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Urbo Bank partners DECTA for early Visa card launch

News | Cards | 22 Jan 2025

Urbo Bank, formerly Medicinos Bankas, has partnered with certified payment technology provider DECTA to launch Visa card issuing services ahead of schedule.

digital wallet, tokenization, financial institutions, digital banking

Hypothekarbank Lenzburg acquires stake in Sutor Bank to drive BaaS

News | Payments General | 22 Jan 2025

Swiss-based provider of BaaS, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg AG, has acquired a 9.9% stake in Sutor Bank GmbH.

banks, acquisition, BaaS, partnership, banking

21X and AllUnity to launch EU-regulated EURC on 21X platform

News | Cryptocurrencies | 23 Jan 2025

Germany-based fintech 21X has partnered with AllUnity, a joint venture between DWS, Flow Traders and Galaxy Digital.

partnership, trading platform, digital assets, cryptocurrency, e-money

The EU Commission investigates the EU safety for stablecoin holders

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 27 Jan 2025

The European Commission has started investigating the extent to which EU rules on crypto assets protect the redemption rights of the bloc's investors in identical EMTs. 

cryptocurrency, crypto, crypto asset, digital assets

Brussels extends EU banks' access to UK clearing houses until 2028

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 27 Jan 2025

The European Commission has proposed extending the EU’s reliance on UK-based derivatives clearing houses by three years.

regulation, clearing house, partnership, financial institutions

Tokeny partners with ONYZE to support institutional tokenization in Europe

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Jan 2025

On-chain finance operating system Tokeny has entered into a collaboration with ONYZE to provide a solution that can support institutional tokenization across Europe. 

partnership, tokenization, network tokenisation, financial services, digital assets

OKX secures MiCA pre-authorisation

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Jan 2025

OKX has become the first Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) exchange to obtain pre-authorisation under the European Union’s MiCA regulatory framework.

cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, MiCA, compliance

BaFin grants EU crypto licences to Bitpanda and Crypto Finance

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Jan 2025

The German banking regulator, BaFin, has granted cryptocurrency services licences to both Crypto Finance and Bitpanda, allowing them to operate across the EU.

cryptocurrency, partnership, licence, platform, crypto services

Aplauz receives EMI licence in the Netherlands

News | Online Payments | 31 Jan 2023

Netherlands-based prepaid payment solution Aplauz has announced it secured its Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).

EMI licence, prepaid card, online payments, payment methods, merchant

Worldline extends partnership with MSC Cruises

News | Payments General | 01 Feb 2023

Payment service provider Worldline has extended its long-term partnership with cruise brand MSC Cruises, part of MSC Group, looking to support its payment needs across Europe.

partnership, payments , travel payments, expansion, omnichannel payments solution, payment processing, online payments, payment methods, ecommerce, financial services, digital payments, POS

EBA clarifies why digital wallets require strong customer authentication

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 01 Feb 2023

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published six Q&As that clarify the application of strong customer authentication to digital wallets under PSD2.

SCA, PSD2, EBA, regulation, compliance, digital wallet, biometrics

Unbanked partners Mastercard to improve crypto card adoption

News | Cryptocurrencies | 02 Feb 2023

Financial services provider Unbanked has partnered with Mastercard to help speed up DeFi card issuance and crypto card adoption in Europe.

partnership, DeFi, web3, product upgrade, expansion

ECB publishes financed climate-related indicators and emissions

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 03 Feb 2023

The European Central Bank has announced the publishment of a new series of statistical indicators that aim to help analyse and manage climate risks in finance.

fintech, ecommerce, online payments, online banking, digital banking

Cloud Signature Consortium warns on eIDAS 2 risks

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 03 Feb 2023

The Cloud Signature Consortium (CSC) has issued an open letter to warn on the risks for consumers and the trust services sectors of the proposed amendments in the eIDAS 2 regulation.

fraud, identity verification, EIDAS, digital identity, trust, digital signature, eID, online security, transactions , identity method, fraud prevention, regulation

Nucleus365 launches Rapid Transfer

News | Online Payments | 06 Feb 2023

UK-based payment institution Nucleus365 has launched its new European instant payments service Rapid Transfer to make online payments easier for merchants.

product launch, money transfer, online payments, ecommerce, digital payments

Nexi announces partnership with Eni

News | Online Payments | 06 Feb 2023

Italy-based fintech company Nexi has announced its partnership with Eni, an energy company, to develop its electronic and digital payment services in Europe.

partnership, digital payments, online payments, ecommerce

Companjon partners with bunq

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 08 Feb 2023

Companjon, an Ireland-based insurtech specialising in embedded insurance, has partnered with bunq, a Netherlands-based neobank.

embedded finance, challenger bank, banks, partnership, digitalisation

Beyond PSD2: building flexible and secure payment journeys

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 10 Feb 2023

In the era of embedded finance, LUXHUB's Ramzi Dziri shares how Open Banking-powered payments – with special features such as Request to Pay or SCA exemptions – are providing payees and payers with flexible and secure experiences.

PSD2, Open Banking payments, Request to Pay, SCA, Open Banking, Open Finance

MEP to launch EU-wide digital wallet

News | Online Payments | 10 Feb 2023

Turkey-based MEP Sistem has proposed the launch of a European Digital Identity Wallet, to read and verify electronic documents and to allow peer-to-peer interactions.

product launch, digital payments, online payments, ecommerce, digital identity, fraud prevention

Atlantic Money expands across Europe

News | Online Payments | 13 Feb 2023

UK-based fintech startup Atlantic Money has announced the expansion of its international money transfer service to multiple other platforms and markets across Europe. 

expansion, product launch, money transfer, online payments, digital payments, FX