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Monzo Bank has partnered with Coventry City Football Club to become the club’s front-of-shirt sponsor ahead of the 2024/25 season. https://lnkd.in/eKgXkck7

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled AWS App Studio, a generative AI-powered service designed to create enterprise-grade applications using natural language. https://lnkd.in/eCTuwhYH

The Danish capital city of Copenhagen will host a meeting of national security agencies and the country’s gambling regulator, covering money-laundering. https://lnkd.in/e_YN3JVe

Apple's commitments to offer access to its contactless payments technology have been made binding under EU law. https://lnkd.in/ePYMCsGy

Alerijs Sicovs, Chief Business Development Officer at Noda, highlights the significant role Open Banking can play in enhancing betting and gaming firm's KYC responsibilities. https://lnkd.in/edrrqN_s

Payment Expert’s ID Check: Payments Professionals offers insight from industry leaders and experts on how they got their start in the financial industry, from their early years in education, to how they have been able to climb the corporate ladder. This week, Lucy Griffin, Director of Analytics at anti-fraud platform Featurespace, reveals how her time rowing at Cambridge built a relentless foundation for resilience, her first foray into the world of payments and why it is vital to understand there are good solutions to the problems you don’t yet fully understand. https://lnkd.in/evBe_eic

Up to nine UK celebrities and influencers are set to face trial after pleading not guilty to promoting unauthorised foreign exchange schemes on social media. Last May, the FCA charged the nine individuals for promoting unauthorised foreign exchange trading schemes on social media. https://lnkd.in/eyrXzSJS

The UK's card payments network suffered a major outage affecting various household name retailers. “This morning’s outage has created major disruption for shoppers, in scenes that have become all too familiar across the country," says Hicham Mabchour, VP UK at software developer Dynatrace. https://lnkd.in/epb-tjX3

Artificial Intelligence roles are being filled across the banking sector as companies look to build up their pool of tech talent. Alexandra Mousavizadeh, CEO of Evident, says: “After a brutal wave of layoffs, AI investment is viewed by the banks as the panacea that will allow them to bring about the needed productivity gains from their remaining workforce." https://lnkd.in/eBVaAFCY

Innovate Finance has mapped out its ideal fintech vision for the newly elected UK government of the The Labour Party. https://lnkd.in/dcv5UfpN