Ashley Lannquist, project lead, blockchain & distributed ledger technology at World Economic Forum, will be taking to the stage at Money 20/20 Europe in Amsterdam to discuss the industry consortia for blockchain innovation on Tuesday this week. Ahead of the session, Finextra spoke to Lannquist about any use cases that have been beneficial for the financial services, the WEF’s work with the technology and how to take an inclusive approach.

ABN Amro is warning customers that their personal details may be at risk after a ransomware attack at one its supplier.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is investigating a ransomware attack on Toppan Next Tech, a vendor responsible for printing customer statements for DBS Bank and Bank of China (BoC) in Singapore, which exposed the personal data of thousands of customers.

Standard Chartered Bank’s SC Ventures unit is joining forces with Fujitsu to accelerate the development of quantum computing from the research stage to commercial use in financial services.

Mastercard-backed carbon tracking app Doconomy has raised $17 million in a funding round led by CommerzVentures.

EBAday will come to Paris on 27-28 May at the Les Salles du Carrousel.

The BIS Innovation Hub and the Bank of Italy are launching a virtual hackathon-style competition to find new technological ways to tackle challenges in green and sustainable finance.

Cross-border payments company Thunes has raised $150 million in Series D funding, led by Apis Partners and Vitruvian Partners.

New Scottish SME challenger bank Alba is to run its business on Temenos’ packaged cloud-native software, a model bank package that has been taken up by other neobanks across the world, including Varo Money, Praxia, Volt Bank, Judo Bank and Grasshopper Bank

Citi has made a strategic investment in Numerated as part of a wider partnership with the AI-powered modular commercial lending platform.

Generative AI agents can replicate key cash-management tasks – even without specialised training, according to a Bank for International Settlements working paper.

Klarna says its OpenAI-powered chatbot is doing the equivalent work of 700 full-time agents after its global launch last month.