Central bank test lab to trial ‘stablecoin’ monitoring system
A global central bank test lab run out of London is designing a ‘stablecoin’ monitoring system...
EU lawmakers vote for more restrictive capital requirements on banks holding crypto
Banks could be required to hold a “risk-weighted exposure amount” of up to 1,250% of capital...
How Zelle is different from Venmo, PayPal and CashApp
More than half of smartphone users in the U.S. are sending money via some sort of...
The UK is planning ‘robust’ new cryptocurrency regulations after the FTX exchange collapse
Britain’s finance ministry plans “robust” regulations for cryptocurrency assets, following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX...
Australia Releases Token Mapping Consultation Paper, Plans to Reveal Crypto Rule Framework in 2023
The Australian government released a token mapping consultation paper on Friday and has sought responses from...
$6.6 billion fintech Wise accused by rival of harming competition
Wise has been accused by a rival fintech company of undermining competition in the money transfer...
Why do central banks raise interest rates to curb inflation?
It’s all going up: electricity, diesel, vegetables, the Internet, hotels, flights, and now, interest rates. Russia’s...
Exclusive for BFN: Nykyta Izmailov’s fintech N1 Fund changes strategy to actively support Ukrainian startups
Nykyta Izmaylov’s N1 Fund, one of the main assets of which is sportbank, will alter its domestic...
“They don’t have branches here” – What happens when your Revolut is hacked
A victim of fraud has said Revolut told him it was ‘his own fault’ and that...
Bank N26
N26 (known as Number 26 until July 2016) is a German Neobank headquartered in Berlin, Germany. N26 was founded in 2013...