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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Using AI technology to drive sustainable solutions

IBM announced its joint endeavor with WWF Germany to use AI spatial capturing technology to enhance elephant tracking in Africa. This technology will be able to support conservation of African elephants, which can increase carbon storage in their forest habitats.

18 mins

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Science Card opens e-money account for socially-conscious spending

UK fintech Science Card has opened an e-money account to further its goal of supporting scientific projects across health, climate change and tech through customer spending.

23 hours

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Standard Chartered links interest rates and fees to clients' ESG performance

Standard Chartered has launched a new ESG-linked Cash Account for corporate banking clients that rewards them for meeting material environmental, social and governance related targets.

12 August 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: The impact of biodiversity in the Nordics

Leading up to Sustainable Finance Live 2024, that will be taking place on 8 October at Events@No6 in London, Richard Peers, founder of ResponsibleRisk and keynote speaker at the event, conducted an interview with FinextraTV on the impact of biodiversity in the Nordics.

09 August 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Speaking to Oxbury Bank

Sustainable Finance Live 2024 kicks off on 8th October at Events@No6 in London.

02 August 2024

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Finextra is getting a new look!

We’re excited to go live with Finextra’s new website next week.

02 August 2024

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Sustainable Live sneak peek: Green Finance Institute outlines nature-related risks for UK

Earlier this month, Richard Peers of ResponsibleRisk – and keynote speaker at this year’s Sustainable Finance Live conference – spoke to director of nature programmes and GFI Hive at the Green Finance Institute (GFI) on nature-related financial risks for the UK.

26 July 2024

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Fintech acceleration partner archie adds ekko and wamo to portfolio

A new fintech "acceleration partner" chaired by Atom and Metro Bank co-founder Anthony Thomson has added its first two portfolio companies, backing SME banking and payments firm wamo and climate-focused outfit ekko.

25 July 2024

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Agenda and speakers live

Sustainable Finance Live 2024 will kick off of Tuesday 8 October at Events@No6 in London. Finextra’s annual sustainable event will have interactive workshops, stimulating panel sessions, and a dynamic hackathon.

19 July 2024

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Oxbury Bank reports first profitable year

British AgTech bank Oxbury has reported a pre-tax profit of £3 million and is on target to reach £1 billion in lending in the coming months.

27 June 2024

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Google Ventures leads $18 million round in Climate X

Climate risk intelligence company Climate X has raised $18 million in a Series A investment round led by Google Ventures with support from by Pale blue dot, CommerzVentures, A/O, Blue Wire Capital, PT1, Unconventional Ventures and Western Technology Investment (WTI).

26 June 2024

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Uzbek mobile bank TBC secures $10m credit from impact investor responsAbility

TBC Bank aims to expand its microlending business and promote financial inclusion in Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s largest country by population.

21 June 2024

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