July 2023

Challenger bank N26 finally adds French IBANs

July 7, 2023

After obtaining its banking license in 2016, fintech startup N26 started offering bank accounts to anyone in the Eurozone. But because of the German banking license, clients received a German International Bank Account Number (IBAN) that started with the letters DE. That shouldn’t be an issue as Germany is part of the Single Euro Payments […]

Challenger bank N26 finally adds French IBANs by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

SVB’s collapse drove 26K customers to Mercury in 4 months

July 7, 2023

When Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in March, a flurry of startups rushed to step in to help fill a gap in the startup and venture capital community. One of those startups, Mercury, in particular found itself in the position of trying to meet a sudden surge of demand amidst the panic. “The craziest time was […]

SVB’s collapse drove 26K customers to Mercury in 4 months by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Bangladesh government website leaks citizens’ personal data

July 7, 2023

A Bangladeshi government website leaked the personal information of citizens, including full names, phone numbers, email addresses, and national ID numbers. Viktor Markopoulos, a researcher who works for Bitcrack Cyber Security, said he accidentally discovered the leak on June 27, and shortly after contacted the Bangladeshi e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (CERT). He said the […]

Bangladesh government website leaks citizens’ personal data by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch