/regulation
Australia's Securities and Invesment Commission is consulting on changes to its market integrity rules amid fears that AI combined with algorithmic trading could enhance market volatility and exacerbate flash crashes.
28 August 2025
/people
N26 is bringing in a former Bundesbank executive board member to lead its supervisory board, with current chair Marcus Mosen becoming co-CEO following the recent exit of founder Valentin Stalf.
27 August 2025
/payments
Finastra has teamed up with Circle to help banks integrate stablecoin settlement into their cross-border payment flows.
/retail
HSBC is scrambling to fix glitches in its mobile and online banking systems that have presented customers with error messages, missed payments and inaccurate account information.
/security
A NatWest bank branch manager who stole £344,000 from cash machines over an eight year period to fuel his gambling addiction has been spared jail.
The Financial Conduct Authority is warning consumers to be on the look-out for fake FCA scams after being inundated with reports of bogus emails and calls from fraudsters impersonating the regulatory body.
/ai
UK digital bank Zopa has launched a five-year campaign to reskill 100,000 banking workers in AI disciplines by 2030.
Standard Chartered and Ant International have commenced live production trials for a bank-to-wallet payment service that uses the ISO 20022 financial messaging standards and Swift infrastrucuture.
After pausing plans for its US initial public offering amid market turbulence in the spring, Klarna will restart the process next month, according to Reuters.
The Dutch central bank has fined digital lender bunq €2.6 million for "serious deficiencies" in its anti-money laundering controls.
26 August 2025
/wealth
Investment firm Carlyle has agreed to buy intelliflo, a cloud-based practice management software for independent financial advisors in the UK, from Invesco in a deal worth up to $200 million.
ANZ has introduced a 'Digital Padlock', which enables customers to shut down access to accounts if they suspect they are being scammed.
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