With government on the sidelines, industry thinks mounting abuses can be tackled in-house

Tencent and Alibaba to challenge Hong Kong banks with digital banking licences

Whistleblowers claim unit of German payments group was not audited

Institutions are investing in a bid to reach ‘unbanked’ groups in Africa and the Middle East

Fintech aims to tackle a fragmented farming sector and help solve bigger economic problems

A distrust of banks is slowing efforts in some countries to bring digital banking to the masses

Chief executive says fintech group’s culture is changing as it tries to become global bank

Rate declines as borrower hits range of targets in bid to foster innovation

Tencent and Ant Financial unexpectedly not part of ‘milestone’ to boost innovation

Fast-growing fintech hires Standard Life Aberdeen co-CEO Martin Gilbert as an adviser

JPMorgan launches a challenger to Affirm, the US consumer finance start-up

How young people are piling their savings into start-ups in search of business ‘unicorns’

Digital banking licences set to be issued to 6 companies including Tencent, Ant Financial and Xiaomi

Vilnius politicians worry about country’s push to challenge UK as financial innovation hub

Recipients for a £775m fund to encourage competition prove hard to find

BaFin cites ‘serious threat to market confidence’ following collapse in stock price

Digital payments start-up GoCardless aims to boost operations in Europe and the US

Bank’s fundraising follows similar moves by expanding rivals N26 and Monzo