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Banking Circle Secures Luxembourg Crypto Licence, Launches Stablecoin Settlement

Banking Circle has launched stablecoin settlement services after securing a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) licence from Luxembourg’s financial regulator. The licence, granted...

APRA consults on more efficient and transparent bank licensing framework

On 13 May 2026, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released for consultation a new draft licensing framework for locally-incorporated Authorised Deposit-taking I...

Paytm Payments Bank license revocation: Fate of 66K BCs in a limbo

RBI cited the Bank’s non-compliance with various Banking Regulation Act provisions for its action

Fintech Acquires National Bank Charter Through $130 Million Deal

Fintechs that have spent years renting balance sheets from partner banks just got a new playbook. On April 29, an online installment lender announced that it had agreed to acquire...

Banca Sella crypto services win Italy approval under MiCA

Banca Sella crypto services gain Bank of Italy approval under MiCA, with custody and transfer tools planned for institutions by 2026. Banca Sella crypto services are moving closer...

Investec applies for Ireland banking permit – report

Lorum files for US national bank charter

Lorum, a correspondent institution serving financial institutions has applied for national bank charter in the US in a move that the firm claims would pave the way for it to "retur...

Unconstrained Banking (Stanley Epstein)

Introduction: The End of the Old Limits For most of modern history, banking resembled a carefully en...

Mal receives in-principle approval for bank licence from CBUAE

Bunq Files for Mexican Banking License, Trailing Revolut and Nubank Into the Local Market

Dutch neobank Bunq has applied for a banking license in Mexico, the company said, opening a third regulatory front for the digital lender after a fresh US application earlier this...

Luxembourg-licensed Banking Circle expands into fiat-to-stablecoin settlement

Banking Circle has rolled out institutional stablecoin settlement services after securing regulatory approval in Luxembourg. According to a Monday announcement from the Luxembourg-...

HSBC granted Hong Kong stablecoin issuer licence

HSBC has been granted a stablecoin issuer licence by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).

HKMA Launches Digital Licensing Platform for Senior Banking Appointments

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched a Digital Licensing Platform to process senior management appointments for authorised institutions, according to an official ci...

Mastercard unit receives New York BitLicense approval

RBI allows NBFCs, including gold loan companies, to open branches without prior approval

This move is to facilitate ease of doing business while ensuring necessary regulatory compliance, going by the Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Branch Autho...

RBI allows NBFCs, including gold loan companies, to open branches without prior approval

This move is to facilitate ease of doing business while ensuring necessary regulatory compliance, going by the Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Branch Autho...

Celsion Bank Begins Operations, Combining Digital Assets and Traditional Banking

Celsion Bank has started its operations under a license from the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA) and with authorisation under MiCAR. This enables the bank to provide...

Maryland moves to open mortgage loan originator sponsorship to non-bank lenders

Banks lost their lock on a niche Maryland license. The catch? Sponsors now wear the liability

Mercury nabs conditional OCC charter

The fintech has received conditional approval four months after it applied for a national bank charter, when it named a SoFi alum as CEO of the proposed Mercury Bank.

Currensea to expand across Europe

UK co-branded debit card platform Currensea is to expand across Europe after the award of a Payments Institution Licence from the Dutch central bank.

Coinbase receives conditional approval for US trust charter

Chief legal officer Paul Grewal announced the approval on Thursday, thanking OCC head Jonathan Gould, who took office less than a year ago.The US Office of the Comptroller of the C...

Central Bank to launch Gift city branch next month: MD

The bank has received regulatory approvals from the Reserve Bank of India and the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to set up an IBU

BSP eases bank credit risk transfer deal rules

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is now allowing guarantees issued between a bank’s head office and its branches or between branches located in different jurisdictions to be u...

Green light given for banks to collectively negotiate with Armourguard operator

Commerce Commission authorises the NZ Banking Association to collectively negotiate with Evergreen International LLC over its cash-in-transit services.