The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged registered broker-dealer Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, for failing to file certain Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in a timely manner. Deutsche Bank Securities has agreed to pay a $4 million civil penalty to settle the SEC’s charges.

Over nine million people across the UK are expecting to end up in debt due to the high cost of Christmas this year, according to research from responsible lender, Creditspring.

The findings reveal that young people will be the worst hit – a quarter (25%) of those aged 18-34 say Christmas will put them into debt compared to 17% of the whole UK population.

Varo Bank, the first all-digital nationally chartered bank in the U.S., today announced a collaboration with Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: 

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced its first Retail Spend Monitor, from Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA), which analyses holiday season retail spend for the 7-week period starting on November 1, 2024, across the U.K. The findings show overall holiday spend in the U.K. increased 2.3% year over year, in nominal terms.

CredibleX, UAE's Leading SME Lending Fintech, Provides Access to 100,000 SMEs for Financing and Disburses AED 100 Million During Launch

CredibleX, a pioneering working capital finance platform for SMEs, is proud to announce that it has successfully disbursed AED 100 million in loans to small businesses across the UAE since the pilot launch of its platform eight months ago.

Mastercard completed its acquisition of Recorded Future.

“With blockchain technology back in the mainstream following the resurgence of cryptocurrencies in 2024, the tokenization of traditional assets will be a central theme to watch for fintech in 2025.  The tokenization market for real-world assets is projected to reach a staggering $16.1 trillion by 2030, driven by distinct benefits for financial and physical assets. For financial assets like stocks and bonds, tokenization primarily delivers operational efficiencies, reducing costs by modernizing infrastructure and reducing intermediaries.

As the first digital investment platform in Germany Scalable Capital launches its own global equities core ETF, the “Scalable MSCI AC World Xtrackers UCITS ETF”. Scalable Capital advises the asset manager DWS on the construction and replication of the portfolio for the new ETF. DWS is one of the largest providers of ETFs through its Xtrackers brand. The underlying All Country World Index (AC World or ACWI) is provided by MSCI, a leading provider of mission-critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.

SandboxAQ today announced a round of more than $300 million from Fred Alger Management, LLC, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Mumtalakat, Parkway Venture Capital, Breyer Capital, Rizvi Traverse, S32, US Innovative Technology Fund, Ava Investors, Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff, David Siegel, Yann LeCun, IQT, and other prominent investors. The funding round valued the company at $5.3 billion on a pre-money basis. 

Best Egg, a leading fintech that drives financial confidence, announced today the successful arrangement of a $1 billion purchase facility to help offer more vehicle equity loans that let people use their car’s value as collateral to borrow money. This commitment, led by funds managed by affiliates of AB CarVal, entails a forward-flow purchase commitment for loans facilitated through the Best Egg platform.