A new digital financial services provider, called Ethos, has launched in the UK to offer Shariah-compliant services to Muslims.

An increasing number of financial institutions are reconstructing the structure of their internal risk cycles and ESG reporting to align with ILAAP and ICAAP guidelines. Looking at the future of risk reporting in finance, head of model risk governance at Metro Bank, Suresh Sankaran discussed ESG data and risk in his Keynote: What is the role of risk in greening finance and financing green?

Microsoft has struck a ten-year tranformational deal with the London Stock Exchange (LSEG) to deliver cloud, data analytics and workspace products across the exchange operator’s entire technology architecture.

NatWest is to embed a free carbon footprint tracker within its mobile banking app to help customers reduce the climate impact of their spending.

Flex, a fintech that helps business owners automate their back offices, has acquired Maza a fintech app aimed at Spanish-speakers in a $40 million deal.

Based in Central Asia, digital banking provider TBC Uzbekistan is a subsidiary of London-listed TBC Bank Group.

Digital wealth manager Nutmeg has announced that it has surpassed £3 billion in assets under management following a record 72% year-on-year growth.

Moderating her second panel of the day – Fraud prevention and AML: the need for behavioural biometrics in this instant age – Finextra’s senior reporter Niamh Curran spoke to Megan Heald, senior project manager at NICE Actimize, John Sam-Kubam, senior vice president at Crown Agents Bank, Beju Shah, head of Nordic centre at the Bank of International Settlements, and Robert Woods, director international market planning and financial services SME at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions.