Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is witnessing sustained growth among verified users despite the general digital asset sector operating in an extended bear market. The user growth highlights the exchange's popularity among reputable crypto trading platforms amid the prevailing market conditions.

Moss, the fintech transforming spend management for small to medium enterprises (SMEs), has today announced an exciting new partnership with the global modern card issuing platform, Marqeta. By utilising Marqeta's open API platform, Moss is able to issue corporate cards to European SMEs that enable them to spend smarter, with real-time visibility and control, and save hours each month by automating time-consuming manual tasks.

One of the major problems businesses face is engaging and retaining employees. Losing good employees is a feeling that you rapidly become used to when you're in control of a company irrespective of its size, market, or geography.

Banco Santander’s board of directors has accepted the nomination committee’s proposal to appoint Felipe García Ascencio CEO of Santander México and Group country head for Mexico, effective from 1 January.
García Ascencio will replace Héctor Grisi, who in turn will take over from José Antonio Álvarez as Banco Santander CEO on 1 January 2023.

Banks will pounce as recession sets in

1. Payments

“2023 will be a year when we see accelerated change in the payments market. Over the last year, Tink has paved the way for the widespread adoption of Pay by Bank, with use cases for account top-ups and bill payments in particular taking flight. This is being used by businesses wanting a low-cost, instant-settlement payment method that reduces friction and fraud, and by consumers who want a seamless user experience they can trust.

As Banking as a Service (BaaS) nears mainstream adoption, there is a significant opportunity for banks to join the BaaS ecosystem, develop new relationships with fintech firms and create new revenue streams for themselves at the same time.

There are 117 projects nominated to participate in "Metaverse 4 Finance", the first Italian Web3 acceleration program - promoted by the Sella group and implemented by its Venture Incubator dpixel in collaboration with the Global Partner VISA. The aim is to identify and support the growth of national and international startups for the development of innovative, economically sustainable, inclusive and safe solutions and technologies, in the context of the metaverse applied to finance.

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Database specialist Martin Gaffney hopes the sector recognises the value that Open Banking has added and how it helps companies better manage complexity

July 2022 marked five years since the beginning of API specifications for Open Banking. At the time, the financial services sector was broadly unimpressed, as they considered Open Banking a hurdle rather than an opportunity.