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Worldline moves into embedded payments market

Worldline is moving into embedded payments via a partnership with Online Payment Platform (OPP), a provider of payment technology for platforms and marketplaces.

09 October 2024

/crypto

Crypto.com sues SEC after receiving Wells notice

Crypto.com has filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission after receiving a Wells notice from the regulator warning that enforcement action may be on the way.

09 October 2024

/inclusion

Mastercard targets real-time card payments in South Africa

South Africa is set to become the first country to benefit from Mastercard's push to introduce real-time card payments.

09 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Analysing the transaction journey and assessing nature-related risk

Dr Nicola Ranger, director of the global finance and economy group, Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, spoke on her work at the institute in a keynote and then with moderator Richard Peers in the Q&A session, ‘What’s missing from the transaction journey?’ Dr Ranger outlined how nature risks are priced and which methods the Green Finance Institute (GFI) has put forward to assess nature-related risk.

08 October 2024

/crypto

FTX gets green light to repay billions to customers

Customers of failed crypto exchange FTX will receive up to $16.5 billion under a bankruptcy plan approved by a US judge.

08 October 2024

/wealth

Archax and Assetera partner to offer tokenised real-world assets

Digital securities distribution platform Assetera and digital securities exchange Archax have joined forces to offer investors access to tokenised real-world assets - including money-market funds from abrdn - in Europe.

08 October 2024

/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live 2024: The role of ESG data in the nature capital marketplace

Founder of ResponsibleRisk, Richard Peers, moderated a session at Sustainable Finance Live called ‘What is the role of impact and ESG data in ensuring economic profit of nature capital in the marketplace?’, with speakers Cain Blythe, founder of Ecosulis and Credit Nature; Simon Crichton, head of nature, food, and resource at Triodos Bank; Giles D'Souza strategic business lead in remote sensing and GIS at Planet; James Lockhart-Smith, VP sustainable finance at Verisk Maplecroft; and Donna Lyndsay, strategic market lead environment and sustainability at Ordnance Survey.

08 October 2024

/startups

EIB announces plan to boost funding for European fintechs

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has proposed a series of measures designed to strengthen funding for fintechs and startups within Europe.

08 October 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: How can natural capital be assessed and why does it need to be?

Kicking off Sustainable Finance Live 2024 at Events@No6 in London, Richard Peers, founder of ResponsibleRisk and contributing editor at Finextra opened with an introduction outlining the themes and objectives of this year’s event, to understand natural capital risk, pricing, and trade.

08 October 2024

/security

Fintech Australia backs government's scam prevention plan

The industry group for Australia's startup sector, Fintech Australia, has given its support for the government's proposals to implement scam obligations for financial services firms.

08 October 2024