ACI Worldwide has acquired Payment Components, a European provider of financial messaging and open banking technology for A2A payments.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and nine international banks have leant their weight to the establishment of a research institute dedicated to green finance research and talent development.

US WealthTech Orion has appointed fintech veteran Arun Anur as chief operating officer.

Massachusetts regulators are investigating Robinhood over the trading app’s recently announced ‘Predictions Hub’, which enables people to bet on the outcomes of various events.

Diebold Nixdorf is working with the European Central Bank to integrate its payment processing technology with the digital euro interfaces.

Berlin-based WeathTech outfit Elinvar has secured €25 million in a funding round led by ToscaFund Asset Management.

Interbank payment network Swift is positioning itself as a cutting edge IT shop as it seeks to recruit 150 talented IT professionals worldwide.

The expected global recession brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic will prove a stern test for robo-advisers that have attained a healthy degree of popularity in recent years.

BBVA has released a new tool which scans client’s aggregated transaction data to determine the amount of greenhouse gases they emit into the atmosphere with their daily activities.

A project by the Bank of England and the London BIS Innovation Hub to use AI to spot unfolding and novel financial crime patterns in real-time retail payment systems showed promise but threw up a number of limitations to its efficacy.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released a series of products aimed at helping other companies develop their own chatbots and image-generation services, backed by artificial intelligence (AI). The move comes as part of a wider AI race following the popularity of ChatGPT, and Google’s move into generative AI Bard.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has started the second phase of its digital Hong Kong dollar pilot study.

Vodacom Tanzania has struck several deals that expand the ways in which people can use its M-Pesa mobile payments service around the world.

The UK’s new Labour government is introducing a bill that will ensure that Bitcoin and other digital assets can be considered personal property, boosting legal protection for owners.

Friday Harbor, an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, has closed a $6 million seed round.