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Economic conditions, energy, cost of living rank highly in ethical risk factors for UK businesses

What is ethical risk? Ethical risk consists of the risks that could impede an organisation’s ability to live up to its ethical values and standards which impact consumer trust, reputation, and financial performance.

/crypto

Visa develops dashboard to make sense of stablecoin activity

Visa has teamed up with blockchain data provider Allium Labs to build a dashboard that helps people make sense of stablecoin activity.

/markets

NextGen Nordics 2024: NPC promoting innovation and harmonisation in the Nordics

NextGen Nordics, Finextra’s annual payments event, kicked off on April 23 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden, bringing together an array of experts and leaders in the Nordics payments industry.

/retail

Fintech leads the way for UK technology investment

Fintech is back on top as the UK’s most-funded startup sector according to new analysis from HSBC Innovation Banking and Dealroom.

/markets

BoE forecasting held back by out-of-date tech - Bernanke

The Bank of England has been heavily criticised by a former chairman of the US Federal Reserve for relying on outdated technology for its economic forecasts.

/startups

Report calls for more support for female founded fintechs

UK startups outside of London should have more than one founder, ensure gender diversity and join an accelerator, according to the findings of a recently published report.

/retail

Innovate Finance sets out Open Finance roadmap

Building on open banking to enable wider data sharing across financial services products including savings, mortgages and insurance, could unlock an extra £30.5 billion GDP a year for the UK, says a paper from Innovate Finance and KPMG.

/security

Cyber attacks cost financial firms $12bn says IMF

Financial services firms have been hit with $12bn in losses over the last two decades as a result of cyber attacks, according to a recently published report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

/startups

Fintech funding slides to 7-year low

Global funding in the fintech sector has fallen to its lowest level since 2017, according to newly published research.

/payments

EU banks worried about 'unrealistic' instant payment deadlines

A third of EU banks do not currently offer an instant payments service and the majority have been discouraged by the January 2025 deadline, according to recently published research.

/wealth

Asset managers embracing AI but need to go further - survey

While almost all asset managers are already using artificial intelligence (AI) in their investment process, only a handful are using the tech for more advanced tasks, according to a recently published study.

/predictions

Ireland’s fintech funding slumps

2023 saw a 94% decline in funding for Irish fintechs, according to recently published research.

/inclusion

Fintechs should target women customers in emerging markets - report

Fintech firms could do more to intentionally target women customers in emerging markets, boosting both their own prospects and financial inclusion, says a report from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC).

/startups

UK fintech to be elevated to 'ubiquitech' with Smart Data Roadmap, new report reveals

Chair of the Ubiquitech Group Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer has released a report offering practical recommendations for bolstering a digital economy that builds trust, provides access to sustainable infrastructure and secure data highways, and accelerates digital inclusion and education.

/payments

UK set for soaring digital wallet adoption

The UK is approaching a seismic shift in how people pay, with digital wallets set to comprise half of all e-commerce spend and nearly a third of POS transaction value by 2027, according to a report from Worldpay.

/payments

Tap, click and pay: how digital payments seize the day

The use of digital payments around the world continued to grow in 2022, while the number of cash withdrawals and small-denomination banknotes declined, according to BIS figures.

/devops

GitHub CoPilot gives ANZ engineers productivity boost

Software engineers at ANZ Bank saw a "notable boost" in productivity and code quality when using the GitHub Copilot AI tool.

/security

US fraud losses top $10bn in 2023

Americans lost more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023, with investment scams accounting for nearly half of the losses, Federal Trade Commission data shows.

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Older Americans demonstrate more digital financial literacy than younger peers

Digital financial literacy among Americans increases with age, according to research from Capital One.

/retail

JPMorgan Chase dominates AI research in banking

JPMorgan Chase has consolidated its reputation as an AI research powerhouse, according to new data from benchmarking platform Evident.