Gucci Enlists Jane Fonda & Lil Nas X For Its First-Ever Sustainable Collection
Gucci has enlisted actress Jane Fonda, musician Lil Nas X, singer King Princess, Japanese artist Miyavi and environmentalist David de Rothschil for its Off the Grid collection’s ad campaign. The collection is part of the brand’s first-ever Gucci’s Circular Lines initiative, which promotes circular production, as well as the use of recycled and sustainably sourced … Continue reading Gucci Enlists Jane Fonda & Lil Nas X For Its First-Ever Sustainable Collection Continue Reading
In 1967, The Beatles released a song titled Penny Lane, which is inspired by the actual street name. Though the song was about their childhood memories in the northern English city, the street has been rumored to be tied to slavery in the past. Many have speculated the street is associated with James Penny, who … 
The latest ‘#VogueChallenge’ on social media saw people around them world recreating their own Vogue covers to encourage diversity in the fashion industry. The hashtag prompts the sentiment of how the fashion world can be more representative moving forward. The challenge was first started by Oslo-based student Salma Noor amid the anti-racism protests across the world. She shot a … 
JP Morgan Chase has donated over half a million to Prince Charles’ charity ‘The Prince’s Trust’ to help the UK’s NHS digitise its pre-employment programme. It aims to reach more than 1,000 young people over the next 11 months The digital push aims to see the national health service “rapidly place” young people into clinical … 
American Express (AmEx) has landed approval to offer bank card clearing services in China, becoming the first licensed foreign payments network to process local currency transactions, Bloomberg reports. The People’s Bank of China has granted the network clearing license to the US card giant’s Chinese joint venture with Chinese ecommerce cross-border payment service provider LianLian … 
Nigerian fintech start-up, KiaKia, has launched a lending investment mobile app that allows users to invest in the funding of secured personal and business loans originated, underwritten and booked by the start-up, and earn interest income, as reported on Disrupt Africa. Until this announcement, its P2P lending investment service has been exclusive. Launched in 2016, KiaKia … 
South African fintech start-up truID, which has developed open banking technology to help financial service providers securely access consumer banking data, has raised an undisclosed funding round to help it expand its customer base and build out its product, according to Disrupt Africa. Founded by Dmitry Drabkin, Christian Schuit and Paris Valakelis, truID claims to provide … 
Amaiz, a new UK-based banking and bookkeeping service for small businesses owners, has appointed Francesca Dowling as their new head of compliance. Dowling has more than 20 years’ experience working in the regulatory field. Dowling has more than 20 years’ experience working in the regulatory field, most recently in risk and compliance. She has worked … 
Icelandic neobank indó has charged Finnish fintech Enfuce with underpinning its payments, open banking and sustainability services. The six-person indó team Indó was seeking a full-service partner with “a focus on speed and compliance” ahead of its planned launch later in 2020. Founded in 2018, the Icelandic neobank aims to reinvent banking in its home … 
South Carolina-based SAFE Federal Credit Union has completed a transition to the Epsisys core processing system provide by the Symitar division of Jack Henry & Associates. SAFE started its migration to Episys two years ago The $1.1 billion-asset credit union converted in early May, deploying the new core on a hosted model. The go-live was …