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/Sibos

Sibos 2025: Why Europe needs the integration of capital markets

In the only Europe-centric session at Sibos in Frankfurt, Swift’s Marianne Demarchi led a conversation titled: “View from the Top: Securing Europe’s financial future - Resilience, autonomy, and global impact.”

/regulation

FCA’s targeted support proposal sparks debate on advice boundaries and consumer access

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released rules for targeted support, which would allow organisations to provide guidance to specific consumers on financial products that would best suit them.

/inclusion

Wagestream buys pension tech provider Zippen

UK workplace finance and wellbeing app Wagestream has bought pensions technology company Zippen. Financial terms were not disclosed.

/retail

Digital pensions fintech Penfold raises £3.9 million

Digital pension provider Penfold has raised £3.9 million in a funding round led by Gresham House Ventures.

/retail

Santander launches online pension plan with up to £1000 cashback offer

Banco Santander has launched a Self-Invested Personal Pension (Sipp) plan in the UK, with a £1000 cashback offer to people investing over £100,000.

/startups

Pensions fintech startup Jarvis raises £1.8 million seed funding

UK-based pensions fintech Jarvis has raised £1.8 million in seed funding in a round co-led by Ascension VC and Cornerstone VC, with participation from Tokio Marine Future Fund.

/retail

Monzo launches pensions product

UK challenger bank Monzo is further diversifying its product range with the launch of a new pension conolidation product that tracks down old pensions and brings them into one fund in the Monzo app.

/wealth

Sipps provider Intelligent Money goes into administration

UK wealth management firm Intelligent Money has entered administration after agreeing a deal to sell off its business and assets to fellow provider Quai.

/regulation

Pensions dashboards programme delayed due to digital skills shortage

According to a recently released report from the National Audit Office (NAO), the UK government’s Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has been delayed due to a lack of digitally skills and incapacity.

/retail

PensionBee to enter the US market

UK-based online pension provider PensionBee is to expand into the $22.5 trillion Defined Contribution pension market in the US.

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PensionBee moves into the black

Online pension provider PensionBee is approaching sustainable profitability on an adjusted earnings basis, having moved into the black in October with assets under administration of almost £4 billion.

/people

Monzo plots move into pensions market

UK digital bank Monzo is plotting a move into the pensions market, recruiting for a product manager to steer the bank's retirement proposition.

/retail

Standard Life partners Moneyhub for open finance integration

Standard Life is teaming up with Moneyhub to roll out an open finance-powered tool, Money Mindset, to its 1.5 million workplace pension scheme members.

/wealth

UK government announces delay to Pension Dashboard initiative

The UK's wealth management and pensions industry has expressed its disappointment at the announcement of a delay to the much anticipated Pensions Dashboard project

/retail

Standard Life parent invests £15m in Moneyhub

UK open finance and data platform Moneyhub has topped up a previously announced funding round with a £15 million investment from savings and retirement business Phoenix Group.

/wealth

Moneyfarm buys Profile Pensions

UK digital wealth manager Moneyfarm is buying pension adviser and consolidator Profile Pensions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

/crime

25% of consumers vulnerable to scams when withdrawing pension savings - FCA

FCA research has found that a quarter of consumers would consider withdrawing pensions savings to cover cost of living in the current crisis. According to the FCA, this renders consumers vulnerable to ‘misdirection’ scam tactics.

/startups

Tumelo raises $19m

Tumelo, a UK startup that helps investment platforms and pension providers give investors insight into which firms their money is being put into, and a voice on issues such as board diversity and climate change, has raised $19 million.

/wealth

Goldman Sachs to buy pension robo-advisor NextCapital

Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy NextCapital, a robo-advisor for corporate retirement plan participants. Financial terms were not disclosed.

/startups

Embedded finance network mmob raises £5m

British embedded finance network mmob has closed a £5 million seed funding round to finance a move into new markets, including Malaysia.