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Blockchain to 'eventually' power all transactions - StanChart CEO

Bill Winters, the chief executive of UK bank Standard Chartered, has stated that nearly all transactions will be settled on the blockchain, eventually.

36 mins

/sustainable

SF.live 2025 brands blended finance and repeatability as keys to nature investment

Acknowledging the understanding that, for sustainable finance, there are a lot of opportunities but equally a lot of money and investment needed, a panel of experts at SF.live tackled how to reinvent the value of nature as an asset class.

1 hour

/payments

Pine Labs eyes $400m target for upcoming IPO

Indian payments company Pine Labs is reportedly seeking to raise more than $430m from its upcoming IPO in Mumbai.

2 hours

/ai

AI fintech Optasia lists in South Africa

UAE-based Optasia, a AI-powered fintech, has listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in one of the country's biggest IPOs in recent years.

2 hours

/crypto

Ripple acquires UK digital asset and wallet company Palisade

Ripple is further bolstering its crypto custody capabilities with the acquisition of UK digital asset wallet and custody company, Palisade.

4 hours

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Sustainable Finance Live 2025 kicks off

Kicking off Sustainable Finance.Live 2025 in London, event host and founder of ResponsibleRisk, Richard Peers, outlined the objectives of the event this year and the theme of resilient infrastructure.

4 hours

/markets

Clearstream launches tokenized securities platform

Clearstream is to offer clients a choice between digital and tokenized issuance of securities with the launch of a blockchain-based system operating over Google Cloud.

5 hours

/wholesale

Banco Santander launches platform to help businesses go global

Banco Santander has launched an international growth platform to provide support to businesses entering new export markets.

6 hours

/regulation

UK RegTechs FundApps and SteelEye merge

UK RegTechs FundApps and SteelEye have merged to create a unified platform combining surveillance, monitoring, reporting, and analytics for buy-side and sell-side institutions.

7 hours

/payments

ACI Worldwide acquires A2A fintech Payment Components

ACI Worldwide has acquired Payment Components, a European provider of financial messaging and open banking technology for A2A payments.

03 November 2025

/retail

Experian overhauls credit scoring system

Credit ratings agency Experian is to include rantal payments in its credit scoring system as part of a major overhaul that better reflects how credit applications are assessed, giving people a clearer picture of their borrowing potential and more ways to improve their score.

03 November 2025

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Worldline to explore stablecoin payments with Fipto

French payments processor Worldline has entered a strategic collaboration with local fintech Fipto to integrate stablecoins into European payment rails.

03 November 2025