PayPal Ventures and Coinbase Ventures have invested in Mesh, bringing the crypto payments network’s total funding to more than $130 million.

London Stock Exchange Group is unifying its global finance operations on Oracle Cloud, replacing a host of legacy systems with the vendor’s applications.

In the keynote and Q&A session, ‘What is the role of AI in sustainable finance as we consider the role of satellite based geospatial data in city design?’, speaker Donna Lyndsay, strategic market lead environment and sustainability at Ordnance Survey, explored the use of data analytics and geospatial technology in green urban planning.

Romanian digital bank Salt has gone live on Starling’s SaaS platform Engine, onboarding 100,000 customers in its first two weeks.

Norwegian business-to-business payments firm Two has raised €18 million in a Series A fundng round led by Shine Capital and Antler.

BNY Mellon has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft to offer its buy and sell side clients a cloud-based data and analytics platform.

Visa’s European arm has established a sustainability solutions team as part of its commitment to make payments greener.

Canadian digital wealth platform Wealthsimple is the latest fintech to trim its workforce, blaming “market volatility” for the decision to lay off 13% of its staff.

The volume of data has exploded, and it is becoming increasingly important for financial institutions (FIs) to manage and derive value from their data. However, harnessing data is not a simple task and an increasing number of organisations are leveraging cloud to unlock new value.

Wafi, a startup founded by former Plaid product lead Victor Umunze, has launched its payment processing platform for e-commerce businesses.

The Attorneys general of seven US states have launched an inquiry into the buy now, pay later sector, citing concerns that the products may expose Americans to unclear terms, hidden fees, and debt traps.

Finastra has teamed up with sustainable forestry company EcoTree to provide banks with a means to remove the carbon footprint associated with both the running and implementation of its technology.

NatWest is teaming up with Spotify to launch a carbon neutral podcast series focused on climate champions from the UK business community.

Banco Santander is to stop bank transfers for Facebook Marketplace payments in cases where a customer has not seen the item in person.