chancellor mulls changes to ISA regime to boost investment
There has been much speculation about potential ISA reforms ahead of the next UK Budget on November 26.