The ongoing shutdown of the US government, sparked by a disagreement over funding for border security, is starting to impinge on the US fintech industry, according to reports.

Compliance has been the traditional focus of IT departments in financial institutions, but as cyber threats continue to evolve, the financial industry needs to look to each other to help protect the wider ecosystem.

The London Stock Exchange has teamed up with crowdfunding platform Crowdcube in a bid to create a more inclusive and liquid private capital market ecosystem.

OCBC Bank is rolling out sustainability training for its 30,000 employees and adding ESG-related jobs as part of its “future smart” programme.

Walmart’s fintech unit OnePay is to add credit cards to its expanding portfolio of financial services.

Investor confidence in the cryptocurrency sector was punctuated after Bullish was valued at $13.16 billion last week, setting the pace for other digital asset firms looking to list in the US.

M&G Wealth is rolling out its robo-advisory platform twelve months after taking a stake in tech provider Moneyfarm.

Singapore’s DBS Group expects to dispense with 4000 contract and temporary emloyees over the next three years as AI takes centre stage.

The Financial Conduct Authority has filed an application with the UK’s High Court to lift a suspension on a contract it awarded for a bond consolidated tape.

The corporate and investment banking arm of CIB has teamed up with Pasqaland and Multiverse to explore applications for quantum computing in finance.

Security does not come embedded in a cloud service, nor are cloud services something you can choose to avoid, panellists discussed during one of the opening panels at Sibos 2019, London.

Ripple has launched a developer platform to help third parties build new products using its private cryoptocurrency XRP.

UBS has invested in tech unicorn BigPanda, which uses artificial intelligence to detect and respond to incidents in complex IT systems.

The West Midlands is gaining recognition as one of three fintech hubs in the UK, according to a new report revealing that the sector supports more than 11,000 jobs in the region.

The BBC has found that Revolut was named in more reports of fraud in the last financial year than any of the major High Street banks.