Europe
⚡️EU: Stripe🇺🇸 expands its Pay by Bank service options in France🇫🇷 and Germany🇩🇪 Paid Members Public
⚡️EU: Stripe🇺🇸 expands its Pay by Bank service options in France🇫🇷 and Germany🇩🇪 Open banking is gaining momentum across Europe. In response, Stripe has partnered with UK-based platform TrueLayer🇬🇧(formerly Finport), a specialist in the open banking space. ➡️ The service: Pay by Bank enables consumers to authorize payments directly from
💯Bybit Launches Dedicated Platform for European Users Paid Members Public
💯Bybit Launches Dedicated Platform for European Users The new platform is managed by the subsidiary Bybit EU GmbH. ▶️At the end of May, the exchange obtained a MiCA license in Austria🇦🇹, becoming a fully regulated crypto-asset service provider (CASP). ▶️The platform will serve users across 29 Eurozone countries and offers,
🧚♀Deutsche Bank🇩🇪plans to enter the crypto custody market in 2026 Paid Members Public
🧚♀Deutsche Bank🇩🇪plans to enter the crypto custody market in 2026 Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest corporate bank, plans to launch a digital asset custody service in collaboration with Austrian exchange Bitpanda🇦🇹 and Swiss technology provider Taurus SA🇨🇭. ➡️The partners began developing the project last year, with Deutsche Bank participating
👀How are payments and the card business changing? A summary Paid Members Public
👀How are payments and the card business changing? A summary Representatives from payment systems, banks, marketplaces, Big Tech, and fintech companies agree that the natural evolution is making payments cheaper. ➡️History: ✅Payment cards appeared in the mid-20th century in the US🇺🇸, when Frank McNamara and Ralph Schneider founded Diners Club.
✊New cloud technologies for Europe! Dutch API platform Silverflow🇳🇱integrates with Deutsche Bank🇩🇪 Paid Members Public
✊New cloud technologies for Europe! Dutch API platform Silverflow🇳🇱integrates with Deutsche Bank🇩🇪 Together, the two companies are enhancing a pan-European payments platform designed to unify banking, treasury, and payment services. ▶️Key features: faster integration times, flexible card acquiring, and cloud-based individual BIN configuration. The solution also includes PSP services
🔝Thailand🇹🇭and France🇫🇷consider legalizing casinos to stimulate the economy Paid Members Public
🔝Thailand🇹🇭and France🇫🇷consider legalizing casinos to stimulate the economy The gambling industry—both land-based and online—generates significant revenue, prompting several countries to explore ways to tap into this economic potential. ➡️ In Thailand, only state-run lotteries and horse racing have been officially permitted so far; all other forms of
💣Argentina🇦🇷: British-Lithuanian neobank Revolut🇬🇧🇱🇹confirms the acquisition of Banco Cetelem Paid Members Public
💣Argentina🇦🇷: British-Lithuanian neobank Revolut🇬🇧🇱🇹confirms the acquisition of Banco Cetelem Revolut will acquire the assets of Banco Cetelem—valued at USD 6.4 million—and, more significantly, a banking license. ▶️ Revolut will face competition from local fintech players such as Ualá and Mercado Pago, as well as established European institutions
👻Double standard detected🇷🇺: Sberbank found a way to transfer money to Europe Paid Members Public
👻Double standard detected🇷🇺: Sberbank found a way to transfer money to Europe Reporters from The Bell discovered that it’s possible to transfer money by card number, bypassing sanctions and SWIFT. ➡️ A Sber operator confirmed that it’s possible to send money abroad — through intermediaries — in amounts of up to