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EU opens anti-trust investigation into alleged market collusion between Deutsche Börse and Nasdaq

The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into possible collusion between Deutsche Börse and Nasdaq in listing, trading and clearing of financial derivatives.

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Lloyds Bank to embed AI financial assistant into mobile app

Lloyds Bank is to launch a new multi-purpose AI financial assistant to help customers manage their finances via the UK bank's mobile app.

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Ripple raises $500 million at $40 billion valuation

Digital asset infrastructure fim Ripple has reached a $40 billion valuation on a $500 million funding round.

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Worldline to raise €500 million to support turnaround plan

Struggling French payment firm Worldline plans to raise €500 million in fresh equity to support a turnaround programme aimed at restoring cash flow generation.

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US Bank rolls out Split Card for auto-installment payments

US Bank has launched an alternative to buy now, pay later schemes with the roll out of a credit card that automatically splits purchases into a three-month payment plan.

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Zest AI scores customer-led financing round

AI-based loan underwriting platform Zest AI has completed an oversubscribed, customer-led financing round.

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UK Government commissions report into impact of AI in financial services

The UK Treasury has instructed the Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC) to produce a report on AI skills needs, training and innovation in financial services.

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Sustainable Finance.Live 2025: NUAR and the complexities of geospatial data sharing

Explaining the development of The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) currently in pilot, a panel at Sustainable Finance.Live discussed the complexities involved in data sharing across organisations and across countries.

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Sustainable Finance.Live 2025 comes to a catalytic close

Charlotte O’Leary, CEO, Pensions for Purpose, brought Sustainable Finance.Live 2025 to a close with a passionate keynote on the underutilised role of pensions in the sustainability conversation - and spoke to a new, catalytic era.

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Europe's largest online ticketing platform installs Wero Wallet

Europe's largest ticketing provider, CTS Eventim, has become the first major e-commerce company in Germany to integrate the Wero wallet from the bank-backed European Payments Initiative into its online shop.

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Stripe demos face payments with NEC

Stripe is exploring the integration of NEC's face recognition technology into its POS terminal for in-person payments.

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United Fintech acquires Trade Ledger

United Fintech, an umbrella outfit dedicated to scooping up a stable of capital markets, wealth management and wholesale banking vendors, has made its seventh acquisition to date, buying out commercial lending platform Trade Ledger.