Japan Mizuho Bank has teamed up with Amazon and Facebook to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) and chat bot interfaces.

London-based money transfer service FC Exchange is being acquired by Global Reach Partners (GRP) in an undisclosed deal.

Touzhijia.com, a Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform, has raised $12m in a Series A round from US VC-firm CDF Capital.

Online lender SoFi (Social Finance) is settling a class-action lawsuit by paying a $2.4m fine.

Dutch multinational bank ING is taking on four new external startups and two internal projects for its latest accelerator programme.

France is receiving a new bitcoin ATM with GrupoBTC France, a subsidiary of ATM Bitcoin Exchange, installing the machine in the southern city of Montpellier.

DriveWealth, a New Jersey startup providing retail investors and ordinary consumers with access to the US stock market, is expanding its APIs to cater to investment advisors.

Taiwan’s banks are taking another step towards creating a cashless society and partnering with mobile payments provider Mozido to adopt its HCE technology.