Ex-chancellor Osborne joins Coinbase as advisor
Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has joined the advisory council of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
HSBC launches trade finance API
HSBC has launched a trade finance API that lets partner financial institutions and their clients see the status of their bank guarantees in real time from their own platforms.
Pay.com.au raises $53 million for expansion into the US
Australian payments and rewards platform pay.com.au, has finalised a $53 million capital investment to fund an expansion into the US.
Lenders name four underwriting focus areas in 2026
Auto lenders are eyeing data use, improved decisioning, falling interest rates and strategic growth headed into 2026 on the heels…
Sibos head Jaime Lee confirms 2024 Beijing event will go full steam ahead
Jaime Lee took to the stage at Sibos 2023 in Toronto, Canada for a private session with exhibitors to explore the potential for a successful event in Beijing, China next year.
Stablecoin de-pegging to be probed by Ripple, Warwick Business School’s Gillmore Centre
The research is funded by the University of California, Berkeley’s Centre for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence, and will involve collaboration between Warwick’s own Dr Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj, Ripple Research, and the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), the $50 million research division of Ripple.
Financial management platform for multi-entity businesses raises £5m
Translucent, a London-based accounting and financial management platform for multi-entity businesses, has raised £5 million in a seed round co-led by Chalfen Ventures and LocalGlobe.
US justice department disbands crypto fraud team
The US Department of Justice is disbanding its national cryptocurrency enforcement team.
U.K., Australian lawmakers crack down on dealer markups (Under the Hood)
Dealer markups are taking center stage in several lawsuits that could alter the auto finance landscape overseas. The U.K. Court…
Lower ABS volume drives auto finance industry dip (Big Wheels)
Lower auto asset-backed securitization issuance contributed to a dip in the auto finance industry’s overall performance in April, offset in…
CommBank to create hundreds of tech jobs at new Melbourne hub
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has opened a technology hub in Melbourne that will house more than 400 software developers, cloud engineers and cyber specialists.
IPC launches app development partner programme
IPC Systems has unveiled a vendor and customer app development partner programme for its Unigy trading communications platform.
As Fed ponders rate cuts, Bain/Dynata research shows some consumers might be ‘battening down the hatches’
Just ahead of the Federal Reserve chair making some of his most important public comments of the year on Friday, the latest results of the Bain & Company/Dynata Consumer Health Indexes (CHI) indicated a souring mood among U.S. consumers is … [Read More]
EPAA calls for industry-wide preparation for quantum threats in new report
The Emerging Payments Association of Asia (EPAA) has released a report on how quantum computing will exacerbate the payments fraud landscape, and what financial institutions need to be doing to prepare before quantum slips into the mainstream.
Payroc agrees to buy BlueSnap
North American merchant acquirer and payment technology provider Payroc has agreed to acquire payment orchestration and AR automation platform BlueSnap. Financial terms were not disclosed.