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Here are the latest Digital Banking News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- @RevolutApp to Get Banking License in Ukraine 2️⃣- @clear_bank Launches Embedded Banking Solution 3️⃣- @commerzbank AG to Cut 3,900 Mostly German Jobs and Partners with Visa in Card Business. 4️⃣- 48% of Central Banks Plan to Issue CBDC within 5 Years. 5️⃣- @FinastraFS Aligns with ATTUNE on Mortgage Processing 6️⃣- Standard Chartered to help China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Launch Tokenized Retail Money Market Fund 7️⃣- Fintech Billionaire Vyacheslav Kim Set to Take Over top Kazakh Lender Jusan 8️⃣- JPMorganChase Begins About 1,000 Layoffs while Continuing to Hire 9️⃣- @Wise Launches New Features 🔟- @bitgetglobal Sets Up European Base in Bulgaria Following Regulatory Green Light Dive into the full newsletter for more updates, insights:

🚨 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: Fireblocks exec says Elon Musk’s 𝗫 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 expected to be crypto-ready by 'end of this year' When Visa joined forces with Elon Musk’s X Money at the end of last month (, some assumed it was inevitable that someday soon, users of the social media network would be able to transfer crypto using the platform formerly known as Twitter. From his catbird seat across both the worlds of crypto and digital payments, Fireblocks SVP of Payments and Network, Ran (Goldi) Goldshtein, told The Block that from what he’s hearing, X Money is expected to be crypto-ready by the end of 2025. "If I read the zeitgeist correctly, all the large payment companies that are now coming to us and saying, 'Hey, we now need a digital asset strategy,' said Goldi. "They fully expect that by the end of this year, X will probably have the ability to pay out in cryptocurrencies." Neither Musk nor X Money mentioned future plans to enable crypto payments when the Visa partnership was announced. However, with the Tesla CEO cultivating an ever closer relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump — who has been stacking his administration with pro-crypto bureaucrats while simultaneously supporting his own crypto initiatives like the DeFi platform World Liberty Financial — it would likely take few by surprise if Musk also jumped into crypto. Source/more info:

My top 11 FinTech News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- @eToro Moves Closer to IPO with $5B Valuation Target 2️⃣- Brazil Projects The Biggest Growth in Fraud in The World by @ACI_Worldwide 3️⃣- How subscription fraud is killing your payment performance—And how to stop it, by Solidgate 4️⃣- Netcompany Acquires SDC in a DKK 1B Deal to Revolutionize Nordic Banking! 5️⃣- Tabby Doubles Valuation to $3.3 Billion Ahead of IPO. 6️⃣- @stripe Alumni Era Finance Raise $6M for AI-Powered 'Wealthcare' 7️⃣- Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore to Establish New Payment Entity 8️⃣- @monzo Bank’s COO Sujata Bhatia to Exit After Five Years 9️⃣- @Bitpanda_global Gains FCA Approval—What It Means for Crypto in the UK? 1️⃣0️⃣- @BitGo Said to Weigh IPO As Soon As This Year 1️⃣1️⃣- TrueLayer Hits 10 Million Consumers Read the complete newsletter for more news updates, insights:

Here are the latest Payments News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments 👇 1️⃣ - @Bitpanda_global Gains Financial Conduct Authority Approval—What It Means for Crypto in the UK? 2️⃣ - Brazil Projects The Biggest Growth in Fraud in The World by @ACI_Worldwide. 3️⃣ - How Subscription Fraud is Killing your Payment Performance—And how to Stop it, by Solidgate. 4️⃣ - Tabby Doubles Valuation to $3.3 Billion Ahead of IPO. 5️⃣ - Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore to Establish New Payment Entity. 6️⃣ - @bbva Drives Innovation in its Wholesale Banking. 7️⃣ - @GoCardless Selects Form3 for Bacs Payment Connectivity. 8️⃣ - Ant International opens first middle east office in Saudi Arabia 9️⃣ - FMA Clarifies Licensing for E-Money Services. 1️⃣ 0️⃣ - @WorldlineGlobal and FreedomPay Announce Strategic Travel & Hospitality Partnership. Read the complete newsletter for more news updates and insights:

Here are the latest Digital Banking News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- Netcompany Acquires SDC in a DKK 1B Deal to Revolutionize Nordic Banking! 2️⃣- @RevolutApp Unveils Installment Payments & Branded ATMs 3️⃣- @monzo Bank’s COO Sujata Bhatia to Exit after Five Years 4️⃣- Allica Bank Set to Triple Relationship Manager Network Across the UK 5️⃣- Jazari Selects Bud Financial to Enhance Revolutionary Remittance Platform 6️⃣- @TheUnionBankCo Partners with Candescent 7️⃣- @CommBank of Australia Shares Fall Amid Branch News Ahead of HY25 Result 8️⃣- @bbva Drives Innovation in Its Wholesale Banking 9️⃣- @GoCardless Selects Form3 for Bacs Payment Connectivity 🔟- @ncino Inc. Acquires iPaaS Provider @SandboxBanking Dive into the full newsletter for more updates, insights, and essential global news and analysis in Digital Banking:

