/people
Citigroup has hired Robert Lighthizer, former US Trade Representative, as a senior advisor on global trade.
02 May 2025
/payments
Building a framework and infrastructure for a world-leading payments ecosystem is critical for the UK's continued leadership in financial services. The question ‘How can we ensure innovation, competition and high security standards?’ was answered by industry experts at IFGS 2025.
/markets
In two expert panels at IFGS 2025, speakers considered how geopolitical tensions are impacting the global fintech industry, and strategised how the UK can lead the space.
Dub, a copy trading app that enables users to mimic the portfolio strategies of notable investors, has raised $30 million in funding.
JP Morgan has signed up two major banks in the Middles East and North Africa to its Kinexys blockchain platform.
/sustainable
At IFGS 2025, the panel, titled ‘The road to net zero: clear and decisive, or bumpy and long?’ gathered perspectives from climate finance experts on how navigating sustainable decisions require nuance amid rising complexity.
01 May 2025
Tide is to roll out a BNPL pay-in-four credit product to all elgible clients after securing a £100 million debt facility from Fansanara Capital.
/regulation
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is calling on politicians to draft legislation to crackdown on Big Tech and finfluencers who promote unauthorised financial schemes.
/ai
Visa has unveiled its plans for two of the next big things in payments: agentic commerce and stablecoins.
/crypto
The changing regulatory landscape being driven by the Trump administration could see 2025 being blockchain's 'ChatGPT' moment and also drive huge growth in stablecoins, according to research from Citi.
/identity
Brits will soon be able to use their passports to create digital ID passes and store them in their Google Wallets.
Persona, the verified identify platform used by a host of fintechs, has raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation.
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