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QED, Nik Storonsky’s QuantumLight invest $80m into Turkish fintech Midas
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By Tom Matsuda - N26 cofounder Valentin Stalf steps down as CEO following investor bust-upDigital banksNews
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By Miriam Partington - Starling plots SME accounting play with Ember acquisitionFintechNews
August 19, 2025
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August 16, 2025
Check Warner: ‘This is the worst time to go backwards’
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By Anne SradersPro - ‘The biggest lab we see in the world for defence’: How Darkstar’s bootcamps give founders live battlefield testing in UkraineDefence techProfile
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