Zelle payments top $𝟭 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 2024 as network’s growth outpaces rivals including PayPal 🤯 Zelle, the payments network run by bank-owned Early Warning Services, crossed $1 trillion in total volumes last year, which it said was the most ever for a peer-to-peer platform. The firm said Wednesday that its user base jumped 12% to 151 million accounts in 2024, and that the total dollars sent on the platform jumped 27% from the year earlier. Last year’s payment volumes were “by far the most money ever moved by a P2P payments service in a single year,” Denise Leonhard, general manager of Zelle, told CNBC: Zelle, which was launched in 2017 in response to fintech platforms like Venmo, PayPal and CashApp, has some key advantages over those players. EWS is owned by seven of the biggest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, and Zelle allows for instant money transfers made within the apps of thousands of member institutions. Its growth rate last year exceeded that of PayPal, which reported that total P2P payments volumes reached more than $𝟰𝟬𝟬 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻.

My top 13 FinTech News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- @Plaid $400M Share Sale Takes Shape with @GoldmanSachs Backing 2️⃣- @Ecommpay_news Wins FiNext Award for Excellence in Finance Technology Innovation 3️⃣- How to Master Payments in Noram by 4️⃣- @RevolutApp Expands to Ukraine + Special Edition Clear Sky Card! 5️⃣- @RevolutApp Partners with Mercuryo 6️⃣- Real-Time Payments Just Got Bigger—BNY Executes Largest $10M Instant Payment in U.S. History 7️⃣- @Klarna Partners with J.P. Morgan 8️⃣- @Affirm Plans to Bring Buy Now, Pay Later Debit Cards with FIS 9️⃣- Froda and @lunarmoney Expand Embedded SME Lending Partnership 1️⃣0️⃣- @stripe Is Considering Arranging a Sale of Shares Held by Employees 1️⃣1️⃣- @Affinity Africa Bags $8M to Scale Digital Banking 1️⃣2️⃣- @RaenestHQ Raises $11 Million in Series A 1️⃣3️⃣- @yondercard Adds 'Top-up' Feature to Rewards Credit Card Read the complete newsletter for more news updates, insights:

Here are the latest Payments News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣ - Real-Time Payments Just Got Bigger—@BNYglobal Executes Largest $10M Instant Payment in U.S. History. 2️⃣ - Real-Time Payments Set for Massive Growth. 3️⃣ - How to Master Payments in Noram by 4️⃣ - @RevolutApp Partners With @Mercuryo_io. 5️⃣ - @Klarna Partners With @jpmorgan. 6️⃣ - @Affirm Plans to Bring Buy Now, Pay Later Debit Cards With FIS. 7️⃣ - @stripe Is Considering Arranging a Sale of Shares Held by Employees. 8️⃣ - Currensea Adds Premium Offer With Cheap FX and eSIMs and Discounts. 9️⃣ - @Plaid is Working With @GoldmanSachs on a Deal. 1️⃣ 0️⃣ - DNB Signs up for Worldline's Swift Service Bureau. Read the complete newsletter for more news updates and insights:

Here are the latest Digital Banking News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- @RevolutApp Expands to Ukraine + Special Edition Clear Sky Card! 2️⃣- @yondercard Adds 'Top-up' Feature to Rewards Credit Card 3️⃣- Froda and @lunarmoney Expand Embedded SME Lending Partnership. 4️⃣- @AffinityAfrica Bags $8M to Scale Digital Banking 5️⃣- @RaenestHQ Raises $11 Million in Series A 6️⃣- @Plaid $400M Share Sale Takes Shape with @GoldmanSachs Backing 7️⃣- US Banks Embrace Private Capital 8️⃣- @AMP_AU Digital Bank for SMBs Goes Live with Starling’s Engine 9️⃣- @clear_bank Harnessing AI to Reduce Payment Recovery Processing Time 🔟- Good Money by GSB Launches with Mambu Dive into the full newsletter for more updates, insights:

