/wholesale
Lead Bank has hit a $1.47 billion valuation after raising $70 million to serve fintech and crypto firms.
08 September 2025
/markets
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has agreed to give up exclusive rights to the rooftop of its data centre building to allay regulatory concerns that the arrangement hinders competition for low latency connectivity services (LLCS).
05 September 2025
/crypto
Stripe and crypto investment firm Paradigm have unveiled a blockchain project for stablecoin payments.
/people
Shares in Temenos fell by around 14% on Friday after the Swiss core banking vendor's CEO Jean-Pierre Brulard departed with immediate effect.
/wealth
Citi has signed an agreement with BlackRock to manage $80 billion in assets for Citi Wealth clients managed by Citi Investment Management (CIM).
Digital banking giant Revolut has appointed Frederic Oudea, former chief executive at Societe Generale, as chairman for its Western European operations.
/sustainable
The Switzerland-based organisation, the Green Fintech Network, has published The Green Fintech Theory of Change report, outlining how fintech can drive the green transition.
/ai
Ant International's Antom unit has launched an agentic AI payments offering that supports both card-based and alternative methods.
PayPal and Venmo users in some countries are being offered early access to Perplexity's new AI-powered web browser.
/payments
The BIS Inovation Hub and the Bank of England have developed a prototype analytical tool to unlock the richer payments data derived from the ISO 20022 payments messaging protocol.
/identity
Digital identity wallet ID.me has hit a $2 billion valuation after raising $340 million across a funding round, combined with a credit facility.
04 September 2025
Lloyds Banking Group is reviewing staff performance metrics with the aim of axing chronic underperformers.
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