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Sibos 2021: Finextra's bespoke channel to deliver tailored conference highlights

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Sibos 2021: Finextra's bespoke channel to deliver tailored conference highlights

Since 2003, Finextra Research has partnered with Swift to bring you a special-purpose financial services news channel, designed to keep Sibos attendees and the wider global banking community up-to-speed with news and views direct from the conference.

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Copper.co joins Imperial College Business School’s Institutional Digital Assets Project

Copper.co, leading provider of digital asset custody and trading solutions, today announced that it is partnering with Imperial College Business School on a new Institutional Digital Assets Project, within Imperial’s Centre for Digital Transformation.

Citi joins $25 million round in quantum pioneer QC Ware

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Citi joins $25 million round in quantum pioneer QC Ware

Citi has joined a $25 million round in QC Ware, a developer of high-powered applications for near-term 1quantum hardware.

Money 20/20 EU: ‘A listing is for life, not just for Christmas’

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Money 20/20 EU: ‘A listing is for life, not just for Christmas’

Amsterdam: Finextra is on the ground at Money 20/20 Europe, attending a host of sessions to provide you with key highlights from the most popular sessions throughout the conference.

Money 20/20 EU: Will Europe prevail in the new dawn of payments?

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Money 20/20 EU: Will Europe prevail in the new dawn of payments?

Amsterdam: Finextra is on the ground at Money 20/20 Europe, attending a host of sessions to provide you with key highlights from the most popular sessions throughout the conference.

Mastercard launches global Sustainability Innovation Lab

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Mastercard launches global Sustainability Innovation Lab

Mastercard is to open a 'Sustainability Innovation Lab' in Stockholm, which will act as a research and development space for the creation of climate conscious products.

Addressing tech skills shortages in financial services

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Addressing tech skills shortages in financial services

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Amazon developing POS to compete with PayPal, Shopify

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Amazon developing POS to compete with PayPal, Shopify

Insider reports that Amazon’s Project Santos is working on the point-of-sale (POS) solution to compete with the likes of industry giants.

NatWest partners with EV8 Switch to help UK drivers go green

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NatWest partners with EV8 Switch to help UK drivers go green

NatWest has today announced it is teaming up with new space-enabled app, EV8, to support customers in their switch to electric vehicles.

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Prospa raises $3.8m pre-seed to offer software to Nigerian micro-businesses

Prospa, a YC-backed Nigerian startup offering software and financial services to entrepreneurs and micro-businesses, today announced it closed a $3.8 million pre-seed investment, which was oversubscribed by 380%. The round was backed by venture funds Global Founders Capital and Liquid 2 Ventures. Leading entrepreneurs also participated in the round including Mercury’s Immad Akhund, Ramp’s Karim Atiyeh, Teachable’s Ankur Nagpal, Todd Goldberg and Rahul Vohra’s angel investment fund, and executives from Square, Facebook and Nubank. This investment is the largest pre-seed round for a Nigerian fintech.

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Barclays Eagle Labs launches second dedicated startup accelerator for black founders

Barclays Eagle Labs is launching its second 12-week virtual accelerator programme, designed to help early-stage tech businesses founded by one or more black entrepreneurs, in order to continue to help boost diversity in entrepreneurship.

Marshmallow announces Series B funding round

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Marshmallow announces Series B funding round

InsurTech Marshmallow has raised $85m as part of its Series B funding round – making it the UK’s latest tech unicorn.

ING reveals $12.4 trillion required to green Asia's transport sector

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ING reveals $12.4 trillion required to green Asia's transport sector

Powering a new generation of net-zero transport with clean energy – in China, Japan, and South Korea – will cost US$12.4 trillion, a ING bank report has just revealed. This equates to over 90% of China’s 2020 GDP.

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FCA opens applications for Digital Sandbox's sustainability cohort

Building on the success of the Sandbox's first pilot, the FCA and The City of London Corporation, supported by Innovate Finance, are running a second phase of the Digital Sandbox to support the testing and development of new products and services that will aid the transition to a net zero economy.

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Standard Chartered Women in Tech Bahrain Programme winners revealed

The SC Women In Tech Bahrain Program announces the 5 winning teams receiving $10,000 each and 3 months of incubation at Bahrain FinTech Bay, one of MENA’s leading FinTech Hub. The winners will be able to further develop their startups, scale up, and venture into new markets. The program is an initiative by Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), and Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB).

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GFT opens regional innovation hub in Manchester

With the pandemic triggering a significant increase in tech investment across the country, demand is growing for cloud, application development and data specialists.

Smart finance startup W1TTY secures UK licence

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Smart finance startup W1TTY secures UK licence

New challenger, W1TTY, has just secured a licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to roll out services in Britain early next year.

BIS to investigate tokenised green bonds

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BIS to investigate tokenised green bonds

The Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub has started its first green finance project, Genesis, which will explore the tokenisation of green bonds enabling investment in small denominations, combined with real-time tracking of environmental outputs.

Blackhawk Network partners with Disneyland in QR code offering

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Blackhawk Network partners with Disneyland in QR code offering

With live events beginning to make a comeback, Blackhawk Network has partnered with Disneyland to launch a contactless ticket purchasing solution at retail locations across California.

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Arie Finance appoints Grunwald as group director of strategy

ARIE Finance, the bespoke digital and service-based financial ecosystem for business banking customers, has announced the appointment of David Grunwald as Group Director of Strategy. David will be responsible for corporate and investment strategy at ARIE Ventures and will also oversee the development of ARIE Finance’s marketplace banking services, strategic partnerships and the creation of ARIE Lab, an incubator for financial technologies that will serve the ARIE platform.

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