clear
clear

/regulation

FCA fines Wise CEO Käärmann £350,000 for breach of senior manager conduct

Wise CEO Kristo Käärmann has been slapped with a £350,000 fine by the FCA for a breach of senior manager conduct relating to his failure to immediately report a default on his tax bill.

/payments

Bank of England presses on with retail CBDC to plug bank innovation gap

The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey has re-affirmed his support for a retail central bank digital currency, arguing that central banks are the "only game in town" as commercial banks lack the incentive to push for innovation.

/inclusion

Visa teams up with USAID for financial inclusion push

Visa is joining forces with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve access to digital government and payment systems across the world.

/ai

Fintech investment sector remains muted

Venture capital investment in US fintech remains muted, hovering near a six-year low for the sector, as deal flow has shifted toward the early stage, according to a report from Silicon Valley Bank.

/ai

NextGen: AI – Meet the speakers

Join Finextra at our inaugural London event next month to redefine the role of AI in financial services.

/retail

Banking and credit financial complaints skyrocket in 2024 FOS reports

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has reported that they received 40% more complaints in the first half of 2024 than in the same period in 2023.

/payments

AFP: Truist Bank exec says speed and simplicity is how to delight customers

Finextra sat down with Chris Ward, EVP enterprise payments for Truist Bank, to talk about what he sees coming in the future of payments.

/people

FCA finds not enough firms have disciplinary policies in place

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that the amount of workplace complaints have increased between 2021 and 2023, in its non-financial misconduct survey.

/crime

19% consumer and retail fraud increase in England and Wales reports ONS

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has reported there were approximately 3.6 million consumer and retail fraud incidents in 2024, a 19% rise for the same period in 2023.

/payments

Western Union to buy Singapore mobile wallet Dash

Western Union has struck a deal to buy mobile wallet Dash from Singaporean telco Singtel. Financial terms were not disclosed.

/payments

Mastercard expands platform to help fintechs launch card programmes

After a launch in Latin America earlier this year, Mastercard has brought its Product Express platform to a host of new markets, enabling fintechs to roll out a card programme in a matter of days.

/Sibos

Sibos: Financial institutions are “nowhere near” 2027 G20 targets

Alan Marquard, executive vice president, applications at Mastercard commented on their current progress towards 2027 goals as reported by FSB in their second annual assessment in a session on G20 targets at Sibos in Beijing: “we're four years in the journey to 2027, and we're nowhere near there. I find that completely unsurprising. The metrics were set up as quantitative metrics, but set at a global level without clarity on who was responsible for achieving them.”