Fintech start-up Number26 is the latest entrant into mobile banking services in Europe. Launched earlier this  year, this start-up promises to fix all the oddities of the European banking system. In CEO Valentin Stalf’s words- “We are providing Europe’s most modern current account, bank account,” he told Techcrunch in a

Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea last year, tech companies are blocking transactions in the region, upholding the U.S. sanctions on Crimea. These blocks have been brought about to exert pressure on Russia which is in conflict with Ukraine over Crimea. Both the U.S. and Europe support Ukraine in the conflict.