February 5, 2025 – FintechDaily

Jeremy Hunt Downplays AI Concerns, Affirms UK’s Leadership in AI Development

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt addressed concerns regarding rapid AI development at a Politico event in London on Wednesday, asserting that the UK must enhance its position...

Millions of Brits Putting Themselves at Risk of Fraud by Disregarding Confirmation of Payee Alerts

Millions of Brits are putting themselves at risk by ignoring warnings about mismatched bank account details during transfers, according to research from Lloyds Bank. In...

Santander UK’s CIO Takes Position at Biometric Company iProov

Biometric face authentication technology company iProov has appointed Miguel Traquina, formerly the chief information officer for operations and economic crime at Santander UK, as its...

Delta Capita Acquires SETL’s Capital Markets Division

Delta Capita is launching a distributed ledger venture by acquiring the capital markets business of blockchain firm SETL and partnering with Montis Group as an...

Danish Data Protection Authority Initiates Criminal Case Against Danske Bank

The Danish Data Protection Agency (DPA) has initiated a criminal complaint against Danske Bank for breaches of General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). In 2020, Danske...

IBM Unveils Real-Time AI for Enhanced Transaction Processing

IBM is leveraging the capabilities of real-time AI to assist banks in analyzing transactions for fraud on a large scale. Credit card fraud remains a...

Deutsche Börse Offers €3.9 Billion to Acquire SimCorp

Deutsche Börse has presented a €3.9 billion offer to acquire Danish financial software firm SimCorp. The proposed bid constitutes a 38.9% premium over SimCorp's closing...

Block Reports Unauthorized Access to Customer Data by Former Employee

Block has notified the SEC that a former employee unlawfully accessed reports containing customer information related to US Cash App users. In December, the individual...

U.S. Banks Support ID Verification Service

Some of America's largest lenders have teamed up with Early Warning to introduce a service that enables users to verify their identity on participating businesses'...

Tradeweb Proposes A$125 Million Acquisition of E-Trading Platform Yieldbroker

Fixed income marketplace Tradeweb is in discussions to acquire Yieldbroker, an Australian government bond and interest rate derivatives trading platform. The proposed sale is valued...