Dutch neobank Bunq hopes to secure UK banking license this year

Dutch neobank Bunq hopes to secure UK banking license this year

Dutch digital bank Bunq is plotting re-entry into the U.K. to tap into a “large and underserved” market of some 2.8 million British “digital nomads.” Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images PARIS — Dutch digital bank Bunq is hoping it will manage to secure a banking license from U.K. financial regulators … Read more

Yotta CEO says 85,000 bank accounts locked

Yotta CEO says 85,000 bank accounts locked

Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images When Adam Moelis co-founded a fintech startup named Yotta in 2019, he wanted to give Americans a new way to save money to help them cushion the ups and downs of life. Instead, his company has inadvertently been a source of deep pain for thousands of customers who … Read more

Binance’s ex-CEO, Changpeng Zhao, begins prison sentence in California

Binance’s ex-CEO, Changpeng Zhao, begins prison sentence in California

Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao (C) departs federal court in Seattle, Washington, on April 30, 2024.  Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Binance’s billionaire founder Changpeng Zhao has reported to a low-security federal prison in Lompoc, California. CNBC reached out to Zhao’s defense team at Latham & Watkins to confirm that the former crypto … Read more

UBS backs $37 million round for climate fintech startup Doconomy

UBS backs  million round for climate fintech startup Doconomy

From left to right: Johan Pihl, Doconomy’s chief creative officer and co-founder, and Mathias Wikstrom, chief executive officer and co-founder. Doconomy Swedish climate-focused financial technology startup Doconomy told CNBC on Thursday that it’s raised 34 million euros ($36.9 million) from leading European banks, including UBS and Commerzbank. Doconomy, which offers tools to help bank customers … Read more

Trustly posts 51% profit jump; CEO says IPO at least 2 years out

Trustly posts 51% profit jump; CEO says IPO at least 2 years out

Trustly CEO Johan Tjarnberg. Trustly The boss of Swedish financial technology startup Trustly says an initial public offering for the company is still a year or two away from happening, even after a 51% jump in operating profit. In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Johan Tjarnberg, CEO of Trustly, said that his firm still needs … Read more

Adani Paytm deal: Adani’s fintech play: Gautam Adani likely in talks with Vijay Shekhar Sharma to acquire stake in Paytm’s parent co

Adani Paytm deal: Adani’s fintech play: Gautam Adani likely in talks with Vijay Shekhar Sharma to acquire stake in Paytm’s parent co

Adani Group chairman, Gautam Adani, is considering purchasing a stake in Paytm’s parent company One97 Communications, reported The Times of India quoting sources familiar with the matter. As per the report, Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma visited Adani at his office in Ahmedabad to “finalise the contours of a deal” on Tuesday. If … Read more

FTX Ryan Salame sentenced

FTX Ryan Salame sentenced

Ryan Salame, former co-chief executive officer of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., arrives at federal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ryan Salame, a former top lieutenant of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to 90 months, or seven and a half years, in … Read more

RattanIndia: Entry into renewables could be a natural extension for RattanIndia: Rajiv Rattan

RattanIndia: Entry into renewables could be a natural extension for RattanIndia: Rajiv Rattan

Rajiv Rattan, Founder & Chairman, RattanIndia, says renewables could be a natural extension for the company and the cash coming out of the power business will give them the freedom to pursue anything related to energy. As and when they decide on that, they will announce to the markets. As the coal-based plant provides solid … Read more

Customers say they can’t access funds

Customers say they can’t access funds

Sarinyapinngam | Istock | Getty Images A dispute between a fintech startup and its banking partners has ensnared potentially millions of Americans, leaving them without access to their money for nearly two weeks, according to recent court documents. Since last year, Synapse — an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup that serves as a middle-man between customer-facing fintech … Read more

Uniswap fights back against SEC as the ethereum crackdown continues

Uniswap fights back against SEC as the ethereum crackdown continues

For years, the Securities and Exchange Commission has been cracking down on the crypto sector writ large, but in the last few months, the agency appears to have trained its sights on ethereum, in particular. Some of the biggest names in decentralized finance are now fighting back. In a 40-page filing Tuesday, Uniswap Labs — … Read more