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Sustainable Finance Live: What is the role of risk in greening finance and financing green?

An increasing number of financial institutions are reconstructing the structure of their internal risk cycles and ESG reporting to align with ILAAP and ICAAP guidelines. Looking at the future of risk reporting in finance, head of model risk governance at Metro Bank, Suresh Sankaran discussed ESG data and risk in his Keynote: What is the role of risk in greening finance and financing green?

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Sustainable Finance Live: Is sustainable finance sustainable?

Sustainable Finance Live kicked off Tuesday morning in a hybrid format, in-person and online, where leaders discussed the problem statements and solutions that are defining the sustainable finance industry today.

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ESG hacking: creating opportunities for sustainable innovation

As part of Finextra’s fifth Sustainable Finance Live conference, a concurrent Hackathon is taking place. The collaborative event will take place from the 29th of November to the 2nd of December and teams will have access to workshops, panels and the necessary technology to develop projects in real-time.

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Isle of Man launches Fintech Innovation Challenge

Digital Isle of Man (an executive branch of the Isle’s government) has announced the launch of the Fintech Innovation Challenge, an opportunity to engage with international stakeholders and industries in their digital ecosystem.

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Startups selected for inaugural climate incubator

Eight climate-focused startups have been selected to participate in what is claimed to be the world's first climate-focused fintech incubator in the Nordics and Baltics.

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Lord Christopher Holmes selected for SustainableFinance.LIVE keynote

Lord Christopher Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond will open Finextra’s fifth SustainableFinance.LIVE conference and hackathon as keynote speaker on the 29th of November.

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Axa XL launches insurtech innovation centre in the US

AXA XL Insurance has launched an Underwriting Innovation Office in the Americas to drive innovation in support of business initiatives, appointing Rose Hall, currently Head of Construction Innovation, as Head of Innovation, Americas to lead activities.

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AFP 2022: PNC ‘punches above its weight’ as pioneer in US instant payment transactions

It’s a very busy time for banks and technology providers. With new payment rails finally gaining ground from traditional transaction methods, everybody’s talking about enriching and improving the efficiency of the customer experience.

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AFP 2022: Europe and North America show mixed reception for new payment methods

Ahead of AFP 2022, Finextra caught up with Carl Slabicki, co-head of global payments at BNY Mellon, to discuss the recently released report, ‘What The Data Say’, in association with Aite-Novarica. The report explores how while “newer emerging electronic payments mechanisms are growing, legacy payment tools including checks and even cash remain resilient.”

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Sibos 2022: ‘The biggest problem with ESG is its complexity’ – Brown Brothers Harriman

At Sibos 2022 in Amsterdam, we spoke to Adrian Whelan, global head of regulatory intelligence, Brown Brothers Harriman, ahead of his panel session, ‘Green, clean, and ESG: Rewiring capital markets for a new generation of responsible investors.’

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Sibos 2022: Are fractionalised digital assets red herrings?

Discussions around the recent digital asset boom and its acceleration despite the market for tokenised securities remaining nascent kicked off at Sibos 2022 in Amsterdam. Sitting on a panel, Yuval Rooz, CEO and co-founder of Digital Asset, highlighted that he believes that “fractionalisation is a red herring.”

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Behavioural Finance is inaugural winner of Phoenix group's Innovation Forum.

In collaboration with FinTech Scotland and TCS’s Co-Creation and Innovation Network (COIN), the Phoenix Innovation Forum invited FinTech enterprises to develop innovative new tools that improve financial wellbeing, engagement and make a genuine positive impact on customers’ lives.

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Barclays pivots Rise to focus on laid-off fintech talent

Reflecting the donwturn in the fintech sector, the latest iteration of Barclays Bank's Rise Startup Academy will focus on on supporting budding founders who find themselves out of jobs due to the current economic climate.

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ING overhauls innovation management

ING is continuing the overhaul of its innovation initiatives, decentralising from the core back to individual business units and combining innovation arm, ING Neo, with the Corporate Strategy team.

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Dutch astronaut André Kuipers to open Swift Innotribe with keynote speech

The return of this year’s SWIFT Innotribe will begin with a keynote speech from Dutch astronaut André Kuipers.

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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.

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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.

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FinTech Australia names first policy lead

FinTech Australia has appointed former Federal Government adviser Nick Kavass as its first Policy Lead.

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Fintech valuations fall by half a trillion

Nearly half a trillion dollars has been wiped off the valuation of fintech firms so far this year when their current value is compared to their peak valuation, according to CB Insights.

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ING, NXP and Samsung join forces for new method of mobile payment

ING and NXP Semiconductors have developed a payment method that involves pointing your mobile phone in the direction of the person you’re paying. The method is called NEAR and was developed by ING Factory, ING’s workshop for technological customer and payment innovations. ING and NXP are collaborating with Samsung to ensure that the payment method is compatible with their devices. This first peer-to-peer payment application involves making a payment by holding a phone close to another phone. It means that users no longer need to search for each other’s username, email address or telephone number if, for example, they want to buy something at a jumble sale, put some money in a collection box or split a restaurant bill.