ESG FinTech

EBA

EBA aligns Pillar 3 framework with EU green agenda

The European Banking Authority (EBA), the EU's banking regulatory body, has published final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) that overhaul its Pillar 3 disclosure...
MSCI

MSCI acquires First Street to sharpen climate risk edge

MSCI has acquired First Street, a physics-based climate risk data and analytics specialist, in a move designed to deepen its physical climate risk offering...
Copecto

Sustainability drives bank switching, Copecto research finds

A third of UK consumers would consider switching their bank to access a wooden payment card, according to new research by Copecto, a sustainable...
How Ortec Finance helped PKZH measure ESG impact

How Ortec Finance helped PKZH measure ESG impact

Swiss pension fund PKZH, which manages CHF23.9bn in assets on behalf of more than 60,000 members, turned to Ortec Finance to gain a clearer...
What the FCA's focus on ESG ratings means for the sector

What the FCA’s focus on ESG ratings means for the sector

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s financial regulator, recently announced its plans to regulate ESG ratings, with the aim to make them more...
Climate risk and CMAs: What investors need to know

Climate risk and CMAs: What investors need to know

A growing number of institutional investors are grappling with how to fold climate change into their capital market assumptions (CMAs), but consensus on the...
ZestyAI's ZORRO Discover powers NRDC climate research

NRDC taps ZestyAI to analyse climate insurance risk

ZestyAI, an AI-driven property risk intelligence company, has revealed that the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), one of the United States' foremost environmental advocacy...

Why CLO ETFs are reshaping fixed income investing

Global ETF assets climbed to $21.24 trillion by February 2026, up 7% year-to-date, as investors continue pouring capital into both traditional and alternative strategies,...
Korea

Bank of Korea called to adopt green monetary policies

Positive Money, a UK-based advocacy group, and the Institute for Green Transformation, a South Korean thinktank, have jointly called on the Bank of Korea...
How to use financed emissions in low-data environments

How to use financed emissions in low-data environments

Financial institutions are increasingly exposed to climate risk not through their own operations, but through the companies and projects they fund. This indirect exposure,...

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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