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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Planet Tracker tackles environmental impact data

Leading up to Finextra’s annual green conference, Sustainable Finance Live, which will take place at Events@No6 on October 8 in London, keynote speaker and founder of ResponsibleRisk Richard Peers interviewed Robin Millington, CEO of Planet Tracker.

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FCA chair accused of revealing identity of internal whistleblower - FT

Ashley Alder, FCA chair, has been accused of revealing the identity of an internal whistleblower despite the regulator's policy to protect their identity.

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MUFG invests $333m in Indian digital lender DMI Finance

MUFG Bank is investing another $333 million in Indian digital lender DMI Finance at a valuation of around $3 billion.

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Visa joins $5 million round in African payroll provider Workpay

Visa has joined a $5 million funding round in Kenyan payroll provider Workpay.

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CBA and BNY deliver near real-time cross-border payments

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is delivering near real-time cross-border payments to businesses and consumers who receive international payments from customers of US bank BNY.

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BBVA doubles AI staff numbers

BBVA has doubled the number of staff working on artificial intelligence to more than 400 as it opens new 'AI Factories' in Mexico and Turkey.

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Crooks use progressive web apps for new phishing scam

Security researchers have identified a new phishing technique using progressive web applications (PWAs) to target customers of banks in Eastern Europe.

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Skyfire raises $8.5m to bring autonomous payments to AI agents

Former Google and Ripple executives have raised $8.5 million for a startup, called Skyfire, building a payments network that enables AI agents to make autonomous transactions.

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Klarna acquires assets of bankrupt BNPL firm Laybuy

Klarna has acquired the assets of defunct buy now, pay later firm Laybuy in New Zealand.

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Starling inches towards IPO with search for head of investor relations

Starling Bank has launched a recruitment search for a group head of investor relations who will be charged with steering the company towards a possible IPO.

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Molten Ventures feels the upside of Revolut's $45 billion valuation

Fintech VC Molten Ventures has seen the value of its £7 million initial stake in Revolut boosted to £160 million following the recent share sale which valued the SuperApp at $45 billion.

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Transatlantic fintech alliance Fintilect goes live

Fintilect, a transatlantic alliance of three fintech firms owned by Parabellum Investments, has launched to provide banks with a full suite of AI-driven customer engagement tools.