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Bulgaria

Report: Crypto Lender Nexo Raided in Money Laundering Probe
Report: Crypto Lender Nexo Raided in Money Laundering Probe
January 12, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Bulgarian police have reportedly raided cryptocurrency lender Nexo in a money laundering and tax probe. Authorities are looking into Nexo on suspicion of money laundering,...

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FinTechs Attract 20% of All VC Investment in Bulgaria
FinTechs Attract 20% of All VC Investment in Bulgaria
December 29, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

Bulgarian FinTech firms have attracted nearly $6 million in investment this year. In fact, while the country’s FinTech industry may be young, with each passing...

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Payhawk Becomes Bulgaria’s First Unicorn After $100M Round
Payhawk Becomes Bulgaria’s First Unicorn After $100M Round
March 01, 2022  |  Investments

Payments and expense platform Payhawk raised an additional $100 million at a valuation of $1 billion, in an extended Series B funding round led by...

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Bulgarian Fibank Joins SWIFT gpi
Bulgarian Fibank Joins SWIFT gpi
October 07, 2019  |  Faster Payments

First Investment Bank (Fibank) is the first Bulgarian bank to offer the SWIFT Global Payment Initiative (gpi), according to a press release. SWIFT gpi provides...

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Bulgaria Tax Agency To Appeal $3M Fine For Data Breach
Bulgaria Tax Agency To Appeal $3M Fine For Data Breach
August 29, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The National Revenue Agency (NRA) in Bulgaria was fined 5.1 million levs ($2.9 million) by the country’s data-protection agency over a data breach that compromised...

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Data Dive, Breaches And Security Blips Edition: KeyBank, Microsoft And Bulgaria 
Data Dive, Breaches And Security Blips Edition: KeyBank, Microsoft And Bulgaria 
July 22, 2019  |  Data Dive

As temperatures nationwide heated up, the world of payments and commerce followed suit.  Between the commerce explosion that was the celebration of Prime Day and...

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Bulgarian Cyberattack Swipes Millions Of Taxpayers’ Data
Bulgarian Cyberattack Swipes Millions Of Taxpayers’ Data
July 16, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The finance minister in Bulgaria admitted that a hacker stole millions of people’s data, and that almost every taxpaying adult in the country was affected,...

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