LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) and Dow Jones today announced a new, multi-year data, news, and analytics partnership.

Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Khadija Ali as Group Director, Sustainability and Responsible Business.

In the newly created role, Khadija will be responsible for leading the Group’s Social Sustainability and Environmental Sustainability teams. Khadija will report into the Group’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Andrew Walton.

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, today announced it’s partnered with Adobe Commerce to enable merchants to easily implement Klarna’s Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services, along with other flexible payment options. This allows Klarna to expand payment flexibility to consumers. 

Chime®, the #1 Most Loved Banking App¹, today announced that it has acquired Salt Labs, an enterprise technology company focused on helping hourly workers own the long-term value of their work. As part of the acquisition, the Salt Labs team, led by Jason Lee, and the Company’s offerings will become a part of Chime. Chime will gain immediate access to Salt Labs’ enterprise client relationships, opening opportunities for new primary account growth and revenue streams. Transaction details were not disclosed.

Paxos, the leading regulated blockchain & tokenization infrastructure platform, received full approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its Singapore entity, Paxos Digital Singapore Pte. Ltd. to offer digital payment token services as a Major Payments Institution. The approval enables Paxos to issue stablecoins in line with MAS' upcoming stablecoin framework.

Today, Revolut released its Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2023.

Flexys, makers of leading debt management software, and Tuum, an innovative core banking provider, are joining forces. By integrating their powerful platforms, the partnership allows banks to modernise debt collection with a real-time, customer-friendly approach.

MultiSafepay (MSP), an Amsterdam-based payment service provider, and Antom global merchant payment services (Antom), a leading payment and digitization services provider under Ant International, announced today that MultiSafepay has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant International and will integrate with Antom to promote convenient, secure and accessible payment solutions and digitalization services to businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe.