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UAE Digital Lender Zand Sets Its Sights on the Gulf and Africa

UAE Digital Lender Zand Sets Its Sights on the Gulf and Africa

Hey Digital Banking Fanatics! Zand Bank is gearing up for its next growth chapter. The UAE’s first digital corporate lender plans to expand across the Gulf and into Africa within the next three years. The timing is deliberate. After four years of building and internal transformation, the bank says

FCA Hits Nationwide with a £44M Penalty Over Major Financial Crime Failures

FCA Hits Nationwide with a £44M Penalty Over Major Financial Crime Failures

Hey Digital Banking Fanatics! Nationwide has been fined £44 million by the FCA for years of weak financial crime controls between 2016 and 2021. The regulator says the building society failed to maintain effective due diligence, risk assessments and transaction monitoring across millions of personal current account customers. Nationwide also

Klarna Teams Up with Privy to Build a Simple Crypto Wallet for the Masses

Klarna Teams Up with Privy to Build a Simple Crypto Wallet for the Masses

Hey Digital Banking Fanatics! Klarna just signed a research partnership with Privy, the wallet infrastructure platform owned by Stripe. The goal is clear. Build a crypto wallet simple enough for anyone to use. This follows the launch of KlarnaUSD, the company’s own stablecoin. Now Klarna wants a wallet that

N26 Targets Its First Full-Year Profit in 2025… and Looks Ahead to an IPO

N26 Targets Its First Full-Year Profit in 2025… and Looks Ahead to an IPO

Hey Digital Banking Fanatics! N26 just confirmed it expects to reach its first-ever full-year profit in 2025. And profits are set to climb again in 2026, according to Co-CEO Marcus Mosen. The bank also reiterated its IPO ambitions. Before that happens, Mosen says there is still homework to do across

Nu México Doubles Down with a $2.5B Push Into the Country’s Banking Future

Nu México Doubles Down with a $2.5B Push Into the Country’s Banking Future

Hey Digital Banking Fanatics! Nu México is making a massive move as it prepares for its next stage of growth in the country. The company plans to invest 2.5 billion dollars in México over the rest of the decade as it prepares to become a full multiple-bank institution. New

Deutsche Bank Expands Into Revolut’s Canary Wharf HQ in a Major London Shift

Deutsche Bank Expands Into Revolut’s Canary Wharf HQ in a Major London Shift

Hey Digital Banking Fanatics! Deutsche Bank is taking over roughly 250,000 square feet inside Revolut’s headquarters at Canary Wharf. That’s about double the space Revolut occupies today. Revolut became the first tenant of the building last year, taking on 40% more floor space for its new headquarters.

KakaoBank Gears Up for a KRW Stablecoin… but What’s Coming Next?

KakaoBank Gears Up for a KRW Stablecoin… but What’s Coming Next?

Hey Digital Banking Fanatics! South Korea is really moving fast on digital money, and the signals keep getting louder... KakaoBank is now preparing to support a won-backed stablecoin as new regulations approach. Job boards tell the story. The bank is assembling a team to build smart contract FX rails, full-node