🚨 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙄𝙉: @RevolutApp has today officially announced expansion of its services to Ukrainians 🇺🇦 along with a new international donation campaign for Ukraine which features a special edition Clear Sky card. Starting today, Ukrainian residents will be able to seamlessly open a European Revolut account and experience an array of innovative products like sending instant, fee-free P2P transfers to each other. This means that Ukrainian residents can now send and receive money from their friends and family abroad without worrying about expensive transfer fees. Ukrainian customers will also be able to order virtual and physical debit cards. To ensure a secure onboarding process for Ukrainian users, Revolut has partnered with Diia, Ukraine's award-winning e-government platform. Over 700,000 Ukrainian people residing in the UK/EEA already use Revolut services. Since 2022 over 1 billion euros have been transferred to Ukraine using Revolut, with most of the funds being transferred from Germany, UK, Ireland, Poland and Netherlands. The new special edition Clear Sky VISA debit card, an inspiring creation by Revolut's talented Ukrainian design team, mirrors the Ukrainian flag with a transparent blue and powerfully symbolises the hope for a clear and safe sky over Ukraine. A special edition card is available to order for Revolut customers in the UK, across EEA, and in Ukraine. UK/EEA customers will have to donate a minimum of €/£ 5 to get the card unlocked, while Ukrainian customers will be able to order the card without making a donation. Revolut will match donations from customers, up to £200,000. Vlad Yatsenko, Co-founder and CTO of Revolut said: "I am immensely proud of Revolut’s continuous support for Ukraine. A record number of Ukrainians have joined our waiting list to be among the first to get their Revolut account. Interest in Revolut and digital banking services is soaring in the CEE region. Starting today Ukrainians can open a Revolut account and access our most popular products, with even more coming soon.” Dmytro Strelchuk, Revolut’s Head of New Markets Launch said: “We are delighted that our technology will allow Ukrainians to open European bank accounts. It will facilitate free and instant money transfers across Revolut’s global community of 50 million users and will help to increase the flow of funds into Ukraine for people who want to support their families and relatives at this challenging time.“

🚨 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: @stripe is considering arranging a sale of shares held by employees that would value the company at $𝟴𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 or more 🤯 The transaction would extend a series of share buybacks, secondary sales and fundraises that have lifted the payments provider’s valuation close to its $𝟵𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 peak, which it reached in a 2021 fundraise. These financings have allowed the 15-year-old company to hold off going public while allowing investors and employees to cash out of their private holdings, in some cases to resolve tax issues for employees related to their stock compensation. The size of the new secondary sale couldn’t be learned. The new valuation would represent an increase of at least 20% from an employee-share sale arranged and financed by Stripe late last summer: It would be at least 70% higher than its $𝟱𝟬 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 valuation in March 2023. Source/read more: @theinformation :

My top 9 FinTech News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- @Klarna Eyes $15B US IPO—One of 2024’s Biggest Listings 2️⃣- @ACI_Worldwide Earns Membership in 95-Plus Composite Rating Club 3️⃣- @NTTDATA Unveils Global Insights on GenAI Adoption in Banking 4️⃣- Kivra & @Trustly Reinvent Autogiro—Faster, Smarter, and More Secure 5️⃣- TD Bank Seeks to Raise $14 Billion in Schwab Stake Exit 6️⃣- @jpmorgan Names Veteran Matthew Sable and Melissa Smith to Co-Lead Commercial Banking. 7️⃣- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Launches Exclusive Internet Domains to Combat Cyber Threats 8️⃣- @TheFCA Intensifies Scrutiny on Misleading Financial Promotions 9️⃣- Tabby taps @HSBC, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley for IPO Read the complete newsletter for more news updates, insights:

Here are the latest Payments News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments 👇 1️⃣ - Kivra & @Trustly Reinvent Autogiro—Faster, Smarter, and More Secure. 2️⃣ - @ACI_Worldwide Earns Membership in 95-Plus Composite Rating Club. 3️⃣ - PayU Partners With to Unlock Employee Rewards. 4️⃣ - @Ripple Expands Crypto Payments to Portugal With Unicâmbio. 5️⃣ - Earned Wage Access Provider Payd Secures $400,000 Seed Extension. 6️⃣ - Union Sues Trump Admin Over CFPB Shutdown Attempt and DOGE Access. 7️⃣ - Conferma and @WEXIncNews Simplify B2B Payments for Concur® Invoice Customers. 8️⃣ - Trust Bank PLC. and @TerraPay Launch an International Payment Solution. 9️⃣ - iPiD Launches AI-Powered Name Matching Solution for Verification of Payee. 1️⃣ 0️⃣ - @Klarna is Targeting an 𝗜𝗣𝗢 in the US. Read the complete newsletter for more news updates and insights:

