**MFSA Review Finds Gaps in Payment Accounts Offered by Financial Institutions** In a small island nation where cash is still king at village festas and where your local barber greets you by name, the way we pay for things carries more cultural weight than most tourists realise. That’s why the Malta Financial Services Authority’s latest…
**Spanish fintech giant Creditas swallows Malta’s MeDirect in quiet Sunday deal** Sliema’s seafront was still yawning itself awake on Sunday when the WhatsApp messages began to ping: MeDirect, the Maltese online bank that has graced local headlines since 2008, is being bought by Spain’s Creditas. By the time the kettle had boiled in Mosta and…
Bank of Valletta’s new correspondent tie-up with America’s oldest bank is being hailed in Malta as more than a routine boardroom handshake: it is a vote of confidence in the island’s post-grey-list financial system and, indirectly, in every family-run export firm, iGaming start-up and pensioner who wires university fees to a child in London. The…
HSBC Bank Malta hits 18-month low: what it means for your Sunday kafè plans By a Hot Malta correspondent The red-and-white HSBC lion that guards the bank’s flagship Qormi branch looked a touch less regal this week. Shares of HSBC Bank Malta closed on Wednesday at €0.73, their lowest level since December 2022, wiping roughly…
