NatWest Group Names Solange Chamberlain as CEO of Retail Banking
NatWest Group has announced the appointment of Solange Chamberlain as the new Chief Executive Officer of its Retail Bank, effective 1st July, subject to regulatory approval. In her new role, Chamberlain will report directly to Paul Thwaite, Chief Executive Officer…
ANZ Unveils New MoneyMinded Module to Boost Digital Confidence
ANZ has introduced a new addition to its long-running financial education initiative, MoneyMinded, aimed at boosting digital confidence among vulnerable communities. This expansion comes as the program celebrates a major milestone—supporting more than one million people since it launched in…
ICE Launches Inaugural Battery Materials Futures Contracts
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, has announced the launch of its first futures contracts based on battery materials. This marks a significant expansion of ICE’s energy and environmental markets—already some of the most liquid…
Small Business Sales See Modest Growth in May Amid Ongoing Uncertainty
Fiserv Small Business Index – May 2025: Small Businesses Show Steady Growth Amid Consumer Caution Fiserv, a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, has released its Small Business Index for May 2025, revealing that the seasonally adjusted…
S&P Global Launches First Platts Milling Wheat Marker
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights and a leading independent provider of commodity market data, analysis, and benchmark pricing, has introduced the Platts Milling Wheat Marker—the first daily spot market price assessment dedicated to milling wheat in the Black…
FHLBank Atlanta and Synovus Bank Grant $500,000 to Georgia Heirs Property Law Center
FHLBank Atlanta and Synovus Bank award $500,000 grant to Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc. Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) and Synovus Bank are delivering a $500,000 grant to Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc. The grant will…
AM Best Reaffirms Credit Ratings of Union Insurance Company Limited
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Union Insurance Company Limited (Union) (Taiwan). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The ratings reflect Union’s balance…
EagleTree Capital Makes Strategic Investment in NuTrail
EagleTree Capital, L.P. (“EagleTree”) announced today that it has made a strategic investment in NuTrail, a leading nut-based granola brand, on behalf of investment funds it manages. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In conjunction with this investment, Sheila…
Global Payments Announces Agreement to Divest Payroll Business
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to divest its Payroll business to Acrisure, a financial technology company based in Grand Rapids,…
Piraeus Bank Successfully Priced a €500mn Green Senior Preferred Bond With Demand Exceeding €3.7bn
Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. (ATHEX: TPEIR) (OTCQX:BPIRY) (OTCQX: BPIRF) announces that its subsidiary, Piraeus Bank S.A. (“Piraeus” or the “Bank”), has successfully completed the pricing of a new €500 million Green Senior Preferred Bond (hereinafter also called the “Bond”) at…
As Fintech Funding Falls to Seven-Year Low, Founders Debate Bootstrapping vs VC
Global fintech investment slumped to its lowest level since 2017, falling to $95.6 billion across 4,639 deals, according to KPMG’s latest Pulse of Fintech report. In the UK, investment dropped by more than 25% year-on-year – its weakest level since the height…
Kuwait’s Real-Time Payment Scheme WAMD Surpasses 1 Million Accounts in First Year
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, and KNET, Kuwait’s national electronic banking company, today announced that WAMD, Kuwait’s real-time payment system, recorded significant growth in the number of transactions processed since its launch in June of 2024,…