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 Investors have been increasingly considering aligning investment decisions with ESG  values. In 2021, this focus increased as the entire world watched heads of states’ debates on effective actions  against climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. Taking one step  further to consolidate its leading role in the Paris-aligned (PAB) fixed-income indexing, Solactive launches now  two Paris-aligned high-yield indices as well as a CTB-version (Climate Transition Benchmark) and expands the  PAB index family. 

FinDock is pleased to announce its partnership and newly added open banking integration with GoCardless, a leading fintech in direct bank payment solutions.

Objectway, a global top 100 wealth, banking & asset management software provider, has been confirmed as a strategic digital partner to Rathbones according to their recently published 2021 annual statement.

 Thursday, the co-founders of BixMex pled guilty to “violating the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully failing to establish, implement, and maintain an anti-money laundering program” at their exchange. The pair will pay a collective $20 million in criminal fines.

 FV Bank (www.fvbank.us), the U.S.

Overview:

Watch the video for the key trading levels for the week ahead for AUDJPY, AUDUSD, EURJPY, EURUSD, GBPJPY, and GBPUSD.

Last week we saw a highly volatile market driven by Russia invading Ukraine. AUDJPY and AUDUSD held positive gains, EURUSD, GBPJPY, and GBPUSD finished down, and EURJPY finished flat for the week. Expect more volatility this week as tensions further escalate.

AUDJPY Daily chart:

Monthly support at 78.46, resistance at 85.80.

• To meet rising demand for digital services, TSB launches cutting-edge, streamlined onboarding journey for new customers
• Biometric technology from Onfido provides a secure and seamless verification process
• Customers can now open accounts and access mobile banking in just 10 minutes

As demand for digital services continues to surge, TSB has launched a new customer onboarding journey through the TSB Mobile Banking App, which will enable people to access a Spend & Save current account in just 10 minutes.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine,  NGOs and volunteer groups in the country have raised over $4 million in cryptoasset donations. The charts in this article will be updated with the latest figures.

On February 24th alone, one NGO received over $675,000 in Bitcoin, and by 9:30am on the 25th, it had already received more than $3.4 million – over $3 million of which was sent by a single donor. This pushes the total raised by these groups since the start of the invasion to over $4 million.

• QUA Granite is the first company in its industry to invest in the Metaverse universe.
• QUA Granite will now be Metaverse neighbours with the likes of Marco Verratti, Kingsley Coman, Stan Wawrinka and Dan Holzmann.