February 2025 – Page 21

Bank-Supported Identity App itsme Secures €24.7 Million in Funding

Itsme, the digital identity app developed by a consortium of Belgian banks and telecommunications companies, has secured a €24.7 million capital boost, with the Federal...

NextGen Nordics 2025: Addressing DORA, VoP, CBDCs, Instant Payments, Fraud Prevention, and Generative AI

Join us at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden on April 29, 2025, to explore the future of payments at NextGen Nordics. This event will bring...

China’s Central Bank Shuts Down Software Company Involved in Crypto Trading

A software firm based in Beijing has been shut down by China's central bank due to its suspected involvement in cryptocurrency trading. The company, Beijing...

Coinbase Insider Trader Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison

Nikhil Wahi, brother of a former Coinbase product manager, has received a ten-month prison sentence in what is regarded as the first insider trading case...

Moroccan Authorities Arrest Suspected Hacker Known as Dr. Hex

Moroccan police have apprehended a suspected cybercriminal known as 'Dr Hex,' who is linked to a series of phishing, carding, and malware operations. Authorities collaborated...

Alibaba Offloads $126 Million Stake in Paytm

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has sold a 3.1% stake in the Indian digital payments firm Paytm through a block trade executed on Thursday. This...

Morgan Stanley Customer Data Breached Due to Accellion FTA Vulnerability

Morgan Stanley has announced that the personal information of stock plan participants has been compromised due to a data breach involving a vulnerability in the...

Robinhood Unveils New Media Division

Trading app Robinhood is establishing an independent media unit named Sherwood, which will focus on topics such as money, technology, and geopolitics through newsletters, a...

UK Watchdog to Target Misleading Crypto Advertisements

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is preparing to target misleading cryptocurrency advertisements. The ASA's initiative follows an ad campaign by crypto exchange firm Luno,...

Art Shares Exchange Partners with SIX, Bloomberg, and the London Stock Exchange

Artex, a stock exchange dedicated to investing in artworks by renowned masters, has received approval to operate a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) in Europe. Initially,...