Finextra and the Euro Banking Association are inviting startups from across the world to apply to join the 2024 Fintech Zone at EBAday 2024 in Lisbon.

Over four million Square merchants can now accept bitcoin payments at the point-of-sale, marking a major mainstream use case for the cryptocurrency.

More than seven in 10 UK adults have been targeted by scams in the last 12 months, receiving an average of three scam attempts each week, according to data from NatWest.

Lloyds Bank-owned insurance, pensions and investments firm Scottish Widows has commenced a six-month pilot trial of AI across its marketing and compliance functions.

Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technology; it’s a credit risk. That’s the message from Moody’s Ratings in its latest update to the AI Corporate Heatmap, which assesses the impact of AI advances on corporate creditworthiness through 2030.

Investment manager Abrdn is to acquire the digital wealth management arm of fintech Nucoro for an undisclosed sum.

French neobank Qonto has applied for a banking licence after reaching 600,000 customers across Europe.

Swiss wealth management fintech WealthArc is looking to strengthen its overseas growth after securing more than $4 million in funding.

Payments giant Stripe has struck a deal to acquire US-based usage-billing platform Metronome. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Kicking off Sustainable Finance.Live 2025 in London, event host and founder of ResponsibleRisk, Richard Peers, outlined the objectives of the event this year and the theme of resilient infrastructure.