Fidelity International has picked technology from Finbourne to drive its data strategy in a deal that also sees the asset manager make a strategic investment in the London-based startup.

UK RegTechs FundApps and SteelEye have merged to create a unified platform combining surveillance, monitoring, reporting, and analytics for buy-side and sell-side institutions.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is to prioritise the issuance of a wholesale central bank digital currency over a retail CBDC, arguing that a clear business case for the latter has yet to emerge.

Brazil’s central bank is set to allow users of the Pix instant payments system pay for their transactions in instalments.

Early Warning Services (EWS), the bank-owned outfit behind P2P payments service Zelle, could soon issue its own stablecoin, according to reports.

Coinbase has boosted its derivatives business by agreeing to buy crypto options exchange Deribit for $2.9 billion.

Crypto.com has filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission after receiving a Wells notice from the regulator warning that enforcement action may be on the way.

India’s Central Securities Depositary Limited (CSDL) says it has detected malware on its systems.

Clearwater Analytics is building out its investment management platform through the $1.5 billion acquisition of SaaS outfit Enfusion.

Goldman Sachs is pushing further into the UK retail market, co-leading a £45 million funding round for digital wealth management startup Nutmeg.

Lloyds banking Group is to pair inhouse-developed GenAI with transaction categorisation data from Moneyhub to give customers real-time insights into their spending habits.

Money transfer platform Wise has launched a ‘Spend with Others’ feature that lets users share spending with a group.

Trading app Robinhood is launching a fund designed to give retail investors access to private markets.

In a bid to clamp down on greenwashing, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing a package of new measures including investment product sustainability labels and restrictions on how terms like ‘ESG’, ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ can be used.

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (Asic) is suing HSBC for failing to adequately protect customers scammed out of millions of dollars.