/regulation
US and European officials have begun an "informal dialogue" on consumer financial protection issues, focusing on the rise of Big Tech in payments; the use of AI in lending; and the emergence of buy now, pay later.
15 April 2024
/payments
Rosalino will be taking to the stage to open the show in Lisbon, Portugal for this year's EBAday, exploring the roadmap for a modern and safe payments market.
12 April 2024
On 23rd April, Finextra will be returning to Stockholm for NextGen Nordics for a day packed with panels, Q&As, workshops, keynotes, and networking.
/markets
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has identified key risks to fair competition in AI Foundation Models (FMs), growing concerns as AI rapidly develops in the financial industry.
/crime
With summer holidays on the horizon, Lloyds Bank is cautioning customers against scams as they book their vacations.
/retail
Russia’s MTS Bank has announced it will hold an initial public offering (IPO), despite current Western sanctions on Russian banks.
/wholesale
Mimo, a platform designed to simplify business-to-business payments, has raised £15.5 million in an investment round led by Northzone.
Barclays has led a Series B financing round for Funding Xchange (FXE), a provider of white-label software for lenders to SMEs. The size of the round was not disclosed.
11 April 2024
/people
Former PayPal and American Express boss Dan Schulman is joining Valor Capital Group, the cross-border venture fund focused on bridging the US and Latin American technology markets.
/startups
Pactio, a UK-based fintech focused on the private equity (PE) market has completed an £11m series A funding round
/crypto
Hong Kong's financial regulator is poised to give the green light to the first batch of bitcoin spot ETFs.
The Clearing House's Chips private-sector high-value clearing and settlement system has migrated to the ISO 20022 messaging format.
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