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Standard Chartered launches due diligence startup for carbon markets

SC Ventures, the fintech invesment and incubation arm of Standard Chartered, has collaborated with the startup studio of French multinational utility Engie Group, to launch Qatalyst, a due diligence platform for carbon finance markets.

13 January 2025

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UK fintech market investment declines by 37%

Despite a brutal slowdown, the UK market for fintech investment has retained second place globally behind the US, according to the annual marekt barometer from Innovate Finance.

09 January 2025

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How ethical guidelines can improve climate research

For a while now, the financial services industry has understood its role within climate intervention. As a result, companies across the world in the financial sector have looked to become funders and to develop their ESG regulations, quickly and immediately. Yet in the speed to be compliant and sustainable, ethics can become lost from the conversation.

08 January 2025

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Monzo co-founder prepares for new era of AI-based self-driving startups

Imagine a company with no human staff, founded and run solely by an AI agent. It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi, but this is a vision of the future that former Monzo co-founder Jonas Templestein is now working to bring into existance.

08 January 2025

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Money Squirrel launches app to help UK firms with cashflow management

Startup Money Squirrel has launched an open banking-powered app to help UK businesses master their cashflow management.

07 January 2025

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SC Ventures launches invoicing and billing fintech to SMEs in Apac

SC Ventures, the fintech investment and incubation arm of Standard Chartered, has launched Labamu, an invoicing and billing platform for SMEs in Apac.

06 January 2025

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Finextra's year in review

With 2024 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

23 December 2024

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PalmPay and Jumia partner to develop Nigerian digital payment ecosystem

In an attempt to grow the use of the cashless economy, operator of Nigeria's most used mobile wallet PalmPay has partnered with African e-commerce giant Jumia.

20 December 2024

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10 trends that will impact payments in 2025, according to Mastercard

In this preview of a Mastercard report being released in early 2025, leaders at the card processer say that generative AI is emerging as critical to boosting fraud protection rates by as much as 300%.

13 December 2024

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Islamic fintech startup Ayan Capital secures £2.6 million in equity funding

Ayan Capital, a London-based Islamic fintech, has secured £2.8 million in equity funding to expand halal car finance and other Islamic finance products in the UK.

11 December 2024

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Berlin-based WealthTech startup NAO raises €3.4 million

Berlin-based WealthTech startup NAO has raised €3.4 million in a seed funding round from various family offices, private investors and existing investors, including FinTech veteran Jakob Schreyer and VC Zeitgeist X Ventures.

09 December 2024

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NatWest launches Fintech Growth Programme

NatWest Group is launching a Fintech Growth Programme, to help startups to lean on the resources, expertise and networks of an established high-street bank to help them scale-up and drive the bank's innovation pipeline.

05 December 2024

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