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International insurance company, Zurich, has partnered with low-code platform Mendix to roll-out a Terrorism Data Capture solution for automated coverage, among other updates.
Firefish, a European open marketplace for bitcoin-collateralised loans, has raised $1.8 million seed funding.
Former Citi FinTech CEO Yolande Piazza has been hired by Google Cloud to lead the company’s North American financial services sales and customer engineering teams
Founed by Revolut and Wise alumni, blockchain-based cross-border money transfer startup Riva Money has raised a pre-seed round from Project A as well as angels from Revolut, Monzo and JPMorgan.
Blackhawk Network (BHN) is working with Visa to move its network branded prepaid products distributed by third party retail networks from plastic to paper-based materials.
The European Payments Council has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for an API Test Toolbox for the Verification of Payee scheme.
Standard Chartered’s venture arm SC Ventures has joined forces with Japan’s SBI Holdings to set up a digital asset joint venture investment company in the UAE.
Standard Chartered’s digital asset trading arm Zodia Markets has acquired the Jersey-based OTC trading business of Elwood Technologies.
Irish bank AIB has signed a €65 million, three-year deal with IBM to provide a clear pathway to a hybrid cloud technology environment.
Canada’s Wealthsimple has raised C$750 million at a post-money valuation of C$10 billion in a funding round led Dragoneer Investment Group and GIC.
Funding Options has launched a green finance marketplace to help UK SMEs source funding to achieve their sustainability goals.
The London Stock Exchange is to grant access to licenced data within its Workspace and Financial Analytics products to provide staff, ChatGPT users and enterprise customers with richer insights and streamlined workflow.
The International Organisation or Securities Commissions (Iosco) has launched a consultation paper to examine the risks associated with the evolving business models of stock exchanges and other market infrastructures.
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined a Coinbase unit £3.5 million for enabling crypto trading services for high-risk customers.