Here are the latest Digital Banking News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- Banks Are Betting Big on GenAI—But Can They Prove ROI? 2️⃣- TD Bank Seeks to Raise $14 Billion in Schwab Stake Exit 3️⃣- TBC Uzbekistan Deploys AI for Enhanced Efficiency and Faster Scalable Growth 4️⃣- @FinastraFS Debuts AI Assistant for Trade Finance 5️⃣- @WellsFargo Launches New Commercial Banking Platform with Q2 6️⃣- MPs Quiz Bank Bosses Over Scale of IT Failures After Barclays Outage 7️⃣- @finova_tech Launches New App for Savers 8️⃣- @jpmorgan Names Veteran Matthew Sable and Melissa Smith to Co-Lead Commercial Banking 9️⃣- Digital Bonds Show Significant Growth Dive into the full newsletter for more updates, insights:

Just WOW. You can’t beat a person who never gives up. Egan Bernal 🇨🇴, people. Watch him this season. Source: @lucasaganronald

The 13 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 Payments Solutions Providers that matter the most and how they stack up👇 As Stripe CMO Jeff Titterton puts it (: "𝙒𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙚'𝙨 “𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙮” 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙖𝙮𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨." Well, it’s no longer a secret 😉 They’re now listed as one of the Leaders in the latest Forrester Wave research (see more details in the images below 👇): I don’t see many European companies (like Mollie for example) in this research.. Are there any other payment companies you think should be included in this overview?

My top 7 FinTech News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- @RapydGlobal Faces Major Valuation Cut in Latest Funding Talks 2️⃣- Decentralization of Credit Will Benefit Brazil, says Rafael Goulart from @pomelo_latam 3️⃣- @Gemini Reportedly Considering an 𝗜𝗣𝗢 this Year Amid Growing Interest in Public Listings 4️⃣- @Trustly & Spreedly Partner to Expand Pay by Bank in the US 5️⃣- Crypto’s ‘Debanking’ Battle Heats Up in Washington 6️⃣- @Klarna Is Getting into Crypto 7️⃣- @Paysafe Weighs Sale After Getting Takeover Interest Read the complete newsletter for more news updates, insights:

Here are the latest Payments News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments 👇 1️⃣ - @Trustly & Spreedly Partner to Expand Pay by Bank in the US. 2️⃣ - @TakenosApp & @pomelo_latam: Introducing The Spicy Card for Global Workers. 3️⃣ - @Paysafe Weighs Sale After Getting Takeover Interest. 4️⃣ - @RapydGlobal Faces Steep Valuation Cut in New Deal Talks. 5️⃣ - UK Consumers Increasingly Moving Towards FinTechs and Neobanks for Primary Bank Cards. 6️⃣ - FirstRand Group Selects @Fiserv to Accelerate Growth and Innovation. 7️⃣ - Superlogic Raises $13.7M at a $200M Valuation. 8️⃣ - @Affirm Soars as Strong Holiday Shopping Powers BNPL Lender's Surprise Profit. 9️⃣ - @Vantage_Bank Chooses @finzly to Modernize Payment Operations. 1️⃣ 0️⃣ - @ncratleos Cashzone Network Expands Into Italy. Read the complete newsletter for more news updates and insights:

Here are the latest Digital Banking News Updates you don't want to miss today: Did I miss an update? Drop it in the comments👇 1️⃣- Crypto’s ‘Debanking’ Battle Heats Up in Washington 2️⃣- @uala_arg announces its conversational AI platform 3️⃣- @StanChart Launches AI-Powered FX Insight Videos 4️⃣- Banking Platform @moneythor Lands in Latin America 5️⃣- @AzuraCU Modernizes Technology Infrastructure with Jack Henry 6️⃣- @Trustly & Spreedly Partner to Expand Pay by Bank in the US 7️⃣- FirstRand Group Selects @Fiserv to Accelerate Growth and Innovation 8️⃣- @backbase and Feedzai Partner 9️⃣- @Vantage_Bank Chooses finzly to Modernize Payment Operations 🔟- P2P Launches Digital Finance Platform Powered by @MbanqLabs Dive into the full newsletter for more updates, insights, and essential global news and analysis in Digital Banking:

🚨 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙄𝙉: Payment Provider @RapydGlobal is in talks to raise $𝟯𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 from investors at a $𝟯.𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 valuation, a dramatic decline from its value of around $𝟵 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 2021. This was disclosed to Bloomberg by sources familiar with the matter. Early 2022 Rapyd even reached a valuation of $𝟭𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻. The company was valued at this figure in several secondary deals in which early investors sold shares: The company, which offers a digital platform for cross-border financial transactions and competes with Stripe Inc., intends to use the funding in part to acquire a payment processing startup, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. Rapyd, known for its aggressive acquisition strategy, has previously expanded its footprint by buying four companies, including units of the payment service provider PayU for $610 million, international trading platform Neat and the Icelandic payments firm Valitor. Source/more info: