https://www.finextra.com/ The Latest Financial IT Sustainable Headlines Copyright 2025 Finextra Research Ltd en-GB contact@finextra.com (Finextra Contact) https://www.finextra.com https://www.finextra.com/finextra-images/site/finextra.png https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45749/sustainability-fintech-weefin-raises-25-million?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45749/sustainability-fintech-weefin-raises-25-million?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:17:00 GMT WeeFin, a fintech that helps financial institutions manage their sustainability strategies, has completed a €25m financing round Series B, led by Blackfin Capital Partners. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45655/aib-raises-500-million-in-green-bond-issuance?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45655/aib-raises-500-million-in-green-bond-issuance?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:12:00 GMT Irish bank AIB has raised €500 million from issuance from its seventh green bond, which will fund a environmental and climate action projects. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45649/caixabank-introduces-carbon-footprint-verification-service-for-businesses?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45649/caixabank-introduces-carbon-footprint-verification-service-for-businesses?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:01:00 GMT Spain's CaixaBank has launched a service that helps its business clients verify their carbon footprint. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45465/why-lack-of-action-is-the-main-biodiversity-issue-in-financial-portfolios?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45465/why-lack-of-action-is-the-main-biodiversity-issue-in-financial-portfolios?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:17:00 GMT Previously, banks and members of the financial industry were either not aware or unsure of how to help when it came to biodiversity. However, that seems to be changing. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45399/sustainable-money-app-zero-goes-live?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45399/sustainable-money-app-zero-goes-live?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:01:00 GMT Sustainable money app Zero is opening for investments on Crowd Cube as it begins the roll out of its debit card, personal current account, and app for climate-conscious consumers. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45377/davos-zumo-releases-mica-readiness-report?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45377/davos-zumo-releases-mica-readiness-report?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:00:00 GMT B2B assets platform Zumo has released a report from Davos on the industry’s readiness for the EU’s upcoming Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, focusing on sustainability requirements. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45366/algo-trading-firm-xtx-to-build--1bn-data-centre-hub-in-finland?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45366/algo-trading-firm-xtx-to-build--1bn-data-centre-hub-in-finland?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:01:00 GMT Algo trading form XTX Markets is investing €1 billion in a large-scale data centre complex in Finland to support its growing use of machine learning. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45346/uk-green-fintech-tred-winds-up-blames-app-fraud-reimbursement-rules?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45346/uk-green-fintech-tred-winds-up-blames-app-fraud-reimbursement-rules?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:57:00 GMT UK green fintech startup Tred is to wind down its business, blaming the shutdown on new reimbursement rules on authorised push payment fraud. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45328/bezero-carbon-raises-32-million?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45328/bezero-carbon-raises-32-million?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:56:00 GMT Carbon ratings agency BeZero Carbon has raised $32 million in series C funding. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45299/standard-chartered-launches-due-diligence-startup-for-carbon-markets?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45299/standard-chartered-launches-due-diligence-startup-for-carbon-markets?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:01:00 GMT SC Ventures, the fintech invesment and incubation arm of Standard Chartered, has collaborated with the startup studio of French multinational utility Engie Group, to launch Qatalyst, a due diligence platform for carbon finance markets. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45293/what-biodiversity-entering-the-mainstream-means-for-private-finance?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45293/what-biodiversity-entering-the-mainstream-means-for-private-finance?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:30:00 GMT A common thread has emerged from COP16: private finance mobilisation will define the scale at which progress grows in the coming years, but it cannot do it alone. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45292/eba-publishes-final-guidelines-on-esg-risk-management?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45292/eba-publishes-final-guidelines-on-esg-risk-management?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:03:00 GMT The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its specific requirements regarding management of ESG-related risks. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/105199/energy-supplier-utilita-rolls-out-natwests-open-banking-payments-solution-payit?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/105199/energy-supplier-utilita-rolls-out-natwests-open-banking-payments-solution-payit?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:07:00 GMT The UK’s leader in smart Pay As You Go energy and the original pro-pocket, pro-planet supplier, Utilita, has rolled out NatWest’s multi award-winning1 open banking payments solution Payit™, to enable their customers to instantly add funds to their smart meter or wallet through the My Utilita app. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/105180/esg-book-unveils-sustainability-disclosure-programme-on-googe-cloud?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/105180/esg-book-unveils-sustainability-disclosure-programme-on-googe-cloud?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:18:00 GMT ESG Book, in partnership with BCG, today announced the launch of LEO, a purpose-built solution for smarter, faster, and more efficient sustainability disclosure, built with Google Cloud. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/105055/verisik-acquires-nasdaq-catastophe-risk-modelling-subsidiary-simplitium?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/105055/verisik-acquires-nasdaq-catastophe-risk-modelling-subsidiary-simplitium?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:16:00 GMT Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics and technology provider, and Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that Verisk has acquired Nasdaq subsidiary Simplitium Limited, which owns and operates Nasdaq Risk Modelling for Catastrophes (NRMC), a SaaS platform that supports an open ecosystem where specialized model partners make their models, hazard data and analytics available to the industry to help assess and address the global insurance protection gap. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/105019/occ-withdraws-principles-or-climate-related-financial-risk-management-for-large-fis?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/105019/occ-withdraws-principles-or-climate-related-financial-risk-management-for-large-fis?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:23:00 GMT The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today withdrew its participation in the interagency principles for climate-related financial risk management for large financial institutions. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104994/tietoevry-and-fana-sparebank-partner-for-core-banking-cards-payments-and-financial-crime?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104994/tietoevry-and-fana-sparebank-partner-for-core-banking-cards-payments-and-financial-crime?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:51:00 GMT Tietoevry Banking has entered into a strategic five-year agreement with Fana Sparebank to deliver a comprehensive suite of banking solutions. The partnership includes core banking systems, card and payment services, and advanced financial crime prevention tools. The new agreement, effective from April 1st, 2025, will also significantly enhance the bank’s mobile and self-service offerings – including self-service loan management. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104894/new-carbon-cashback-platform-rewards-homeowners-for-boosting-home-energy-efficiency?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104894/new-carbon-cashback-platform-rewards-homeowners-for-boosting-home-energy-efficiency?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:11:00 GMT Snugg, the home energy efficiency platform dedicated to making sustainable homes accessible to everyone, has announced the beta launch of Carbon Cashback - a groundbreaking new platform that enables UK homeowners to earn annual payments for reducing their home’s carbon emissions. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104887/british-business-bank-commits-up-to-50-million-to-climate-technology-seed-investor-elbow-beach?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104887/british-business-bank-commits-up-to-50-million-to-climate-technology-seed-investor-elbow-beach?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:22:00 GMT The British Business Bank today announces it has made a cornerstone commitment of up to £50m to Elbow Beach’s Climate Impact Fund 2 through its Enterprise Capital Funds programme. The Fund, which has already secured commitments for £63m of capital, will back startups across the UK pioneering technology solutions to big industry problems, at the intersection of efficiency gain and climate impact. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104850/optty-aligns-with-ekko-for-sustainable-payments?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104850/optty-aligns-with-ekko-for-sustainable-payments?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:53:00 GMT Optty, a B Corp-certified global payments infrastructure platform, and ekko, a sustainability platform for banks and payments companies, are partnering to make it easier for businesses to offer sustainable payment tools at scale. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104784/xcharge-na-partners-stripe-on-integrated-ev-payments?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104784/xcharge-na-partners-stripe-on-integrated-ev-payments?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:17:00 GMT XCharge North America (“XCharge NA”), a provider of high-power EV charging and battery-integrated solutions designed to strengthen the North American electrical grid, announced the roll out of its first Virtual Point of Sale (VPOS) solution for XCharge systems. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104750/safello-teams-up-with-zumo-to-set-standard-for-sustainability-in-swedens-crypto-sector?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104750/safello-teams-up-with-zumo-to-set-standard-for-sustainability-in-swedens-crypto-sector?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:21:00 GMT Safello, the leading cryptocurrency exchange in the Nordics, has entered into an agreement with Zumo, a B2B digital assets platform, to facilitate sustainability disclosure requirements under MiCAR. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104699/global-parametrics-names-ola-jacob--london-market-business-development-director?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104699/global-parametrics-names-ola-jacob--london-market-business-development-director?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:08:00 GMT Global Parametrics, a CelsiusPro Group company, announces the appointment of Ola Jacob as London Market Business Development Director. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104481/equifax-launches-financed-emissions-calculator?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/104481/equifax-launches-financed-emissions-calculator?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:22:00 GMT Equifax UK has launched the Financed Emissions Calculator, utilising Equifax fully cloud-native infrastructure to help streamline sustainability reporting requirements and provide more accurate and timely data delivery. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3240/financial-risk-management-and-the-environmental-crocodile-analogy?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3240/financial-risk-management-and-the-environmental-crocodile-analogy?