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The Rise in Popularity of Crypto in the Netherlands

08/07/2025 No Comments

The Netherlands is fast becoming a fintech powerhouse, with billions in crypto moving through the region. Startups are launching every day, and the momentum is …

Christine Lagarde Pushes for Digital Global Euro

03/07/2025 No Comments

European Central Bank (ECB) head Christine Lagarde has expressed her ambitions for a digital global ...

Why Does BBVA Have So Many Millionaires on the Payroll?

02/07/2025 No Comments

Good times for Spain’s second-biggest bank. BBVA enjoyed record profits in 2024, raking in an ...

Switzerland and Crypto: a Match Made in Banking Heaven?

19/06/2025 No Comments

Switzerland is famous for its banks and watches – two things that don’t exactly spring ...

Did Qatar cost David Beckham his knighthood?

January 20, 2023

David Beckham's omission from the New Year Honours List may be due to his association with Qatar as an ambassador for the World Cup.

From Paris to Tallinn: Have EU cities made the most of Brexit?

April 20, 2022

Six years after the Brexit vote, the EU's campaign to attract investment bankers appears not to have been so straightforward.

What would another Macron government mean for French fintech?

April 14, 2022

What would another Macron government mean for French fintech?

Are Banks Facing Russia Sanctions Doing Enough?

February 28, 2022

Are the CEOs of global banks and financial institutions showing enough leadership over sanctions with Russia?

Fast-tracked fintech: Modulr’s reasons for going Dutch

February 23, 2022

Modulr is a leading Payments-as-a-Service platform for digital businesses and one of the UK’s fastest growing tech companies. In September 2021, we were pleased to announce the opening of our offices in the Netherlands and we’ve also recently announced that we’re licensed as an Electronic Money Institution by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)

Banking Capital Markets Europe News

Gordon Brown and the strange war on Iceland

February 16, 2022

Banking Europe Hot News News

Is BNP Paribas building Europe’s first Mega Bank?

January 12, 2022

Europe Fintech PayTech

How important is consumer choice in Europe?

September 9, 2021

“Europe is one example where AppGallery has grown considerably since its global launch three years ago. Huawei’s AppGallery is now the world’s third largest app marketplace with 540 million monthly active users (MAUs), growing in Europe by 61.5% year-on-year to more than 42 million users.” Michael shared.

Europe

How a small Irish village took on Europe’s financial elite

September 3, 2021

Ballyhea is a small and seemingly insignificant parish in County Cork in the south of the Irish Republic. But from 2011 to March last year, it was the centre of a protest march, held each Sunday after mass, to oppose the Irish taxpayers’ bailout of bondholders.

Banking Europe Sustainability ESG

Good results for Amundi is good news for Europe

July 30, 2021

Today’s news by Amundi shows a strong result so far in 2021. Some of the takeaways of the financial statements for the second quarter of 2021 were summarized by their CEO, Valérie Baudson, who spoke about their Medium-Long-Term (MLT) Assets amongst other things:

AML / KYC Europe

AMLA matters: EU presents anti-money laundering package

July 26, 2021

Attention will focus on a much-trailed new body: the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) – totemic of a tougher and better co-ordinated EU approach, as we wrote last year.

Banking Europe Fintech Regulator

As fintech gets hot, is central banking becoming cool?

May 4, 2021

The BIS Innovation Hub’s geographic footprint is growing to include centres in London, Toronto, Stockholm, Paris and Frankfurt, as well as a strategic partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Brexit Capital Markets Europe

Should London worry about Euronext Amsterdam?

February 17, 2021

Are we headed for "Singapore-on-the-Thames" or was Euronext Amsterdam's success a warning shot preparing EU and UK leaders for the future?

Europe Regulator

Italian and German Banking Associations submit proposals to support European economic recovery

February 16, 2021

ABI and GBIC note that the current regulatory approach to non-performing exposures was developed under completely different circumstances and should, therefore, be reconsidered in light of the pandemic emergency.

Europe Startups

Finch Capital completes successful first close of Europe III: its 150M EUR fund invests in high-growth FinTech and AI startups shaping the future of finance

February 10, 2021

As with its previous funds, Finch plans to back 15-20 European startups, targeting liquidity 3-5 years post investment, over the fund’s three year initial investment lifespan.

Europe Fintech

Can digital finance deliver social value to European citizens?

January 28, 2021

The danger is that this digital finance ecosystem will simply get sucked into the mainstream banking industry through acquisition, or because FinTech becomes merely back-end service providers to the big banks and disappears as an industry of its own. Or FinTech will try to mimic the big banks, driven by where the money is or by the constraints of regulation.

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