July 5, 2025

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Monzo banking app down as customers report payment problems

Monzo customers reported problems with the bank app earlier Monzo customers reported issues with its banking app earlier today (stock image) (Image: Shannon Fagan/Getty Images) Monzo customers reported problems with its banking app earlier today, with payments unable to be sent or received by the online banking feature. It is believed the issues began around

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Synthetic risk transfer market prompts alarm from EU banking watchdog

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the European banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Europe’s top banking regulator has raised concerns about the “circles of risk” being created by banks providing financing to investors that are taking on credit risk from other lenders. The European Banking Authority said in

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Keep mute on BoG layoffs, thousands lost jobs during clean-up exercise

Political commentator, Solomon Owusu Political commentator, Solomon Owusu, has tongue-lashed the Minority in Parliament for speaking on the termination of contracts of about 100 employees at the Bank of Ghana. According to him, the NPP government undertook a banking sector clean-up exercise in 2017 which led to several job loses. Citing Nduom’s Bank as an

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DXC and Thought Machine Launch Joint Solution to Accelerate Banking Modernization

ASHBURN, Va., June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, and Thought Machine, a leading provider of cloud-native banking technology, today announced a joint solution to accelerate digital transformation for small and midsize banks. The collaboration combines DXC’s deep industry expertise and full-service management with Thought

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Banking sector earnings outlook constructive

PETALING JAYA: Amid macroeconomic uncertainties, the earnings outlook for the banking sector remains resilient this year. TA Research, in a report, said the domestic banking sector’s earnings are constructive. The sector’s earnings are projected to expand by 4.6% to RM37.3bil, underpinned by sound fundamentals and continued operational resilience, it noted. The research house said loan

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Fifth Third names new legal chief, commercial banking head

Dive Brief: Susan Zaunbrecher, Fifth Third’s head of legal, government, and regulatory affairs, will retire, the bank said Wednesday, as it announced several other executive changes. Christian Gonzalez will join the lender as executive vice president and chief legal officer, effective July 7. Kevin Lavender, head of Fifth Third’s commercial bank, will become its vice

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US targets Mexico’s banking system in its fight against fentanyl trafficking | International

The United States has issued a new warning to Mexico over money laundering tied to drug trafficking. This time, the focus is on two banks— CIBanco and Intercam — and the brokerage firm Vector. They are accused of being involved for years in laundering money for criminal organizations and facilitating payments in Asia for the

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Harnessing the power of AI to supercharge African banking

Banking and tech experts gath- ered at the ENGAGE Dubai event to explore how banks can apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to take banking to the next generation in terms of modernisation, cus-tomer experiences and inclusivity. Banks around the world are actively leveraging AI to enhance customer-facing chatbots, prevent fraud, and streamline processes like regulatory reporting

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Mahindra Manulife MF launches sectoral fund focused on banking and financial services

Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund has launched the Mahindra Manulife Banking and Financial Services Fund, an open-ended equity scheme that will invest in companies operating in the banking and financial services sector. The New Fund Offer (NFO) will open on June 27 and close on July 11. The scheme will reopen for continuous sale and repurchase

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HDFC Bank shares hit 52-week high on ₹22 dividend and banking sector rally

The scrip opened firm and quickly gained ground, touching an intraday high of ₹1,996.90 by 10:48 am, before showing some consolidation. The bank’s market capitalisation also saw a healthy rise as investors reacted positively to recent developments. A key driver behind the stock’s rise is the initial public offering of HDB Financial Services, a non-banking

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