Europe

The payment company opened a new office in Dublin to battle rivals like Adyen, Stripe and PayPal.

Part of the growing "phishing-as-a-service" economy, the Spiderman kit offers novice hackers sophisticated tools to target customers of major EU institutions.

Portugal's Feedzai will build the fraud detection system for Europe's planned digital currency, a deal worth up to $278 million.

The megabank will continue its international retail strategy by opening business in Germany next year, starting by offering savings accounts to consumers.

Bunq Tuesday announced it applied for a broker-dealer license with FINRA and the SEC and had a 65% increase in year-over-year profits.

The hacker group NoName057 claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks on major Italian banks, citing President Mattarella's remarks on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In an ongoing case, Citi and the New York attorney general are disputing who is responsible for wire transfer fraud that drained a customer's retirement savings.

A selloff of the French company's shares sparked similar issues at other publicly traded payments firms in Europe. The question is whether the underlying issues — inflation and fears of recession — are severe enough to drag down American companies as well.

The goal is to reflect the increasing threat to financial stability that regulators now see from ESG factors such as climate change and inequality.

The company now has 35 million users worldwide and launched new features this summer that include automated investing and expanded account access for non-citizens living in the U.S. But the features come amid controversies at the fintech.

UBS Group AG decided to end an agreement with the Swiss government to cover losses it could incur from the rescue of Credit Suisse, a sign that the mammoth integration is on track and the stricken lender's assets might be less troublesome than initially feared.

The bank continues to relocate staff following a pause during Covid-19 and is also in the process of moving some products, she said.

The blockchain company's new lead on the Continent, Sendi Young, discusses its plans to foster real-time and cross-border transactions between banks and fintechs in ways that aren't possible on legacy networks.

Novus, a startup whose app helps consumers make environmentally conscious purchases, is using application programming interfaces provided by the two companies to expand quickly. The effort shows how open banking can extend the reach of small companies and create new business lines for larger ones.

The San Francisco data aggregator, which also operates out of London, provides international connections between fintechs and traditional banks.

Visa Inc. has agreed to buy Swedish open-banking platform Tink AB as the payment giant looks to expand beyond its card network.

A collaboration between BC Technology Group and Standard Chartered's SC Ventures wants to make cryptocurrency and related innovations more approachable through the development of a digital asset trading platform.

As stores that went online-only start to reopen their physical locations, JPMorgan Chase is looking to bolster its position among European merchants by adding software from ACI Worldwide that's designed to support payments across multiple channels.

U.K. and EU regulations enable cards that provide digital-first features for funds kept in a different bank's account.

The feature prints users' preferred name on credit and debit cards, and is live in the U.S. with Citigroup, BMO Harris and Superbia Credit Union.