2025-08-19

• Starling Bank agrees to acquire Ember to add digital tax and accounting tools for its small business customers.

  • Sources: starlingbank, finextra

• Circle joins the TRUST and GTR travel rule networks to expand global compliance coverage for digital-asset transfers.

  • Sources: circle

• Circle has acquired Informal’s Consensus engine, a move aimed at enhancing its technological capabilities.

  • Sources: finextra

• N26 co-founder Maximilian Tayenthal has reportedly stepped down from his CEO role following disagreements with investors.

  • Sources: finextra