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Lloyds to run two-month Data and AI Summer School for employees

Lloyds Banking Group is expecting to play host to tens of thousands of employees at a two-month Data & AI Summer School as part of a commitment to building a digitally-confident workforce.

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Over half of people who have acted on social media financial advice have lost money

Research by TSB reveals that of the 31 percent of people who have acted on financial advice on social media platforms – over half (55%) lost money as a result.

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Revolut lets customers send money to China via Alipay

Revolut is targeting the $48 billion Chinese remittance market through a partnership with Ant International.

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AusPayNet and AP+ launch consultation on future of Australian A2A payments

Australia's payment industry and its domestic payments provider have launched a public consultation on the future of account-to-account payments in the country.

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Castellum.AI raises $8.5m

Castellum.AI, a financial crime compliance platform with in-house risk data, AML/KYC screening and AI agents, has closed an oversubscribed $8.5 million Series A round.

/wealth

Revolut launches stocks and shares ISAs and ETF investment options

Revolut has launched Stocks and Shares ISAs and UK-listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) as it expands investment options for customers in the UK.

/crime

Monzo slapped with £21 million fine for AML failings

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has fined neobank Monzo £21,091,300 over its "inadequate" anti-financial crime systems and controls that were in place between October 2018 and August 2020

/startups

Former Monzo alumni raise $13 million for AI chatbot startup

Gradient Labs, a startup creating AI agents for the financial services industry and founded by former Monzo alumni, has raised $13 million.

/payments

Mastercard and Pay4You form spend management partnership

Mastercard has joined forces with self-service payment portal Pay4You to pitch a tail spend management offering to firms in Europe.

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EPC invites Directory Service Providers to collaborate on VoP scheme

The European Payments Council is seeking Directory Service Providers to help with checking routing algorithms that may be used by Verification of Payee (VoP) scheme participants.

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Five more Belgian banks join the European Payments Initiative

Five big banks in Belgium have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) with the intention of rolling out the Wero digital wallet and instant account-to-account (A2A) payment application to customers in the first half of next year.

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BNP Paribas to run UK fintech incubator programme for AI

BNP Paribas Personal Finance is to run its third successive UK Fintech incubator programme, seeking out startups with Gen AI applications applicable to the financial services sector.