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Sustainable Finance Live: Environmental sector isn’t “investable or professional yet”

Dr Rich Stockdale, founder of Oxygen Conservation, gave the closing keynote of Sustainable Finance Live 2024, looking into how the investment into natural capital can evolve in the future.

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Sustainable Finance Live: Regulations driving sustainable transactions

Regulation and policy can be an important step sustainable transactions at a global level. There are many different perspectives on how to help implement these regulations within the financial services, which this Sustainable Finance Live session covered.

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UK fintechs have an overall positive impact on the country - Innovate Finance

The FinTech Impact Report 2024 reports that the UK fintech sector has improved financial inclusion and sustainable initiatives across the country.

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Ex-UBS boss Hamers joins AI wealth management startup Arta Finance

Former UBS chief executive Ralph Hamers has become an external senior advisor for Arta Finance, an AI-based digital wealth management startup founded by former Google executives.

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Banked buys Australian A2A payments outfit Waave

London-based account-to-account payments provider Banked has gained a foothold in the Australian market through the acquisition of local player Waave. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Citi and Mastercard team on cross-border debit card payments

Citi is working with Mastercard to enable clients to make real-time cross-border payments to debit cards.

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TD Bank fined $3bn after money laundering guilty plea

TD Bank has agreed to pay $3 billion in penalties after pleading guilty to violating US anti-money laundering federal laws.

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Monzo to hit £4.5bn valuation in employee share sale

Monzo is offering employees the opportunity to sell part of their stakes in the digital bank through a secondary sale that sees its valuation hit £4.5 billion.

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'Woeful' systems and staff incentive schemes land TSB with £10.9 million penalty

The FCA has fined TSB Bank £10,910,500 for failing to ensure customers who were in arrears were treated fairly.

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Revolut to offer American Express as new payment method for business customers

Revolut is to provide business merchants in the UK with the ability to accept American Express cards, unlocking access to higher spending, premium customers and supporting further growth of the card scheme's network in the UK.

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Financial advisory firm Facet raises $35 million

US investment advisory firm Facet has raised $35 million in a funding round led by Multiplier Capital.

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Pockit to buy Monese

Pockit, a UK fintech that provides financial services to low-income and underserved customers, has agreed terms to acquire struggling mobile banking outfit Monese.