/security
Following a recent commitment by Nato countries to invest 5% of their GDP to defence, global banks are backing a new bank that is being set up to support Nato countries and their allies finance their defence needs.
08 August 2025
/regulation
Blockchain infrastructure provider Paxos has reached a $48.5 million settlement with New York regulators over AML failures in its relationship with Binance.
/ai
Casap, a firm using AI to automate payment disputes and tackle first party fraud, has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Emergence Capital.
/crypto
Ripple is buying Toronto-based stablecoin payments platform Rail for $200 million.
07 August 2025
/payments
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has finalised new rules to protect consumer's money in the event of payment firm insolvency.
/wealth
Private equity firm Cinven has made a majority investment in Italian wealth management technology provider ObjectWay. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
/sustainable
Finextra’s annual sustainable finance event, Sustainable Finance.Live, will return this year on 4 November 2025 in London.
/people
Visa has created a cybersecurity advisory practice and appointed expert Jeremiah Dewey as global head of cyber products.
/markets
Barclays and BNP Paribas are the latest big-name banks to invest in Capitolis, bringing the capital markets tech provider's strategic funding round up to $56 million.
Deutsche WertpapierService Bank (dwpbank) has agreed to buy Berlin-based brokerage-as-a-service platform lemon.markets
06 August 2025
/cloud
Malaysia's largest financial institution Maybank, has agreed a deal with Microsoft that will see the tech firm spearhead the bank's digital transformation
/startups
Stavtar Solutions, a US-based startup with a SaaS platform for expense allocations and spend management, has completed a series A funding round worth $55m
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