Latest Big data News: Finextra Research

Kenya beefs up consumer data protection

The Kenyan Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has imposed harsher regulation on protecting consumer data, targeting fintechs and startups in the region.

05 August 2022

News/cloud

Microsoft and Nexi collaborate to innovate across the European payments landscape

Nexi has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to digitise payments solutions and secure cloud-based infrastructures across the European market.

29 July 2022

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live 2022 attendee registration now open

Registration for Sustainable Finance Live, Finextra's programme of content, workshops and experiments, designed to create actionable ESG strategies, is now open.

28 July 2022

News/regulation

CFPB strengthens data privacy and cybersecurity with new rules

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has rolled out new regulations on cyber security and data privacy under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

08 July 2022

News/regulation

Landmark Digital Services Package passed by European Parliament

The European Parliament has approved the Digital Services Package, comprising the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Marketing Act (DMA), originally put forward by the European Commission in December 2020.

06 July 2022

News/people

Lloyds seeks head of data ethics

Lloyds Banking Group is advertising for its first group head of data ethics to help it navigate the complexities around the ever-growing use of data and AI.

01 July 2022

News/sustainable

Research reveals ESG data challenge

Buy-side firms are having to user a greater number of ESG data providers in order to make up for the lack of corporate disclosures around sustainability.

27 June 2022

News/cloud

Alkami to buy Segmint

Cloud-based digital banking technology vendor Alkami has agreed to buy financial data analytics and transaction cleansing provider Segmint for $135.5 million in cash.

29 March 2022

News/sustainable

EDMC study highlights 11 key challenges around ESG data

The EDM Council (EDMC) has just released a study which provides recommendations to ratings providers and data aggregators (RPDAs) on major challenges around the ESG data supply chain.

28 January 2022

News/regulation

Major tech antitrust bill advanced by US Senate vote

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-6 this week to advance a major tech competition bill, says CNBC.

21 January 2022

News/sustainable

City of London policy chair hails UK capital as a centre of green finance

This week, the FCA and the City of London Corporation held a demo day for its Sustainability Cohort initiative, which aims to further green the financial sector and catalyse the transition to net zero.

18 January 2022

News/devops

ISD FENIQS launches low-code connector for Nordigen's API

IT consulting agency, ISD FENIQS, has today launched a low-code connector on the Outsystems platform, which works with account information on Nordigen's API.

30 December 2021

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: The state of the supply chain

Sustainable Finance Live is back for another virtual event. Finextra and Responsible Risk have come together for a thought-provoking series of experiential events, welcoming banking and technology ecosystems to collaborate on enabling a wave of change.

01 December 2021

News/sustainable

GDFA launches first ever green fintech taxonomy

The world’s first green fintech taxonomy has today been launched by the Green Digital Finance Alliance (GDFA) and the Swiss Green Fintech network, at the Building Bridges Summit in Geneva.

29 November 2021

News/sustainable

QuantCube launches real-time indicators to track economic and environmental change

Alternative data specialist QuantCube has today launched four new real-time economic indicators, which use intelligence gathered from European Space Agency (ESA) global satellite data to track environmental change.

24 November 2021

News/cloud

SocGen makes play to be a data-driven bank

Societe Generale is putting its faith in data and AI to help it transition to, and prosper in, the digital age.

24 November 2021

News/sustainable

Singapore Fintech Festival 2021: Scaling sustainable finance for a green recovery

Finextra joined Singapore Fintech Festival session, ‘Scaling Sustainable Finance for a Green Recovery’ today, to hear experts from Ecosystm, FIL Asia, HSBC, SDG Impact Japan and WWF Singapore discuss the financial products and technological tools needed to deliver social and environmental benefits, alongside attractive returns.

10 November 2021

News/regulation

FCA selects Aiimi’s Insight Engine for three year contract

Following an extensive evaluation and Alpha testing phase, the FCA has selected UK data firm Aiimi’s Insight Engine to improve the regulator’s data analytics.

10 November 2021

News/crypto

Deloitte: 64% of young collectors are interested in NFTs

Deloitte has just released the 7th edition of its Art & Finance report, which reveals that the majority of young collectors (those under 35) believe blockchain technology, big data, analytics, and artificial intelligence will transform the way business is conducted in the art world.

05 November 2021

News/sustainable

Accelar launches impact hub to drive nature-positive project investment

Accelar has today launched a Nature Finance Impact Hub, which seeks to drive market confidence in nature-positive projects, by isolating their financial and environmental benefits.

22 October 2021