NALA, a Tanzanian financial technology company enabling payments to Africa, launches in the EU by adding 19 new Eurozone nations to its list of sending markets. After expanding from the UK to the USA earlier this year, NALA has grown rapidly via geographic expansion and product differentiation. NALA’s US launch hosted 6 members of parliament from Tanzania at the event in New York City.

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India-based neobanking platform Jupiter has reportedly snared INR 25 crore ($3m) in debt from Alteria Capital.

OKX, the world-leading cryptocurrency platform, has issued updates for the week beginning January 2, 2023.

OKX Trading Bot Month offers prize pool of 64,000 USDT
Between January 1 and January 20 OKX is running its Trading Bot Month, in which 64,000 USDT of rewards are up for grabs.

Remitly Global, Inc. (“Remitly”), a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world, today announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Rewire, an Israeli-based remittance and financial services platform for migrant workers, on January 5, 2023.

Securrency, a leading developer of institutional-grade, blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology, today announced that Nadine Chakar will join the company and assume the role of Chief Executive Officer effective January 9th, 2023. 

The full-stack ID verification, compliance, and fraud prevention startup, iDenfy, announced a new partnership with Pay with Suave, a financial payment technology platform offering its users buy now, pay later services. iDenfy’s verification solution will reduce fraudulent payment attempts while guaranteeing compliance with KYC and AML laws. 

Eagle Bitcoin ATM is excited to announce the launch of Australia's first Bitcoin ATM with Lightning capability. The new ATM has been installed at The Strand Shopping centre in Coolangatta and is now available for use by the public.

The Bitcoin ATM allows users to easily buy and sell Bitcoin using cash and is equipped with the latest technology including Bitcoin Lightning capability for faster, cheaper transactions on the Bitcoin network.

1. There will be agreement that the unregulated crypto experiment has failed

With the collapse of FTX, the ‘crypto winter’ and the breaking of Terra UST’s peg – 2022 has been a challenging year for the cryptocurrency sector. Consumers were attracted to this volatile asset class which offered steep returns compared to traditional markets. But the collapse that followed served as a potent reminder of why we have financial regulation in place to protect people.