The Bank of London is using a Generative AI assistant to speed up coding for companies testing embedded banking applications via the transaction bank’s API suite.

Swiss investment bank UBS has teamed up with Oxford University to launch a research dedicated to the study of artificial intelligence (AI).

Coinbase is opening up its bitcoin rewards card to the hundreds of thousands of Americans on its waitlist.

In June 2020, Finextra Research welcomed industry experts to Sustainable Finance Live, the first virtual interactive workshop to discuss how financial services firms and technology companies can achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Mexico City-based open finance API platform Belvo has raised $15 million in a round led by Quona Capital and joined by Citi Ventures.

With the impact of Covid-19 affecting all aspects of the financial services industry, Finextra has added a Covid-19 channel to gather in one convenient location all related news from banks and fintechs.

Cloud-based digital banking technology vendor Alkami is preparing an initial public offering at a $3 billion valuation, according to Reuters.

Lemon.markets, a Berlin-based startup that helps firms embed trading services via APIs, has raised €15 million in a seed funding round co-led by Lakestar and Lightspeed.

Alpian, a digital-first private bank aimed at Switzerland’s mass affluent market, is set to launch later this year, after securing a license and CHF19 million in Series B+ funding.

Finextra Research hosted its inaugural Financial Cloud Summit at King’s Place in London on 2nd March 2023.

Nicola Anderson, CEO of Fintech Scotland, discussed the developments at the organisation and future developments in the Scottish fintech sector.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and NVIDIA, have released the first episode of their unique fintech comedy mini-series, Get Ahead.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has added NatWest to its list of financial institutions that they will not be doing business with according to a new Texas law.

Digital alternative investing platform Yieldstreet has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by Tarsadia Investments.

UK workplace finance and wellbeing app Wagestream has bought pensions technology company Zippen. Financial terms were not disclosed.