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Mangopay CEO Romain Mazeries (left) will be joined on the fintech startup’s executive committee by Nethone CEO Hubert Rachwalski von Rejchwald (right), following Mangopay’s acquisition of Nethone, a fraud detection specialist. Photo: Pacome Sadel/Mangopay
FINTECH

Mangopay acquires Nethone to combat e-commerce fraud

The French fintech startup Mangopay, which operates under a Luxembourg licence, is acquiring Nethone to provide an anti-fraud solution to its customers, marketplaces and other platforms. It is the first strategic transaction since Mangopay was taken over by the Advent investment fund in the spring.

Thierry Labro • 29.11.2022
13 jobs will be lost at Riverbank after a social plan was signed. (Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne)
FINTECH

RiverBank to cut nearly a third of jobs

Mathilde Obert • 23.11.2022
Bitstamp has announced that it has obtained its 50th licence, in Spain, “The evaluation of the application file having taken less than a year is a testament to Bitstamp’s good reputation and its robust AML/CTF controls,” the company stated in a press release. Photo: Shutterstock
FINTECH

Bitstamp secures 50th licence

Thierry Labro • 17.11.2022
“There are billions of people in the world who live far away from any possible physical point of a bank,” says Jurgen Hammer, managing director of the Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) in Europe.  Photo: Shutterstock
FINTECH

Bearing responsibility in digital microfinance

Lisa Christl • 17.11.2022
NFTs potentially offer the way to end the doubt of originality and reproduction  for both digital and physical works of art Photo: Shutterstock
FINTECH

Breaking the mould: NFT solutions for art

Stephen Evans • 17.11.2022
Two years before the term “fintech” became commonplace, Raoul Mulheims (Finologee) launched Digicash, a revolutionary solution at the time. (Photo: Guy Wolff/ Maison Moderne archives)
FINTECH

Raoul Mulheims on ten years of Digicash

Thierry Labro • 15.11.2022
Ananda Kautz is head of innovation, payments & digital and member of the management board at the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL). Library photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne
FINTECH

Fostering fintech initiatives

Ananda Kautz, guest contributor • 14.11.2022
Ala Presenti, head of finance at Luxembourg Fintech Moniflo, has recruited ten tech roles in the past year but says that fully remote working remains a challenge Luxembourg for Finance
FINTECH

Skills gap persists in Luxembourg financial centre

Josephine Shillito • 10.11.2022
Emanuele Vignoli, CEO of HSBC Continental Europe in Luxembourg, sees a technological breakthrough in securities custody with the potential issuance of the first tokenised sterling bond by the European Investment Bank on its new HSBC Orion platform, which uses digital ledger technology (DLT). Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne (archives)
BANKS

HSBC launches DLT-based digital bond platform out of Luxembourg

Benoît Theunissen • 08.11.2022
“It’s important that when we talk about NFTs, it is not just about art”, says Deloitte Luxembourg’s Adriano Picinati di Torcello. Deloitte Luxembourg
FINTECH

New breakthroughs: exploring uses for NFTs

Stephen Evans • 07.11.2022
Philipp von Restorff and Alex Panican at the Singapore Fintech Festival, the world’s largest industry event. Staff photo
FINTECH

“Much to learn” for Luxembourg as fintech leaders gather in Singapore

Cordula Schnuer • 05.11.2022
Liao Xue breaks down the many misconceptions surrounding NFTs and shines a light on the value proposition of the technology. Liao Xue
FINTECH

A marketing problem: tackling NFT misconceptions

Stephen Evans • 04.11.2022
In mid-2020, a journalist's investigation revealed that Boohoo, the leader in ultra-fast fashion, paid its suppliers very poorly and did not protect them against covid. Its stock has plunged from £435 to less than £100 since the beginning of the year. (Photo: Shutterstock)
FINTECH

Luxembourg Stock Exchange bets on Util to combat “Boohoo” scandals

Thierry Labro • 03.11.2022
Franz Fayot, minister for development cooperation and humanitarian affairs, alongside Hello Tractor’s James Goode and representatives from the 15 participating fintechs at this year’s CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa programme.  ericdevillet.com
FINTECH

Nairobi firm wins LHoFT African financial inclusion prize

Duncan Roberts • 03.11.2022
The UK, Sweden, Malta, Luxembourg and Switzerland have the most dynamic fintech ecosystems in Europe, according to the consultancy McKinsey. Photo credit: Per Lööv/Unsplash
FINTECH

Luxembourg had most fintechs founded per capita in Europe last year

Aaron Grunwald • 02.11.2022
How can we make the process of connecting finance professionals more efficient? With a dedicated platform like Fabien Amoretti’s Hubfinance (Photo: Datapunk)
FINTECH

Hubfinance, for finance professionals only

Thierry Labro • 29.10.2022
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