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Q&A: 60 seconds with Deutsche Bank’s Manuel Klein on the CBDC front runners

Manuel Klein, product manager, blockchain solutions and digital currencies at Deutsche Bank, reveals which countries and regions are setting the pace when it comes to CBDCs.

Klarna enters Canada

The BNPL provider has opened a tech hub in Toronto where it will recruit 500 engineers by 2025, while Canadian shoppers can now use its ‘Pay in 4’ service at selected retailers’ checkouts.

Revolut appoints chief risk officer for US

Ibrahim Dusi joins the global fintech, having worked at Happy Money and Capital One.

US consumers can join Klarna Card waitlist

The new physical Visa card will be available in the US, Klarna’s largest market, ‘in the very near future’.

Nordigen collaborates with DuckTech on new budgeting app

The Open Banking platform will provide DuckTech’s new Ducktail app with data so that clients do not have to input it manually.

Mastercard Send Partner Program signs up 16 initial partners

Stripe, PayPal and Checkout.com have joined the program, which will help them embed real-time payments.

Brazil’s Neon receives $300m investment from BBVA

The latest investment takes the Spanish banking group’s stake in Neon to 29.7% and sees it enter the Brazilian retail banking market.

Siam Commercial Bank makes $100m investment in Akulaku

The Indonesian banking and digital finance platform will use the investment to help fund its expansion in Southeast Asia.

Yapily lists Open Banking solution on AWS Marketplace

Yapily’s first listing on the digital catalogue will expand its cloud offering.

Number of Open Banking UK users surpasses 5m

The latest data from the OBIE revealed that active users in the UK went from 4 million to 5 million in only four months.