UK digital bank Zopa has launched a five-year campaign to reskill 100,000 banking workers in AI disciplines by 2030.

HSBC has joined forces with Google Cloud to offer venture debt financing options to climate technology companies.

Stable Sea, a stablecoin liquidity and orchestration company founded by former Block staffers, has emerged from stealth with $3.5 million in funding.

A report from the US Treasury has called on banks to bolster their risk management frameworks in order to avoid being overwhelmed by AI-powered fraudsters and cybercriminals.

CommerzVentures has led a €25 million Series B financing round in Estonian core banking provider Tuum.

Revolut has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Google Cloud to drive global growth.

Ahead of NextGen Nordics, which will return to Stockholm on 25 April 2023, Finextra will be publishing a series of ‘sneak peeks’, covering the topics and interviewing the panellists speaking at the event.

Digital securities distribution platform Assetera and digital securities exchange Archax have joined forces to offer investors access to tokenised real-world assets – including money-market funds from abrdn – in Europe.

Malaysia’s largest financial institution Maybank, has agreed a deal with Microsoft that will see the tech firm spearhead the bank’s digital transformation

Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets Geoffrey Kendrick is forecasting that bitcoin could hit a high of $500,000 over the next three years.

Revolut has applied to become a registered bank in New Zealand.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has opened a consultation on the potential launch of a central bank digital currency.

The next UK government should introduce a bill that forces technology, social media and telecoms firms to contribute £40 million a year to fight fraud and scams, says UK Finance.

Financial institutions are focusing heavily on digital transformation driving innovation, better customer experience and cost reduction as they shift gears from simply meeting regulatory and compliance needs to remain relevant in a digital world.

Green Dot is splitting up, with group’s bank and embedded finance units being sold to different buyers.