The European Central Bank (ECB) says it has concluded its climate and nature plan for 2024-2025, further embedding climate and nature-related risks into the institution’s day-to-day work as it refines how those risks feed into policy, supervision and internal operations. Over the past two years, the ECB has sharpened its approach to assessing climate and nature-related risks and the ways...

Corgi Insurance, a licensed InsurTech carrier specialising in tech companies, has launched a new Startup Program, designed to simplify and speed up insurance for early-stage businesses. The program provides instant online quoting for essential commercial lines that startups often need for fundraising, hiring, and enterprise contracts. Coverage options include Directors and Officers (D&O), Cyber, Technology Errors and Omissions (Tech E&O), Employment...

Wrisk, a digital insurance platform specialising in embedded insurance for the automotive sector, has secured a strategic investment from Allianz as part of its recently announced Series B funding round. The Series B round was led by Alma Mundi Ventures and Opera Tech Ventures, with Allianz joining as a new strategic investor, though the company did not disclose the funding...

The pace of regulatory change shows no sign of slowing. Regulators around the world continue to refine and tighten rules to prevent market abuse, protect consumers and minimise the risk of another major crash. While satisfying the obligations of new regulation can seem like a constraint on the business, it can also work in quite the opposite way. It can...

Norm Ai has launched a DDQ & RFP Completion solution to help firms answer investor questionnaires faster while keeping responses accurate, traceable, and consistent across teams. The company said legal and compliance expertise is often hard to scale because key knowledge sits with a small number of specialists and is spread across documents, business units, and historic submissions. The new product...

Monzo, the digital bank with more than 800,000 business customers, has published new research highlighting the scale of tax and accounting costs for British small businesses while unveiling a new free tax tool designed to support upcoming Making Tax Digital changes. According to Monzo’s findings, UK small businesses collectively invest close to £5bn (£4.8bn) each year in tax and accounting...

SimCorp, a global FinTech provider to the investment management industry, has revealed that a significant majority of buy-side firms are now actively using artificial intelligence to support front-office activities. According to the company’s newly released 2026 InvestOps Report, 70% of buy-side firms are successfully employing AI within their front office. This represents a substantial increase compared to the same study...

Ecommpay, an inclusive global payments platform, has partnered with NORBr, an infrastructure-as-a-service provider, to give NORBr partners instant access to Ecommpay’s full-stack acquiring and orchestration ecosystem, strengthening their ability to expand into global markets. The collaboration combines NORBr’s payment infrastructure with Ecommpay’s smart acquiring capabilities, delivering a fast and powerful solution designed for merchants, Payment Facilitators (PayFacs), Independent Software Vendors...

Revolut, a global financial services company, has announced a new strategic pillar for Revolut Pay, its one-tap checkout solution, as it looks to support frictionless payments across the emerging landscape of agentic commerce in the UK and European Economic Area (EEA). At the centre of the strategy is Revolut Pay becoming one of the first EU payment methods compatible with...

Pay.UK, the owner and operator of the Current Account Switch Service, has commissioned new research revealing that Gen Z in the UK are more likely to judge a ‘good bank’ by everyday rewards and digital convenience than by traditional interest rates. The study surveyed 1,004 UK adults aged between 16 and 28 and found that nearly three-quarters (72%) of Gen...