Taking to the stage on the second and final day of EBAday in Lisbon, Portugal were Erik Frantz, executive director, financial institutions – banks, CaixaBank; Roisin Levine, head of UK and Europe partnerships, Wise Platform; Rafael Linde, head, international development and global relationship management, Cecabank; Dean Sposito, head of institutional cash and trade finance, Western Europe, Deutsche Bank; and Gareth Lodge, senior analyst, payments, Celent, who moderated the session.

Indian fintech Mswipe is entering the UK market thanks to an acquiring BIN sponsorship model partnership with Cashflows.

Crypto exchange Coinbase has raided German digital assets firm Solaris to appoint its chief operating officer Daniel Seifert as regional managing director for Europe.

Green fintech Iceberg Data Lab has picked up three new clients in France, including Banque de France, global insurance and asset management house Generali and pension scheme ERAFP.

The panel session ‘Evolving Business Models in Cross-Border Payments”, explored the complexity and evolution of modern cross-border payments.

APIs and cloud-based systems and low code developer tools are enabling banks to create a more open service, and this hybrid utilisation of new technology with legacy systems is a way to deliver new services, fast, without undergoing wholesale core transformation.

Global network of accelerators and funders of climate solutions, New Energy Nexus, has just announced the launch of its Climate Fintech: Cards & Payments Challenge (C&P Challenge).

The London Stock Exchange has launched a dedicated sustainable finance innovation unit in Singapore as part of its new LSEG Labs network,

In order to identify borrowers and facilitate the stock lending process, eToro will partner with BNY, which will act as the custodian, and stock lending platform EquiLend. This stock lending launch showcases how eToro is currently leveraging BNY’s global clearing platform, offering integrated solutions across US and international clearing, custody, settlement, execution, and financing.

Santander has found that come customers are circumventing new measures to stop bank transfers for Facebook Marketplace payments in cases where a customer has not seen the item in person.

BNY Mellon has added fintech startup Verituity to its accelerator programme to work towards providing faster, smarter, verified payouts.

Brazil-based payments platform Juspay has become the first Latin American provider to integrate Mastercard’s Click to Pay.

The European Central Bank has waned of the grave transition risks for banks that fail to prepare for a low carbon economy.