Today, Visa Foundation is announcing the launch of a three-year initiative to support and empower women-led small businesses (SMBs) through a comprehensive training, community building and micro-grant programme.

In partnership with INCO, a leading social enterprise company, the programme aims to deliver impactful financial and business support to 500 UK based female founders to address the gender financing gap facing women entrepreneurs in the UK. 

The FCA is consulting on a single standard for corporate bond prospectuses, covering both large and small (less than £100,000) bond sizes. This would reduce costs and barriers for companies raising capital and give investors the information they need to make an informed decision. 

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNY") , a global financial services company, today announced the appointment of Carolyn Weinberg as its Chief Solutions Innovation Officer. 

Ms. Weinberg will join the company on February 3 and be a member of the BNY Executive Committee. 

Yapily – one of Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure platforms – has been selected by Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, to strengthen its Open Banking offering. Adyen will use Yapily’s leading data features to streamline onboarding and strengthen account verification, giving even more merchants across Europe a faster, more seamless, highly secure experience. 

Nearly half of businesses reported a growth in synthetic identity fraud, while biometric spoofs and counterfeit ID fraud attempts also increased, according to the 2024 State of Identity Fraud Report, released today by AuthenticID, a global leader in identity proofing and fraud prevention solutions. With identity fraud skyrocketing across multiple industries globally, the report offers a pulse check for business and consumer identity fraud.

Runa, the leading global fintech infrastructure for the next generation of payouts experiences, today announced its expansion into India, opening access to the country’s $8.9 billion gift card market. With this expansion, Runa allows its business customers the ability to easily send instant, domestic and cross-border payouts to consumer recipients in India, dramatically reducing the traditional barriers of cost and complexity.

 Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, announces the appointment of Jane Jackson as Chief People Officer. Reporting to CEO Floris de Kort, Jane will lead Thunes’ People strategy, shaping culture, boosting organisational effectiveness, and enhancing talent development across 14 international locations.

Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™) has announced a collaboration with security software provider jNet Secure. The cutting-edge solution being developed will address security vulnerabilities, such as compromised passwords or ID theft. The joint venture aims to simplify the adoption of robust digital authentication for logical access control applications in sectors such as enterprise authentication, financial services, and government ID.