Some of China’s largest fintech companies may face more regulation following comments made by the top banking regulator.

UK-based digital bank Zopa has appointed Visa Europe head of data science Jeremy Penzer as chief analytics officer.

Coinbase has announced it is to start offering staking rewards to its customers in the UK and certain EU countries, which could offer around 5% interest on the Tezos they hold in their wallet.

LendIt Europe 2018 welcomed fintech enthusiasts who attended fireside chats and panel discussions on subjects such as financial inclusion, regulatory innovation and identity before coming on to the hotly debated topic of open banking.

Nordea has picked through the hundreds of developers to have expressed interest in its new Open Banking programme to find a select few who will now pilot an account information service (AIS) API.

Canada’s TD Bank plans to hire 2000 tech staff over the course of the year as the battle for talent in the banking sector escalates.

The UK’s financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced details of its strategy and roadmap for promoting open finance.

The Financial Conduct Authority is warning people about a new scam surrounding car finance compensation claims.

Atom Bank is to deploy an AI decisioning platform from Provenir to support multiple consumer and business banking products.

Benjamin Ensor, director of research and strategy at 11:FS, moderated the first panel of the day to look at a market updates. He was joined by Kanika Hope, chief strategy officer, Temenos; Dan Broten, chief technology officer, EQ Bank; and Rob Keijsers, chief digital and information Officer, ASA International.

NatWest and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have teamed up to analyse and provide support to UK businesses struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Starling Bank founder Anne Boden has quit the board of the challenger bank to pursue a new AI venture.

Former Google and Standard Chartered executive Diana Layfield has been appointed CEO of UK digital bank Monzo, taking over from TS Anil, who is stepping down after five years in the role.

UBS has signed a multi-year contract with GitLab for the supply of a single cloud-based DevOps platform for use by the bank’s software team.

Regulation and policy can be an important step sustainable transactions at a global level. There are many different perspectives on how to help implement these regulations within the financial services, which this Sustainable Finance Live session covered.