HSBC Bank Canada announced today the launch of five new sustainable finance tools for commercial and global banking clients. Available to Canadian businesses of all sizes, Green Deposits, Green Trade Finance, Green Revolving Credit Facilities, Sustainability-Linked Loans, and Green Equipment Financing are joining HSBC’s successful Green Loans launched in 2019. With the new suite of
Kerberos Capital Management announced today the introduction of a groundbreaking new direct lending product to law firms with a margin ratchet linked to ESG targets – the first debt product of its kind in Litigation Finance markets. The program is intended both to recognize and reward firms that have already established a commitment to advancing
Cashfree Payments, India’s leading payments and API banking solutions company, today announced that it has won the ‘Excellence in Payments (processor)’ award at the ASSOCHAM Awards 2021 for Fintech and Digital Payments. Assocham Awards 2021: FinTech & Digital Payments honours brands disrupting the industry. A strong point of Cashfree Payments’ appeal was the clarity with
Lufax Holding Ltd , a leading technology-empowered personal financial services platform in China, today released its first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report. The report highlights the Company’s long-term commitment to inclusive finance, improving access to financial services for small and micro business owners, alleviating rural poverty, supporting the real economy and other societal benefits
S&P Global has today announced that it is a founding member of the newly launched Net Zero Financial Services Provider Alliance (NZFSPA). The seventeen members of the NZFSPA have committed to aligning their relevant services and products to improve consistency in financial decision-making with achieving a net zero economy by 2050, at the latest. The
NICE Actimize, a NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) business, today announced a strategic partner agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, to expand its markets for its financial crime solutions to TCS’s broad customer base focused on banking, insurance and other financial services organizations.
Wilshire, a global investment technology and advisory company, in association with leading global news organisation, the Financial Times (FT), today announced the launch of a new series of digital asset indexes to help investors understand and navigate this fast expanding market better. Developed with CryptoCompare, a leading global cryptocurrency market data provider, the FT Wilshire
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, along with co-host Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), a nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate adoption of open source software, standards and best practices in financial services, today announced keynote speakers for Open Source Strategy Forum London (OSSF). The event takes place October
Many companies and industries are still in recovery mode due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, insurance startup FinFit Life, a network of independent contractors who promote ‘financial fitness’ as a pillar of health and wellness, celebrates its growth. Since its launch in December 2019, just months ahead of the world shutting down, the financial
The Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN), coordinated by RMI and supported by regional and global partners, has announced the first eight countries to receive dedicated advisors for climate finance. Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu will receive advisors specifically trained and placed to unlock critical climate finance in
The fintech industry, digital banking, and digital payments markets have all been rapidly expanding over the last decade. Yet, the pandemic has helped accelerate the move to digital payments and other digital finance services with a sense of urgency not seen before across the B2B landscape, and the same is true for the online retail
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is pleased to announce an important step in the continued growth of our Corporate and Project Finance businesses. We have formed new sector teams and appointed sector leaders to focus on the intersection of infrastructure, energy, renewables and the rapid expansion of middle market lending. “These new sector focused teams
