Latest Sustainable News: Finextra Research

Money20/20: Enfuce partners with SEB Embedded to drive embedded finance

Enfuce has announced its partnership with Swedish banking as a service (BaaS) provider SEB Embedded, part of SEB, to offer a full virtual and physical card solution tech stack to SEB Embedded's BaaS customers.

06 June 2023

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Tandem turns in first underlying profit

UK challenger bank Tandem has reported its first full year of underlying profit, joining fellow challengers Monzo and Starling on the path to profitability.

01 June 2023

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HSBC launches ESG Index

HSBC has launched a global Index that uses artificial intelligence to help measure the improvement of a company’s ESG credentials and their potential for positive financial performance.

31 May 2023

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Google Ventures backs carbon removals market-making platform CUR8

Google Ventures has led a £5.3 million pre-seed funding round for CUR8, a market-making platform for carbon removals.

30 May 2023

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CBA launches Sustainability Action Tool for businesses

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a Sustainability Action Tool to provide insights into actions businesses can take to reduce their environmental impacts and lower costs.

23 May 2023

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African fintech M-Kopa raises $250 million

African fintech M-Kopa has closed over $250m in new debt and equity funding to expand its financial services offering to underbanked consumers across Sub-Saharan Africa.

15 May 2023

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EU Parliament votes for new crypto rules

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favour of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) crypto licensing regulations.

20 April 2023

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IFGS 2023: How can your company act more sustainably?

In a fireside chat titled ‘Fintech and the Climate Crisis: Driving Innovation for a Sustainable Future’ on day one of IFGS 2023, panelists Anisha Mohil, impact and sustainability manager at ecolytiq and Ian Sutherland, CFO of Tide, discussed the transition to a low-carbon economy.

18 April 2023

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FCA to host Greenwashing TechSprint

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to host an international operational forum aimed at developing tools to tackle the rising tide of greenwashing in financial services.

11 April 2023

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EBAday 2023: Agenda now live!

EBAday, the annual event for payments and transaction banking executives, will return on 20th – 21st June 2023 at IFEMA in Madrid, Spain.

06 April 2023

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Mastercard makes sustainable cards pledge

Mastercard is stepping up its sustainability efforts, vowing to ditch all first-use PVC plastics from its newly produced cards by the beginning of 2028.

05 April 2023

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ANZ completes CBDC pilot project for trading carbon credits

ANZ has partnered with Grollo Carbon Ventures (GCV) to successfully trade Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), one of a batch of use cases for an Australian Central Bank Digital Currency.

05 April 2023

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