Former TSB and Virgin Money boss Paul Pester has taken on the role of chair at Firenze, a Manchester-based embedded finance startup that helps wealth managers offers customers loans secured against their investment pots.
Voice cloning scams – where fraudsters use AI technology to replicate the voice of a friend or family member – could be set to catch millions out, according to new research from Starling Bank.
New rules from the FCA to protect access to cash have come into force and are already having a positive impact in local communities, says the watchdog, adopting a stance which has strained credulity in the wake of Lloyds Bank's latest branch closure programme.
Banks in Singapore will progressively implement Singpass Face Verification (SFV) over the next three months to strengthen the digital token (DT) setup process for retail banking customers.
In the wake of the collapse of fintech Synapse, a US regulator has outlined plans to strengthen recordkeeping requirements for bank deposits received from third party companies on behalf of their customers.
Venture capital fund managers who have signed up to the Investing in Women Code are more likely to invest in female founders, according to a UK government report.