7/18/2025 4:53:07 AM Basel Committee’s Voluntary Climate Disclosure Framework: Implications for the UK, EU and beyond By Sabine Dittrich Julia Shearer-Rivera Sam Ingleton Introduction On 13 June 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published a framework for its 28 member...
7/17/2025 10:44:00 AM Leeds Reforms: Starting gun sounds for comprehensive reforms to the FOS By Sara Cody Starting gun sounds for comprehensive reforms to the FOS The government, together with the FCA and the FOS, has begun the process of...
7/15/2025 8:05:15 PM UK puts growth at heart of financial services strategy By Peter Bevan Simon Treacy The UK Government has published a Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy. The Strategy, which was launched as part of the...
7/15/2025 11:24:10 AM Mansion House 2025: UK uses “Leeds Reforms” to rewire financial system By Peter Bevan Harry Eddis Clare McMullen Elizabeth Dowd Alastair Holt Nikunj Kiri Raza Naeem Michael Kent +5 more... Show less Rachel Reeves has used a summit in Leeds to announce a wide-ranging package of reforms to financial regulation. A new strategy for...
7/14/2025 1:05:42 PM JPMorgan tells fintechs to pay up for customer data access By Sarah Wolter The bank has told financial-technology companies that it will start charging fees amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars for access...
7/9/2025 3:12:09 PM OneText raises $4.5m in Seed funding By Kate Wang California based text-to-buy network for e-commerce raised $4.5m in Seed funding led by Khosla Ventures.
7/9/2025 5:58:44 AM Gradient Labs raises $13m in Series A funding By Kate Wang London based agentic AI startup focused on regulated industries raised $13m in Series A funding led by Redpoint Ventures.
7/8/2025 8:31:06 PM Final pieces of DORA rulebook fall into place By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy In the last couple of years EU financial entities have been busy implementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act. DORA started to...
7/8/2025 5:19:50 PM EBA to extend its outsourcing guidelines to cover all third party risks outside DORA By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The European Banking Authority is consulting on new guidelines for the management of third party risk. The guidelines will replace the...
7/7/2025 1:12:58 PM Banking Industry Outlook: U.S. Banking M&A Activity Mid-Year Review By Christopher Sicuranza Brad Schaltenbrand John Hill Perry Clark +1 more... Show less Key Highlights Active First Half: The first half of 2025 saw 72 U.S. banking mergers and aquisitions (M&A) transactions announced,...
7/4/2025 10:18:44 AM Qualifying holdings: More detailed EU rules are on the way for prospective acquirors By Julian Emmerich The European Banking Authority is consulting on new regulatory technical standards detailing information for acquirors of qualifying...
7/3/2025 4:59:04 PM FCA publishes long awaited non-financial misconduct rules and guidance By Joseph Richmond Declan Mcloughlin The FCA’s long awaited “next steps” on non-financial misconduct (“NFM”) have now been published. Building on its previous consultation in...
7/1/2025 7:22:48 PM Digital workers have arrived in banking By Sarah Wolter Bank of New York Mellon said it now employs dozens of artificial intelligence-powered ‘digital employees’ that have company logins and...
7/1/2025 1:19:58 PM Circle applies for US trust bank license after bumper IPO By Sarah Wolter If the charter is granted by the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, it would enable Circle to act as a custodian for its own...
6/30/2025 7:38:01 PM Klarna accelerates shift to digital bank ahead of second IPO attempt By Sarah Wolter The company, known for loans offered to online shoppers at the point of purchase that are paid back in several interest-free instalments,...
6/26/2025 8:50:17 PM Sibill raises €12m in Series A funding By Louden Richason Milan based financial management platform for Italian SMEs raised €12m in Series A funding led by Creandum.