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COP26: How our wallets will save the world

Your money is a weapon. It can either be used to tackle the climate crisis or fan the flames. The United Nations’ climate conference in Glasgow, COP26, says it is time to have a serious discussion about how our money can be deployed to save the world.

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PensionBee streamlines retirement savings with Plaid Open Banking connection

PensionBee and Plaid have come together to expand the remit of Open Banking to the traditionally complex, paper intensive and slow processes associated with pension contributions.

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Open finance partnership platform mmob signs up partners

Open finance partnership platform mmob has added a host of firms, including PensionBee, Upside, and Glint Pay, to its network as it bids to become a 'SuperApp-as-a-Service' provider.

/retail

Capgemini wins contract with Pensions Dashboard Programme

The UK's Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has selected Capgemini for the delivery of its central technical architecture.

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Fintech must grab opportunity to entice over 50s

Fintech firms have been missing a trick by largely ignoring the fastest growing and wealthiest demographic - the over 50s, says VC QED Investors.

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Wall Street giants invest in Vestwell

Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have joined a $70 million Series C funding round for workplace savings and investing platform Vestwell.

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Crown Agents Bank launches biometric pension solution

Crown Agents Bank has today launched a biometric authentication pension solution, EMpower Pensions, facilitating secure, end-to-end pensions management, as well as domestic and international pension payroll, from a single digital platform.

/retail

Plum moves into retirement savings

Fintech investment app Plum has launched its first pensions product.

/markets

PensionBee to float in April

UK fintech PensionBee has confirmed its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange in April with goal of raising £55 million.

/security

MPs slam Action Fraud, FCA and tech giants over pension scams

Global tech firms such as Google should be held to account for hosting pension scam adverts with legislation needed to stop them profiting from a multibillion-pound scam industry, MPs say today.

/retail

PensionBee to give customers early access to IPO

UK fintech PensionBee is working with PrimaryBid to give its customers first dibs on its putative London listing.

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Barclays forms partnership with Smart Pension

Barclays has inked a deal with Smart Pension that will see the UK lending giant promote the online pension provider to its business banking clients.

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PensionBee launches fossil fuel free fund

Online pension provider PensionBee has launched a fossil fuel free fund, created in partnership with Legal & General Investment Management.

/markets

PensionBee explores London listing

UK fintech PensionBee is planning to list on the London Stock Exchange, in a move that could value the company at more than £300 million.

/regulation

CMA blocks investment technology merger between FNZ and GBST

The UK's Competition and Markets Authroity (CMA) has ordered FNZ to sell GBST after finding the merger between the investment platforms could lead to a reduction in service quality and higher prices for consumers.

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Coutts MD: Sustainability is about ‘unpeeling’ investment decision making

Mohammad Kamal Syed, managing director and head of investment management at Coutts & Co, tells Finextra Research of the ‘root and branch uplift’ in the firm’s investment decision making to address ESG goals.

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Sibos 2020: Defining sustainable finance and ESG, beyond climate action and the environment

As wildfires, hurricanes, social and economic unrest and the pandemic play out across the global stage, the final of day of Sibos 2020 focuses on banking for humanity, the impact of ESG and the triple bottom line as a driver for sustainable business.

/startups

Exabel closes $3.6m funding round

A startup that offers AI analytics to asset managers has raised $3.6m in its third funding round bringing the total capital raised to more than $12m.

/wealth

eToro makes acquisition ahead of debit card launch

Online investment platform eToro has furthered its preparations for the launch of its first debit card by acquiring UK-based e-money platform Marq Millions.

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ESG standards: No silver platter of harmonised data

A desire for standardisation of ESG data may be folly, according to Bruno Bertocci, head of sustainable equities at UBS Wealth Management.