Sustainability-linked bonds see a drop in issuance – AFME ESG Report
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has released its ESG report for the third quarter of 2024, seeing key developments in the ESG finance space.
Visa and Tangem combine payment card with crypto wallet
Crypto wallet provider Tangem is partnering with Visa on the launch of a payment card that will be integrated with the Swiss firm’s self-custodial hardware wallet.
Harley-Davidson explores $1 billion-plus sale of financing arm
Harley-Davidson Inc. is exploring options for its financing arm including a sale, which could fetch at least $1 billion, according…
Zopa to upskill workforce for GenAI paradigm shift
UK digital bank Zopa has launched a five-year campaign to reskill 100,000 banking workers in AI disciplines by 2030.
HSBC partners Google Cloud to back climate tech firms
HSBC has joined forces with Google Cloud to offer venture debt financing options to climate technology companies.
Stable Sea raises $3.5m for global stablecoin offramping
Stable Sea, a stablecoin liquidity and orchestration company founded by former Block staffers, has emerged from stealth with $3.5 million in funding.
AutoPayPlus rallies behind employee’s project to honor fallen military personnel
Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, AutoPayPlus recapped the tribute one of its employees has done during the past year to honor deceased members of the military. A few years ago, Jedd Price learned that a penny left on a soldier’s … [Read More]
Banks told to expand risk management to cover AI
A report from the US Treasury has called on banks to bolster their risk management frameworks in order to avoid being overwhelmed by AI-powered fraudsters and cybercriminals.
Capital One VP: Synthetic identity fraud up 400% across financial services
LAS VEGAS — Auto loan fraud caused nearly $8 billion in losses last year industrywide, with applications containing synthetic identity…
E-contracted auto loan volume in ABS deals falls 55%
The volume of digitally contracted auto loans in auto asset-backed securitization transactions plummeted in the second quarter as securitization issuance…
CommerzVentures leads €25 million Series B in Tuum
CommerzVentures has led a €25 million Series B financing round in Estonian core banking provider Tuum.
Revolut signs multi-million dollar deal with Google Cloud
Revolut has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Google Cloud to drive global growth.
NextGen Nordics: SVB Nordics operating business as usual
Ahead of NextGen Nordics, which will return to Stockholm on 25 April 2023, Finextra will be publishing a series of ‘sneak peeks’, covering the topics and interviewing the panellists speaking at the event.
Archax and Assetera partner to offer tokenised real-world assets
Digital securities distribution platform Assetera and digital securities exchange Archax have joined forces to offer investors access to tokenised real-world assets – including money-market funds from abrdn – in Europe.
Maybank signs RM1bn digital transformation deal with Microsoft
Malaysia’s largest financial institution Maybank, has agreed a deal with Microsoft that will see the tech firm spearhead the bank’s digital transformation