FinTech News

A consortium of investors, representing over $1tn in assets under management, has addressed the IFRS Foundation's ISSB.

Visa is set to use the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar to introduce face payments technology and instantly-issued prepaid cards with animated art.

The EFRAG and the GRI, a leading international organisation in sustainability reporting, have recently fortified their partnership.

While the use of KYC techniques has been commonplace in financial services for many years, the concept of pKYC is changing the industry.

UP Group affiliate C.D Holding Internationale SAS has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in employee payments platform givve.

UK regulators have given the provisional nod for NortonLifeLock to purchase Avast in an $8bn deal.  

Arctic Intelligence has released its 2022 AML Insights Survey with the aim of gathering data from financial crime risk and compliance professionals worldwide.

Banking as a Service (BaaS) has been celebrated as a significant catalyst within the European FinTech industry, driving its influence on a global scale. Napier AI, which offers a financial crime compliance solution, recently explored why a risk-based compliance approach is vital for BaaS. 

Personal finance platform Emma Technologies has closed a £420,000 round of funding round led by Kima Ventures and Aglaè Ventures.

baraka, a Middle East-located platform for commission-free investing, has closed a $20m Series A round led by Valar Ventures.