Latest Sustainable News: Finextra Research

Why lack of action is the main biodiversity issue in financial portfolios

Previously, banks and members of the financial industry were either not aware or unsure of how to help when it came to biodiversity. However, that seems to be changing.

07 February 2025

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Sustainable money app Zero goes live

Sustainable money app Zero is opening for investments on Crowd Cube as it begins the roll out of its debit card, personal current account, and app for climate-conscious consumers.

29 January 2025

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Davos: Zumo releases MiCA readiness report

B2B assets platform Zumo has released a report from Davos on the industry’s readiness for the EU’s upcoming Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, focusing on sustainability requirements.

24 January 2025

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Algo trading firm XTX to build €1bn data centre hub in Finland

Algo trading form XTX Markets is investing €1 billion in a large-scale data centre complex in Finland to support its growing use of machine learning.

23 January 2025

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UK green fintech Tred winds up; blames APP fraud reimbursement rules

UK green fintech startup Tred is to wind down its business, blaming the shutdown on new reimbursement rules on authorised push payment fraud.

20 January 2025

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BeZero Carbon raises $32 million

Carbon ratings agency BeZero Carbon has raised $32 million in series C funding.

16 January 2025

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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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What biodiversity entering the mainstream means for private finance

A common thread has emerged from COP16: private finance mobilisation will define the scale at which progress grows in the coming years, but it cannot do it alone.

10 January 2025

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EBA publishes final guidelines on ESG risk management

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its specific requirements regarding management of ESG-related risks.

10 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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US banks leave Net-Zero Banking Alliance

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, JPMorgan Chase has followed a host of other US banks in quitting the Net-Zero Banking Alliance.

08 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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