Shares in growth capital fund Chrysalis jumped by 10% on a significantly upgraded valuation of portfolio company Starling Bank.

Lloyds Banking Group is opening applications for this year’s ‘Launch Innovation’ programme to discover potential business partnerships.

Mastercard is opening up to developers through the launch of a single gateway to a host of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) covering payments, data, security and ‘new and experimental’ areas such as virtual reality.

Digital identity wallet ID.me has hit a $2 billion valuation after raising $340 million across a funding round, combined with a credit facility.

Embedded business finance platform Liberis has launched a proprietary AI underwriting agent built to boost accuracy and slash decision times.

Salv, a regtech startup startup founded by a gaggle of former Wise and Skype staffers, has raised €4 million in a seed round extension led by ffVC and joined by G+D Ventures.

The SWIFT Business Forum Ireland 2019 explored how Irish financial institutions can deliver a truly digital customer experience through a spirit of collaboration, while staying secure against evolving cyber threats.

At the Temenos Community Forum 2023, Finextra interviewed senior product director of wealth management at Temenos Alexandre Duret, who discussed how wealth management is picking up pace by deploying new technologies.

The UK saw a slight dip in financial fraud losses in 2022, to £1.2 billion, driven by a 17% fall in authorised push payment (APP) losses.

The UK’s Labour government has announced the Fraud, Error, and Debt Bill to tackle fraud by requiring financial institutions to share data that indicate potential benefit overpayments.

Investment firm Carlyle has agreed to buy intelliflo, a cloud-based practice management software for independent financial advisors in the UK, from Invesco in a deal worth up to $200 million.

Former defence secretary Gavin Williamson has left his role as an advisor to Lanistar, with the controversial fintech also losing CEO Jeremy Baber and facing a winding up petition over unpaid debts.

Qash, a Dutch financial inclusion startup has launched in Colombia with a stablecoin linked credit card aimed at volatile economies.

Italian software and services provider to banks and asset and wealth managers Objectway is making moves into North America through the acquisition of Canadian firm Nest Wealth. Terms were not disclosed.

Euroclear has entered into a seven-year deal with Microsoft, harnessing a full suite of technology encompassing cloud, data and AI.