Competition for the provision of investment research decreases due to MiFID II:  bulge-bracket providers reassert dominance 

Pires Investments plc, the investment company focused on next generation technology, is pleased to note that one of its investments, Pluto Digital PLC ("Pluto"), has just finalised its audited accounts ("Accounts") and has recently held a webinar to provide an update to shareholders. 

 Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, in collaboration with fiat on-ramp services provider OpenPayd, is enabling real-time Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payments for euro-denominated deposits and withdrawals. 

• The cost to businesses who aren’t SCA compliant has risen since two-factor authentication in the UK became mandatory for online transactions on 14 March
• Barclaycard Payments data shows 664,000 online transactions worth £130m in the UK were declined during the month since SCA became mandatory

· Salesforce joins the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance

· Focus on developing fit-for-purpose blue carbon markets 

• John Kerry announces U.S. support for the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
• US financial support into ocean and coastal resilience

The two companies have joined forces with a shared vision to spread a positive impact through regenerative actions around the world

• MogoPlus has chosen to work with TrueLayer to access open banking data in Australia using the Consumer Data Right

• MogoPlus is in the process of becoming an Accredited Data Recipient approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

• MogoPlus are experts in the analysis of banking transaction data to empower lenders to make fully informed customer decisions through descriptive and predictive data insights