/sustainable
The initiative supports the COP30 Presidency’s goal of accelerating climate finance for forests and developing economies. Brazil, as host nation, is placing strong emphasis on halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030.
08 August 2025
/wealth
Investment Association (IA) data reveals that index trackers attracted £1.1 billion in inflows in June 2025 marking a strong continuation of momentum for passive investing, particularly in equity exposures across Europe and North America.
/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.
/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.
Private equity firm Cinven has made a majority investment in Italian wealth management technology provider ObjectWay. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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
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