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The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Tuesday brings you the latest fintech news from around the world. Job moves Neil Harris joins Pannovate Bitstamp, the crypto exchange, has named JB Graftieaux as its new global CEO. Graftieaux joined Bitstamp in May 2021 as the company’s Europe CEO and in his new role takes over…

Would you feel bad about investing in a Russian oil company? According to the comparison website finder.com, over half of Brits wouldn’t if they discovered that any of their investments were supporting Russian companies and/or companies operating in Russia. Fifty-four per cent of respondents to the UK-wide study said that investing in companies that support…

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a specialised payments platform, has announced a new global partnership with Playtech (LSE: PTEC), a gambling technology company. The new agreement represents the extension of an existing partnership between the two companies into the UK and Europe from the US, where Playtech offers Paysafe’s payment solutions to iGaming operator customers through its…

A new Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) contactless kernel specification is being developed by the global technical body EMVCo to advance global contactless payment acceptance. Following a detailed review in February and March, which was attended by company associates, a draft specification is now available on the EMVCo website for public review, which is open…

Bitso, a cryptocurrency platform in Latin America, with over 4 million users, has announced a new way for customers -including Argentina, Brazil and Mexico- to put their crypto to work and earn yields. The new feature, called Bitso+ allows current and new clients to gain up to 15 per cent annually on USD Stablecoins in…

Like brakes to a bicycle, fintech must exist within the realms of regulation if it is to ditch its ‘wild west’ persona. Indeed, the adoption of various elements of the industry, like cryptocurrency, has ultimately suffered due to the lack of regulation that surrounds and supports them. Throughout the entire month of May, The Fintech Times will…

The pandemic catalysed a surge in startups across the world, with many believing they could attain the success that others before them had achieved. One of these beacons of hope is London-based fintech, Revolut, a startup superstar that was founded in 2015 and is now worth $33billion.  The company launched in Australia in mid-2019 as…

The Card & Payments Awards 2022, one of the leading networking events of the year for the UK and Irish card and payments industry, took place on Thursday 5 May 2022. More than 1000 guests from over 300 different companies gathered together at the evening event at the JW Marriott Grosvenor Square in London hosted…

How can integrating feedback into the payments journey can optimise the customer checkout experience and counter the emergence of fake reviews? Brian Coburn, Founder and CEO of BR-DGE, a payment orchestration service for e-commerce businesses explains. Some of you might have heard the story of the much-acclaimed restaurant “The Shed at Dulwich”. In 2017, it…

Between 2020 and 2021, uptake in the cloud user base grew exponentially as businesses went virtual in the wake of the pandemic. In 2022, 94 per cent of all enterprises use cloud services, and a business may run an average of 1,000 virtual machines or more at a time in virtualised environments and public clouds.…