January 2025 – Page 111

Could Metro Bank be the next banking failure of 2023?

Metro Bank has faced significant challenges recently. The UK challenger bank's announcement of plans to raise up to £600 million from investors led financial regulators...

Ofcom to Investigate Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Cloud Duopoly

Historically, financial institutions faced the challenge of choosing between AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure for their workloads due to availability constraints. However, with smaller...

Komainu Receives FCA Approval for Crypto Registration

Komainu, a digital asset custodian joint venture between Nomura, CoinShares, and Ledger, has received crypto registration from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. The company has...

FCA Sends 146 Alerts to Non-Compliant Firms on Inaugural Day of New Crypto Asset Promotion Rules

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued 146 alerts regarding cryptocurrency asset promotions on the first day new regulations took effect to oversee the...

Accelerating Change: Strategies to Disrupt Inertia

Kicking off Sustainable Finance Live 2023 at Events@no6 in London, Richard Peers, founder of ResponsibleRisk, emphasized this year's goal: uniting individuals who share a passion...

Webull Introduces Access to Savings Marketplace

Digital investing platform Webull has introduced Webull Savings, a new service that enables users to access a marketplace of savings accounts and facilitates quick fund...

Financial Cloud Summit 2024: Initial Speaker Lineup Revealed!

The 2024 Financial Cloud Summit is scheduled for March 7th, 2024, at King’s Place in London. This year's conference focuses on aiding decision-makers in the...

The Bank’s Contribution to Funding Sustainable Urban Development

The interactive workshop session, Sustainable Finance Live, was celebrated as a rapid co-creation opportunity that transformed ideas into reality in just one hour. Richard Conway,...

APP Scam Reimbursement Regulations Expanded to Include Chaps

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is set to expand its scam reimbursement program to include transactions within the Chaps high-value payments network. In June...

Australia Prioritizes Wholesale CBDC Development Over Retail Options

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is placing emphasis on the issuance of a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) as opposed to a retail...