10/29/2021 2:35:57 PM Greta Thunberg: Activist calls on banks to stop funding climate 'destruction' By Sarah Wolter The teenage Swedish climate activist is in London to take part in protests demanding the financial system stops funding fossil fuel...
10/29/2021 1:21:46 PM Dutch pension giant ABP to dump €15b in fossil fuel holdings By Sarah Wolter One of the world’s largest pension funds, ABP of the Netherlands, is to sell its entire holdings in fossil fuel companies worth more than...
10/29/2021 1:01:33 PM Third Point has big Shell stake, urges energy giant to break up By Sarah Wolter The activist said Shell should consider creating two stand-alone companies: one with legacy businesses such as refining that would...
10/29/2021 12:41:59 PM EBANX acquires B2B fintech Juno By Carlos Alonso Torras EBANX, a fintech firm for payment solutions in Latin America, confirms that it has finalized the acquisition of Juno, a Brazilian...
10/29/2021 12:36:34 PM Klarna and Stripe enter strategic partnership By Carlos Alonso Torras Retailers using Stripe can now activate Klarna as the preferred payment method in their checkout within minutes, providing a superior...
10/29/2021 12:34:49 PM Payments company Stripe is kick starting market for carbon removal By Carlos Alonso Torras The technology for removing billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere isn’t ready. Stripe wants to speed things up.
10/29/2021 12:30:49 PM Nigeria launches Africa’s first digital currency By Carlos Alonso Torras Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has launched the continent's first digital currency, the e-Naira. The launch also ranks Nigeria among...
10/29/2021 12:28:00 PM Citi rolls out RTP-enabled real time digital bill payments By Carlos Alonso Torras Building on its position as the world’s leading instant payments bank, Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) division now facilitates...
10/29/2021 12:24:40 PM Net zero is a booming business for consulting firms By Carlos Alonso Torras At least 965 companies and 63 countries have publicly committed to net-zero targets. Turning those plans into reality will be an...
10/29/2021 2:54:17 AM First Bitcoin. Then GameStop. Now Tiny Tungsten Cubes By Gareth Jones Apparently, online investors crave the tangible pleasure of holding surprisingly heavy metal blocks; 1.7 times as dense as lead!
10/29/2021 2:51:17 AM Justice Department Probes Visa’s Relationships With Fintech Firms By Gareth Jones The Justice Department is scrutinizing Visa's relationships with large financial-technology companies as part of its antitrust...
10/29/2021 2:47:43 AM How Brazil’s Nubank became a $30bn fintech By Gareth Jones Backed by Warren Buffett, with more than 40m customers and Brazil’s biggest pop star on its board, Nubank is on the rise. After hitting a...
10/29/2021 2:45:10 AM AmEx Gets Younger, More Blue Collar By Gareth Jones AmEx said that card acquisitions hit a record level in the third quarter for U.S. small-business and consumer Platinum and Gold cards....
10/29/2021 2:40:33 AM China Trading Apps Tank After Official Calls Them ‘Illegal’ By Gareth Jones China’s largest cross-border brokers plummeted in U.S. trading after a central bank official questioned the legitimacy of their...
10/29/2021 12:30:54 AM Swap raises $25m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter São Paulo based BaaS startup that helps clients manage their financial operations via its APIs raised $25m in Series A funding led by...
10/28/2021 3:50:32 PM Union54 raises $3m in Seed funding By Sarah Wolter Zambia based firm that lets companies issue debit cards without a bank or processor raised $3m in Seed funding led by Tiger Global.