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European Parliament proposes stricter limits on ESG reporting requirements

The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON Committee) is proposing a dramatic scaling back of sustainability reporting and due diligence obligations,...
Carbon credit platform Riverse raises €5m to scale engineered climate solutions

Carbon credit platform Riverse raises €5m to scale engineered climate solutions

Riverse, a carbon crediting platform focused on engineered climate solutions, has secured €5m in a seed funding round to expand its operations and address the challenges facing the voluntary carbon market.

GIST Impact integrates Global Canopy datasets to strengthen ESG investment analysis

GIST Impact, a leading provider of science-based sustainability data and analytics, has partnered with Global Canopy, a data-driven non-profit organisation focused on transforming market...
Hitachi ZeroCarbon and MUFG partner to remove cost barriers for fleet electrification

Hitachi ZeroCarbon and MUFG partner to remove cost barriers for fleet electrification

Hitachi ZeroCarbon has announced a strategic partnership with global banking group MUFG to accelerate the electrification of commercial vehicle fleets by combining technological innovation with financial strength.
UK carbon credit boom could fuel £1bn in tax and 135,000 green jobs by 2035

UK carbon credit boom could fuel £1bn in tax and 135,000 green jobs by...

The UK’s carbon credit industry has the potential to become a key pillar of the country’s economy, with a new report suggesting it could support 135,000 skilled jobs and generate £1bn in tax revenue by 2035.

Climate tech leader Asuene expands into US market with NZero acquisition

Asuene, a Japan-based climate technology provider, and NZero, a US startup specialising in real-time energy data and emissions tracking, have announced a strategic acquisition...
JP Morgan

Kai-Christian Nerger to lead JP Morgan’s green banking strategy in Europe

JP Morgan has appointed Kai-Christian Nerger as head of green economy banking for Europe, a move that underlines the bank’s commitment to advancing its...
Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets launches new carbon intelligence products to support global decarbonisation

Fastmarkets, a leading price-reporting agency and provider of market intelligence for the metals, forest products and agriculture sectors, has launched a new carbon intelligence...
HKMA

HKMA competition targets sustainable investing and climate risk analytics in finance

The HKMA has officially launched the 2025 Green FinTech Competition, a global initiative aimed at catalysing innovation at the intersection of finance and sustainability.

EU sustainability data at risk under new Omnibus plan, ECB cautions

The European Central Bank (ECB) has issued a sharp warning over the European Commission’s proposed amendments to sustainability reporting laws, raising concerns that removing...

News Stories

Why regulators are betting big on cloud and AI

Why regulators are betting big on cloud and AI

Financial regulators are facing growing pressure to modernise their technology infrastructure as rising data volumes, increasingly complex markets and new regulatory demands test traditional...
Instarc bags €1.25m to crack South Africa's compliance market

Instarc bags €1.25m to crack South Africa’s compliance market

Instarc, a RegTech firm based in Tallinn, has secured a €1.25m strategic investment to accelerate the commercial rollout of its cloud-native compliance platform for...
AI

GenAI threatens investment firms from both sides

Investment firms have long sold trust as their core product, but generative AI is now testing that promise from every angle. According to ComplyAdvantage,...
RegTech

What shaped the RegTech market in the first half of 2026?

There is a useful moment, around the middle of any year, when the noise starts to separate from the signal. For RegTech, the first six...
Bitget Wallet shifts card cashback towards digital assets

Bitget Wallet shifts card cashback towards digital assets

Bitget Wallet, a digital asset wallet and payment card provider, has launched a new rewards scheme that lets cardholders receive up to 3% cashback...

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