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Chainalysis and Spanish National Police Dismantle Ponzi scheme that Defrauded 50,000+ Victims

Chainalysis partnered with the Spanish National Police in Operation Bonanza to dismantle an international Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 50,000 victims worldwide. This operation, which reportedly amassed more than $500 million in cryptocurrency, underscores the importance of technology and public-private collaboration in combating illicit financial… Read More

eToro Launches Futures Trading for Investors in Spain with Diverse Contracts

eToro has reportedly launched futures trading for new users residing in Spain, broadening their investment opportunities. This expansion empowers traders to diversify their portfolios and explore a wider array of financial instruments. With futures trading, users can strategically plan their investments using contracts with set… Read More

Spanish Bank Ibercaja Teams Up with Cloud Banking Fintech Mambu

Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud banking platform Mambu announces a partnership with Ibercaja Banco, one of Spain’s financial institutions, to launch a consumer finance entity in early 2025. The partnership underscores Mambu’s expertise in enabling incumbent banks to develop consumer-focused solutions “with speed, agility and innovation… Read More

T3 FCU, Partnership Between Tether, Tron and TRM Labs Says they Helped Spain Freeze $26.4 million in Laundered Funds

The new T3 Financial Crime Unit, or T3 FCU, says it has worked with the Spanish Guardia Civil to help freeze $26.4 million in funds from a money laundering ploy. T3 FCU was created by Tether, Tron, and TRM Labs to pursue crypto crimes. The money laundering… Read More

Spain: Tokeny Announces Partnership with ONYZE, a White Label Digital Wallet

Tokenization enabler Tokeny says it has formed a partnership with ONYZE, a Spain-based Fintech that offers a white-label digital wallet that is regulated. Founded in 2019, ONYZE provides enterprise-level infrastructure for trading digital assets such as crypto, tokenized assets, NFTs, and digital currencies. ONYZE claims… Read More

Securitize Announces Expansion of Operations to Europe with Investment Firm Approval in Spain

Securitize announced it has obtained approval by the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) as an Investment Firm, registering Securitize Europe Brokerage and Markets, S.A. in order to operate as a Sociedad de Valores (broker dealer), providing services for blockchain-based financial assets, including acting as… Read More

Fintech Exec Says Spain Taking Early Lead in Enabling Instant Payments

The European Union approved the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) this past March. The goal is to accelerate the rollout of instant payments in Europe and cover credit transfers denominated in Euros within the EU. Payment Service Providers (PSPs) that enable transfers shall also offer the… Read More

Digital Banking Provider CaixaBank Introduces New Portfolio Construction Service in Spain

CaixaBank Private Banking is launching a new service, “unique” in Spain, that reportedly aims to combine “agility” in portfolio construction with “maximum” personalization in advisory. CaixaBank Private Banking presented its service, Advisory GPS (Global Portfolio Strategy), which is said to bring together agility and efficiency… Read More

Marosa Secures Investment from Aquiline to Enhance VAT Compliance Solutions

Marosa 2024 S.L., a provider of VAT compliance and invoicing solutions, announced it secured a €12 million investment from Aquiline, a private investment firm specializing in financial services and tech. This funding represents Marosa’s “external” capital raise and will help accelerate its growth strategy, expand… Read More

Real Estate Investments: Aventus Home Is Reportedly Providing Investing Opportunities in Spain

Aventus Home is part of Aventus Group’s international business. Aventus Homes’ primary activities reportedly include the following: constructing, selling, and renting luxury villas in one of the most prestigious European places in Spain – Marbella. The value of Aventus Group’s properties in Spain currently is… Read More

Crypto.com Announces Acquisition of Broker-Dealer Watchdog Capital, LLC

Crypto.com announced recently the acquisition of a SEC registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC, Watchdog Capital, LLC. This strategic acquisition should now enable Crypto.com’s new subsidiary to offer equities and equity options (among other things) to “eligible traders in the U.S.” Kris Marszalek,… Read More

Regtech: DEKRA Verifies Entrust’s Onfido ID Verification Solution Meets Sepblac Requirements for Video Identification in Spain

Regulated businesses across Spain that need a Sepblac-compliant identity verification procedure for KYC can achieve this with an “easy” to integrate solution offering a streamlined user experience. Entrust, a firm focused on “trusted” payments, identities, and data security, today announced its Onfido Real Identity Platform… Read More

European Digital Banking Platform CaixaBank Teams Up with Apple to Enhance CX

European digital banking platform CaixaBank consolidates its position in mobile banking and partners with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) to enhance customer experience. CaixaBank closed the first months of the year with 4.4 million customers with cards linked to mobile devices, figures that are “on the rise,” with… Read More

Santander Launches Openbank by Santander

Spanish bank Santander showed up to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange today to celebrate the launch of Openbank by Santander. Openbank is a digital-only bank powered by Santander. The company explains: Openbank, a division of Santander Bank, N.A., combines Santander’s… Read More

Software Platforms, AI, Blockchain are the Technologies on which Spanish Startups Rely to Develop Services – Research Study

The Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem is experiencing significant growth in the adoption and development of advanced technologies, with a particular “focus on software platforms, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics.” This is the key takeaway from the fifth edition of the research study ‘Analysis of a next… Read More

Accenture Announces Acquisition of Spain’s BOSLAN, a Management Services Provider for Digital Infrastructure Projects

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired BOSLAN, a provider of management services for large infrastructure projects, headquartered in Bilbao, Spain. With BOSLAN, Accenture will reinvent “how clients engineer and execute net-zero infrastructure projects.” By applying artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies “to asset lifecycle management,… Read More

Mintos Now Offers Blackrock Money Market Fund in Spain

Mintos continues to roll out the benefit of a higher interest rate for parked cash. Today, Mintos is announcing that Spanish customers may now access a liquid money market fund managed by Blackrock. The Mintos Smart Cash is a money market fund that is described… Read More

Dineo Crédito, a Spanish Microlender Part of Cash Converters Group, Teams Up with Fintech Mambu

Dineo Crédito, Spanish microlender part of the international retail leader Cash Converters group, has entered a partnership with Mambu, the cloud banking platform. The move will see Dineo Crédito migrate from its in-house core system to Mambu, where it plans to “launch innovative lending products… Read More

Tokenization Firm Brickken Joins European Blockchain and DLT Regulatory Sandbox

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European Blockchain Sandbox Brickken, a Barcelona-based startup that tokenizes real-world assets, has been selected to participate in the European Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Regulatory Sandbox. This regulatory sandbox will provide legal certainty for decentralized technological solutions, including blockchain, by identifying deployment obstacles from… Read More

World ID Holders in Spain Reportedly Support Worldcoin Return

A survey of more than 21,000 people in Spain, the “first of its kind” to give a voice to Worldcoin users, shows just how “important” digital proof of humanness has “become in the country—and the extent to which people recognize the value provided by World… Read More

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