UK fintech Wise restricts payments amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Following sanctions, the UK fintech Wise blocked money transfers to Russia. On the other hand, and even if it’s always harder, the company is still...
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How can the economy dodge a recession in 2023? Slow wage growthEven if wage increases are usually good news, it might be problematic during times of high inflation – like those we’re currently living. If wages...
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Amid High Energy Demand From Miners, Russia Mulls Building New Power Plants in SiberiaWhen 2021 ended and 2022 was about to begin, we covered the intention of Russia to allow crypto investments by foreign firms. The war wasn’t starte...
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The Future Of Fintech In AsiaAsia, as well as the rest of the world, witnessed ups and downs for what concerns fintech. But financial technology is still one of the main driver...
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Russia's Ukraine invasion and the fintech industry
Lucinda Shen writes about the impact the conflict is having on the fintech space - especially because many CEOs, founders, investors and crypto exe...
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News: Russia removed from Swift as fintech community steps up for Ukraine
Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai are joined by Yann Ranchere (Anthemis), Clare Gambardella (Zopa) and Ali Niknam (Bunq) to discuss how the fintech commun...
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Ukraine Is Buying Bulletproof Vests and Night-Vision Goggles Using Crypto
As also FinTech Weekly reported, Ukraine managed to collect over $60 million in crypto donations. The funds were spent not only in food and fuel, b...
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Sanctioned Russian billionaires looking to sell fintech bets
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is indirectly affecting companies around the world: FIBR Tech and ANNA Money, two UK-based fintech companie...
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The UK recession will be almost as deep as that of Russia, economists predictThe UK and the Euro area are already in recession, and this will drive inflation to higher peaks. According to Golman Sachs’ forecasts, the UK is j...
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What Sunak’s ‘Promises’ Mean for the Tech SectorIn his first speech of the year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 20 billion worth of funding for R&D. In his speech, he also said that math...
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5 reasons why Ukraine’s fintech sector is growing despite war
Ukrainian fintech companies proved to be extremely resilient. With a tradition of valuable fintech products and firms, the industry didn’t stop wor...
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FinTech Banks Fill SME Funding Gap Created by Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Lithuania faces two major issues: the Russia-Ukraine conflict – especially because of its borders, and SME financing gap – since the few traditiona...
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Crypto Donations Pour in After Ukraine Government Asks for Bitcoin and Ether — $17 Million Raised so Far
After the tweets of the Ukrainian government official account, the crypto community replied to their requests donating over $17 million in cryptocu...
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