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:47:00 GMT In this interview, Sandy Trust, Director of Sustainability Risk, Baillie Gifford joins the FinextraTV Unplugged studio to discuss how existing financial risk management disciplines align with the avoidance of environmental disruption through a crocodile analogy. As the lead author for a series of climate-related risk reports for The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, he reflects on the reception of the papers and the challenges and optimisms ahead. Dashboard mentioned: https://global-tipping-points.org/risk-dashboard/ https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3221/the-path-to-climate-progress-optimism-purpose-and-technological-innovation?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3221/the-path-to-climate-progress-optimism-purpose-and-technological-innovation?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:50:00 GMT In this Unplugged FinextraTV interview, Patrick Sheehan, Founder & Managing Partner, ETF Partners recounts the company’s 20 year journey leading VC sustainability through innovation. During this conversation, Sheehan explains the positive changes he’s witnessed as well as stating his belief that progress is possible when met with optimism, purpose and technological innovation. As well as calling for a return to simpler language, Sheehan shares his thoughts on the future. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3217/why-hard-to-abate-carbon-projects-should-be-our-priority?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3217/why-hard-to-abate-carbon-projects-should-be-our-priority?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:01:00 GMT Often when looking for solutions to big problems, it can be a good idea to start small. However, in regard to the contribution of fintech firms to addressing Climate change, Maya Hennerkes, Director, Director, Green Financial Systems, Climate Strategy and Delivery, EBRD told FinextraTV that we should be focussed on large, hard-to-abate sectors. With reflections on COP 29, she celebrates the wins and explains one of the biggest progresses will be around financial mobilisation within the private sector. Hennerkes goes on to discuss the role of data within the journey to greater investment and understanding and calls for more data from the emerging markets. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3209/how-finance-can-be-a-conduit-for-environmental-health?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3209/how-finance-can-be-a-conduit-for-environmental-health?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:32:00 GMT Over the last 2 years, countries around the world have been working to improve the health of the world's biodiversity. The Kungming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) - made up of 23 Targets - framed the majority of the talk at the recent COP 16 conference, discussing how finance can phase out, reverse or reduce harm. Following the conference, FinextraTV caught up with Jessica Smith, Nature Lead at UNEP Finance Initiative, to discuss her reflections, as well as her optimisms and future predictions. Smith discusses innovative examples from the UK, Australia, EU and South Africa, as well as setting the understanding of who is responsible for a better future. A strong tracking system, mainstreaming of nature into infrastructure, agriculture and real estate all feature as high priorities https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3203/how-geoengineering-guides-research-funding-and-policy?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3203/how-geoengineering-guides-research-funding-and-policy?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:50:00 GMT In this PREDICT 2025 USA interview, Lisa Graumlich, American climatologist and President of the AGU, explores how there is a need for an ethical framework or code of conduct into research on climate interventions amid global emissions increasing and uncertainty in meeting the Paris Agreement’s goals. With a growing interest in geoengineering research to mitigate the risks associated with global warming, the conversation goes on to dive deep into why experiments and deployments are attracting interesting in the US and why implementing a globally recognised set of ethical principles, not just for scientists, but for private funders too, can lead to policies moving forward. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3200/why-biodiversity-is-mainstream-for-financial-services-now?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3200/why-biodiversity-is-mainstream-for-financial-services-now?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:36:00 GMT Join FinextraTV as Anita de Horde, co-founder and executive director, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, discusses COP16 in comparison to the momentum gained after COP15, which was the first biodiversity conference that saw hundreds of financial services professionals attending and in turn, showcasing how influential biodiversity is becoming when industries consider standards, measurements, and solutions. The conversation also covered some of the failures from COP16, where funding that is being sought to address nature issues could not be agreed between the Global North and the Global South, and resource mobilisation and strategy also remained unfortunately stagnant. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3199/ecological-risk-as-commercial-risk-how-can-financial-services-go-further-and-faster?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3199/ecological-risk-as-commercial-risk-how-can-financial-services-go-further-and-faster?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:33:00 GMT Join FinextraTV as Dr Nina Seega, Director, Centre for Sustainable Finance, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, discusses sustainability should be part of every financial decision and how the financial system should be altered so that participants can invest, finance, and insure into the Sustainable Development Goals. With education and research, the conversation explores how the impact-led institute within the University of Cambridge currently works with over 50 large financial institutions to embed climate, nature and social into financial decision making, ensuring the system is much more effective in order to finance what we need most in our lives = nature, ecosystem services and climate solutions. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3198/sustainable-finance-live-hackathon-2024-winners-established-category?