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JP Morgan goes live with Proxymity digital proxy voting platform

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JP Morgan goes live with Proxymity digital proxy voting platform

JP Morgan's Securities Services has gone live with a digital proxy voting platform from Proxymity in Belgium, with more markets to follow.

Reaching net-zero will require $5 trillion every year for the next 30 years, says BoA report

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Reaching net-zero will require $5 trillion every year for the next 30 years, says BoA report

Ahead of COP26, Bank of America Global Research has issued a net-zero primer and stocks picks report, which predicts that $5 trillion will need to be invested every year for the next 30 years, if global emissions targets are to be reached.

Sibos 2021: How can banks take meaningful action on climate change?

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Sibos 2021: How can banks take meaningful action on climate change?

With COP26 fast approaching, and the financial industry facing additional costs to comply with government actions on climate change, it needs to start asking itself some tough questions, namely: Are we acting responsibly for the future? Are we driving carbon neutrality in the businesses we finance? Are we acting as an enabler for investments to lower the cost and increase the deployment of low-carbon technologies?

Triodos Bank’s £2 million rewilding bond raised in under 48 hours

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Triodos Bank’s £2 million rewilding bond raised in under 48 hours

Triodos Bank UK and rewilding charity, Trees for Life, have successfully raised a crowdfunding bond worth £2 million, just 48 hours after launch – demonstrating the rising demand for rewilding as an investment opportunity.

Binance announces restructure to assuage regulator concern

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Binance announces restructure to assuage regulator concern

Cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is set to centralise its business structure in the wake of intensifying regulatory concern over the firm’s lack of systemic transparency.

Davos 2021: PayPal’s Dan Schulman - Profit and purpose being at odds is ‘ridiculous’

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Davos 2021: PayPal’s Dan Schulman - Profit and purpose being at odds is ‘ridiculous’

Finextra is at Davos this year, covering global insights into the impact fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth and advancing a new social contract.

EBAday 2020: Batch processing gives way to the instant payments revolution

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EBAday 2020: Batch processing gives way to the instant payments revolution

At EBAday 2019 in Stockholm, Deutsche Bank’s Koral Araskin highlighted that if instant payments is the new normal, banks will heavily depend on cash buffers to cover all payment flows - even those which come outside of normal working hours. "Is this really meaningfully achievable?" he pondered last year. The events of 2020 and the impact of Covid-19 have truly shown that it must be achievable.

Deutsche Bank spinoff IMP+ACT Alliance launches digital ESG fund transparency tool

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Deutsche Bank spinoff IMP+ACT Alliance launches digital ESG fund transparency tool

IMP+ACT Alliance today launched the IMP+ACT Classification System (ICS), which will allow asset managers to self-report how they classify, measure and manage ESG impact, serving financial risk mitigation strategies and advancing global goals such as the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

BNP Paribas Securities Services uses NLG to write client exec summaries

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BNP Paribas Securities Services uses NLG to write client exec summaries

BNP Paribas Securities Services is using Natural Language Generation (NLG) to write one-page executive summaries for its custody clients.

What does the future hold for a hybrid, multi-cloud future?

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What does the future hold for a hybrid, multi-cloud future?

In the face of incessant economic volatility, political challenges and being compelled to execute continuous, complex technological adjustments, the financial services industry must acknowledge that the cloud will frame the future.

Citi spins off proxy voting platform to industry consortium

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Citi spins off proxy voting platform to industry consortium

Citigroup is spinning off its electronic proxy voting platform Proximity to a consortium of banks who are backing the new venture with $20.5 million in fresh capital.

Sustainable Finance Live to go virtual

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Sustainable Finance Live to go virtual

Sustainable Finance Live, the series of workshops hosted by Finextra Research and Responsible Risk, is becoming a virtual event in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

How to use technology to solve climate change and cloud waste

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How to use technology to solve climate change and cloud waste

Global IT expense is set to reach a staggering $3.9 trillion in 2020, an increase of 3.4% from 2019 according to Gartner. Driven by the adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS), all market segments are expected to spend on forms of software such as cloud and expand its use through 2023. But what does this mean for the environment?

FCA flags regulatory gaps and IT outages as key areas of focus

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FCA flags regulatory gaps and IT outages as key areas of focus

In its annual Sector Views report, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority warns of the growing risks to consumers in the retail banking and payments sector, as regulatory protection struggles to keep pace with technology-driven innovation and incumbents grapple with legacy limitations.

Open Banking year two: Insights from the CMA9

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Open Banking year two: Insights from the CMA9

The financial services industry was forced to endure a steep learning curve with the launch of Open Banking in 2018, but what followed the one-year anniversary of the UK’s experiment? Here’s a review of Open Banking’s second year. What worked? What didn’t? And what’s next?

Metro Bank trials digital business receipts

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Metro Bank trials digital business receipts

Metro Bank has invited a select few business customers to trial its upcoming app-based receipt manager, created following a partnership with Canadian tech firm Sensibill.

Mastercard invests in Doconomy to offer cardholders CO2 emissions tracker

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Mastercard invests in Doconomy to offer cardholders CO2 emissions tracker

Announcing at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Mastercard has extended its collaboration with Swedish fintech Doconomy to offer cardholders carbon footprint tracking based on purchases made through the Bank of Åland’s cloud-based Åland Index.

P27 Momentum: Key milestones for stakeholders in 2020 and beyond

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P27 Momentum: Key milestones for stakeholders in 2020 and beyond

Henry Ohlsson, deputy governor, Riksbank kept Nordic payments professionals entertained during NextGen Nordics: P27 Momentum during his session on the role of the central bank in a changing environment.

P27 Momentum: Challenges for creating a pan-Nordic payment region

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P27 Momentum: Challenges for creating a pan-Nordic payment region

While banks, businesses and customers operate across the Nordics, infrastructure remains national. At NextGen Nordics: P27 Momentum, executive advisor at Nordea Johanna Lybeck-Lilja continues discussion on the pan-Nordic clearing system to be launched in early 2021 and reiterates that while the region has a long history of cooperation, the cross-border challenge has not been solved.

P27 Momentum: Collaboration is crucial for cross-border payments

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P27 Momentum: Collaboration is crucial for cross-border payments

Driving community discussion on P27, payments professionals from across the Nordic region are gathering in Stockholm for NextGen Nordics: P27 Momentum to reflect on how this project will deliver a pan-Nordic clearing platform to settle domestic and cross-border multiple currencies.

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