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Noah secures EU licences to expand digital asset payments

Noah secures EU licences to expand digital asset payments

Noah, a stablecoin payments infrastructure provider, has secured regulatory approval to offer digital asset payment services across the European Union after obtaining a Markets...
Varo Bank expands fee-free cash access through Kroger partnership

Varo Bank expands fee-free cash access through Kroger partnership

US digital bank Varo Bank is expanding access to cash-based digital banking by making fee-free deposits permanent at more than 2,000 Kroger Family of...
FinCEN clarifies use of mobile driver’s licences in bank onboarding

FinCEN clarifies use of mobile driver’s licences in bank onboarding

US banks and credit unions can now use qualifying mobile driver’s licences (mDLs) to verify new customers under clarified federal guidance, but integrating the...
Why 2026's heatwave is a portfolio risk investors can't ignore

Why 2026’s heatwave is a portfolio risk investors can’t ignore

The summer of 2026 is set to go down as one of the most severe heat events Europe has ever endured. According to new...
Why falling portfolio carbon figures may be misleading

Why falling portfolio carbon figures may be misleading

Portfolio carbon metrics are now central to investment decisions, climate risk management and regulatory reporting. However, new research from LSEG Data & Analytics suggests...
HSBC selects Nasdaq Calypso to unify derivatives clearing

HSBC selects Nasdaq Calypso to unify derivatives clearing

HSBC has selected Nasdaq Calypso for exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) clearing operations, expanding its use of the capital markets technology platform as financial institutions look...
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Why ocean decline is now a financial stability concern

The United Nations Global Compact has joined the UNEP FI-hosted Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative and WWF's Greening Financial Regulation Initiative (WWF GFRI) to...
Revolut targets Swiss banking licence with CHF150m investment

Revolut targets Swiss banking licence with CHF150m investment

Revolut, the global financial services company serving more than 80 million customers, has applied for a banking licence from Switzerland's Financial Market Supervisory Authority...
Lumin Digital moves to end password-based bank sharing

Lumin Digital moves to end password-based bank sharing

Lumin Digital, the digital banking platform for banks and credit unions, has partnered with MX Technologies to let users of partner institutions connect their...
Banks close the AI trust gap to unlock real returns

Banks close the AI trust gap to unlock real returns

Adoption was never going to be the hard part. Most banks have already brought AI into the building. The harder question, and the one...

News Stories

Over $600m was raised across 14 deals this week

It was another slow week for FinTech deals as the end of 2026 edges closer.  A total of $602m was raised across 14 FinTech deals...
KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

Compliance teams facing growing pressure to uncover who really sits behind a corporate client now have another tool at their disposal. According to KYCP,...
Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Financial institutions are processing regulatory change at a much faster pace than a year ago, but their belief that this work is actually effective...

Zing365: Insurance broking must map out career paths

Zing365, an InsurTech-focused learning and development specialist, has called on insurance brokers to set out defined career routes, organised training and mentoring if they...
Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard, a payments firm that lets AI agents make purchases using their users’ own cards, has closed an $8m seed funding round to help...

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