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3198/sustainable-finance-live-hackathon-2024-winners-established-category?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:20:00 GMT Richard Peers, Contributing Editor, Finextra and Founder of Responsible Risk, connects with Rochelle Mountany, CEO, and Dicky Thomas, Operations Manager at Afri, to discuss the company’s 26-year journey and their win in the Established Category for the Sustainable Finance Live Hackathon 2024. After choosing the Challenge of enhancing nature through sustainable agriculture with large language models and geospatial data, this hackathon team created AfriGIS Ecohub that built upon Afri’s specialisation in data science to provide data driven insights to three groups – small holders, commercial farmers and financial institutions. By connecting these stakeholders with a single supply chain platform, real-time data driven insights can be leveraged to build upon opportunities to grow. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3197/sustainable-finance-live-hackathon-2024-winners-emerging-category?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3197/sustainable-finance-live-hackathon-2024-winners-emerging-category?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:37:00 GMT Join FinextraTV as Richard Peers, Contributing Editor, Finextra and Founder of Responsible Risk, speaks to the winners of the Emerging Category for the Sustainable Finance Live Hackathon 2024: HSBC’s Nell Agate Tsui, University of Oxford’s Dr Nicola Ranger, and the Malaysian Youth Delegation’s Qiu Wong. This year’s event focused on all things natural capital, namely how to price and assess risk amid a variety of macroeconomic issues and new policies coming to the fore. The winning team’s solution – named Nature Delta – worked to connect nature risk in its multifaceted nature direct to companies, with the aim of ensuring that lending and target setting is conducted with risk in mind, as well as deciphering the jumble of complexity that comes with natural capital and leveraging actionable insights. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3193/tokenisation-use-cases-to-be-excited-about?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3193/tokenisation-use-cases-to-be-excited-about?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:20:00 GMT At Sibos 2024, Angie Walker, Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs, explored the topics of blockchain and tokenisation and how they are transforming the existing world as well as how the technology creates opportunities for the future. While historically, across money market and fixed income funds, high quality liquid assets have not been able to be moved, with tokenisation, these funds can be migrated seamlessly and instantaneously on the ledger. By liberating assets to be used for other functions in trading operations, the world is a trader’s oyster and future developments in ESG instruments, structured finance, and infrastructure also opens up a way to create commercial assets and verify sequestration with smart contracts and data oracles, ensuring the integrity of the asset, cross chain interoperability and keep the asset in sync throughout it’s life journey. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3183/can-every-product-be-climate-positive?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3183/can-every-product-be-climate-positive?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:38:00 GMT Richard Peers, founder of Responsible Risk, interviews Erik Stadigh, Co-Founder and CEO of Lune, winner of the EBAday 2024 FinTech Zone award, ahead of Sustainable Finance.Live 2024. They explore how corporate sustainability can be simplified by automating carbon emissions reporting through APIs and hosted solutions. With the goal of making every product and service climate-positive by integrating granular emissions calculations and carbon projects into bank and fintech offerings, we ask: can businesses truly decarbonise efficiently without relying on costly consultants or new tools? As greener decisions are made with minimal effort, the future may see every company becoming a climate company through seamless integration of climate data. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3181/how-do-you-finance-natural-capital-sustainable-financelive-2024-aims-to-provide-answers?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3181/how-do-you-finance-natural-capital-sustainable-financelive-2024-aims-to-provide-answers?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:23:00 GMT In the lead-up to Sustainable Finance.Live 2024, Richard Peers, founder of Responsible Risk, discusses the event's focus on addressing how to finance Natural Capital. The event will tackle real-world sustainability challenges and drive innovation in the financial industry. Key issues include the sector's lack of understanding of Natural Capital, pricing, risks, and adapting to new regulations. By examining the "left-to-right flow of data"—utilising space data, AI, and large language models all the way to trading—the event aims to develop practical solutions. In addition a hackathon will be running, transforming ideas into impactful businesses. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3178/the-intersection-of-wildlife-trafficking-and-financial-crime?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3178/the-intersection-of-wildlife-trafficking-and-financial-crime?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:20:00 GMT FinextraTV, Julia Thorn, Senior Marketing Manager, Financial Crime Compliance, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and Robert Campbell, Programme Director of United for Wildlife, The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, dive deep into their recently released report on how wildlife trafficking can be combatted with the power of collaboration. Exploring the objectives of the report, the pair doubled down on the importance of enforcement data and how this data can be used for good by looking for patterns that are more relevant to financial institutions than first thought. Further, financial institutions must consider wildlife trafficking as organised crime and as the money involved cannot be hidden under the bed - it moves through commercial entities such as airports and shipping ports - this form of money laundering must be mitigated. https://www.finextra.com/banners/banner.aspx?opt=ad&baid=7700 https://www.finextra.com/banners/banner.aspx?opt=ad&baid=7700 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT [Webinar] A New Era of KYC - Why it’s time to redefine Client Onboarding