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Coinbase Reports Employees Were Bribed for Customer Data in Breach Potentially Costing $400 Million

Coinbase has reported that employees and contractors were bribed to steal customer data for use in social engineering attacks, a breach that could cost the...

Digital Payment-Driven Recycling Pilot Tackles Single-Use Plastic Waste

Mastercard is collaborating with the sustainable payments firm Helpful and the Scottish Grocers' Federation to initiate a pilot program that rewards Scots with 20p for...

Investment App Stash Secures $146 Million in Funding

American investment application Stash has successfully secured $146 million in an oversubscribed Series H funding round, spearheaded by Goodwater Capital. Notable participants in this round...

Chime and Upstart Reduce Workforce; Credit Karma Freezes Hiring

Digital banking platform Chime, along with the online lender Upstart and Intuit-owned Credit Karma, are the latest fintech companies to reevaluate their workforce due to...

Exploring the Carbon Market: A Discussion with ZERO13

In an insightful discussion with Finextra, Hirander Misra, the Chairman and CEO of GMEX Group and head of its carbon tracking subsidiary, ZERO13, explored the...

Lloyds Announces Winners of Sustainability Competition

Lloyds has announced the winners of a competition aimed at discovering innovative green technology businesses to aid its transition to net-zero carbon operations. In partnership...

Augmentum Fintech Secures £4.5 Million Investment Round for RetailBook

RetailBook, a platform designed to empower retail investors by providing access to primary capital market transactions on par with institutional investors, has successfully raised £4.5...

JP Morgan Launches Payments R&D Center in Athens

JP Morgan is launching a payments innovation lab in Athens as part of its broader expansion strategy in Greece. Initially, the bank plans to recruit...

Coinbase Becomes the First Cryptocurrency Firm to Join the S&P 500

Coinbase shares saw a significant increase in pre-market trading on Tuesday, following the announcement that the company will become the first cryptocurrency firm to be...

NatWest Unveils Climate Hub to Support SMEs in Going Green

NatWest is committed to advancing its £100 billion Climate and Sustainable Funding and Finance initiative by equipping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with essential tools...