A bill banning retailers from refusing to accept cash payments has passed both houses of the New York State Legislature.

BNPL giant Klarna says it is fast approching $1 million in revenue per employee, spearheaded by its aggressive uptake of AI.

UK-based fintechs Wise and Revolut are both doubling down in India, with the former building a hub in Hyderabad that will employ hundreds of new and the latter securing a license to issue prepaid cards and wallets in the country.

Monzo has rolled out an in-app ‘status call’ feature that helps customers discern whether they’re being called by a genuine bank staffer or a fraudster running an impersonation scam.

Stablecoin platform Rain has raised $58 million in a Series B funding round led by Sapphire Ventures.

Founded by the former CISO of Bank Leumi, Israeli web3 security company SphereX has raised $8.2 million in seed funding for its technology designed to prevent crypto hacks.

Following the 2022 Biodiversity Conference of Parties, the world has been trying to follow the ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework agreement. Recently, they reconvened for the COP16 event in Cali where the focus was on further agreements, resources and plans to ensure the GBF’s success by 2030. At the event, there were some successes and some pitfalls.

A UN-backed biodiversity module has been launched to help financial institutions explore the extent to which their portfolios indirectly drives species extinction risk and impact ecological integrity.