UN’s fintech task force fired up for sustainable development
United Nations calls on banks and firms to get digital finance flows to SDGs.
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TransferTo and Fern Software get UN funding for payments push
Cross-border mobile payments network TransferTo and banking software provider Fern Software have both been awarded a grant as a part of the United Nations Capital Development’s Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformation (Shift) Challenge Fund, reports Julie Muhn at Finovate (Banking Technology’s sister company). The goal of the fund is to use remittances to improve the economic power of women […]
Top fintech stories this week – 10 February 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! Temenos cuts jobs in US; eyes D+H payments business EXCLUSIVE. US layoffs cited as around 60 by some sources. Ziraat Bank London to replace legacy core banking tech EXCLUSIVE. Misys Fusionbanking moves in. Banks and UN launch sustainable […]
Banks and UN launch sustainable investment framework
United Nations, together with 19 banks and investors worldwide, have launched “a global framework aimed at channelling the money they manage towards clean, low carbon and inclusive projects”. The framework – The Principles for Positive Impact Finance – is a first of its kind set of criteria for investments to be considered sustainable, says the UN.
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🇬🇧UK challenger Recognise Bank appoints new CEO, Jean Murphy @RecogniseBank, a UK-based #digital bank for small an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
South Africa’s TymeBank to acquire SME funding fintech Retail Capital 🇿🇦South African #digital bank @tymebankza is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
B2B paytech Plastiq to list publicly following SPAC merger Florida-based #B2B payments platform @payplastiq is to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
NatWest’s director of payments leaves to join Bibby Financial Services @NatWestGroup director of payments, Marion… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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XR, banks and rewiring the system I was recently invited to be a guest on the ‘What the FinTech?’ podcast, and one… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…