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For the time being, the year 2024 will remain contradictory in the financial sector. While some great expectations, such as the approval of crypto ETFs by the U.S. SEC, have materialized and the financial results of leading fintech companies are positive, shrinkage and layoffs continue. As in the case of Swiss banking giant UBS. According to Financial News, there will soon be a noticeable reduction in staff.

The WSJ reports that Deutsche Bank has reached a settlement of $75 million in a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing...

After the collapse and bail out of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the U.S. banking market is not settling. U.S. regulators have requested that banks submit their best takeover offers for First Republic by Sunday afternoon. The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has reportedly asked six banks to bid for the embattled lender. Shares in First Republic plunged from $122.50 on March 1 to around $3 a share last Friday.

Recently, Charlie Javice was arrested in New York and charged with fraud. She is the founder and former CEO of fintech Frank, which JP Morgan bought for $175 million. She allegedly misled JP Morgan about the true state of the company. In 2018, ING acquired Payvision, founded by Rudolf Booker, at a valuation of €360 million. ING expected Payvision to be a different company. The fintech made most of its revenue from merchants in the porn and gambling sectors - and with scammers.

In 2021, the U.S. banking giant JP Morgan paid $175 million for Frank, a student loan assistance fintech startup founded by former CEO Charlie Javice in 2016 (report here). JP Morgen launched a lawsuit against its founder Javice, alleging she had created 4.25 million users to inflate the value of the business. Now, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Javice with fraud. She fooled the wrong people and was was arrested last night.

In the U.S., the banking giant JP Morgan paid $175 million for Frank, a fintech startup founded by former CEO Charlie Javice in 2016. Frank offers software to improve the student loan application process for young Americans seeking financial aid. Now, JP Morgan is suing the 30-year-old founder and the startup's former Chief Growth Officer, Olivier Amar for allegedly lying about its scale and success by creating an enormous list of fake users to entice the financial giant to buy it.

Just recently, the US lawyer Stephan PALLY reported on the court case regarding the US-based crypto-startup GLADIUS NETWORK and...