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Remittances to war-ravaged Ukraine are forecast to jump by over 20% this year to a record, even as those to fellow former Soviet republics in Central Asia will likely fall “dramatically” given Russia is their main source.

In global news this week, the U.K. debates a plan to protect cash, the EU sets a timeline for its Digital Markets Acts, PayPal and Standard Chartered invest overseas, and more.

The CEOs of both Upstart and Oportun said this week that while they will maintain their existing interest rate limits, some higher-risk customers will no longer qualify for their loans as borrowing costs rise.

The Minneapolis company believes a new partnership with LiquidX will grow its niche supply-chain financing business by 'multiples.' The goal is to help more suppliers get paid early in a system that's been pinched throughout the pandemic.

Roughly 24,000 people had new foreclosures listed on their credit reports in the first quarter, up from about 9,000 three months earlier, a Federal Reserve Bank of New York report says. States are trying to cushion the blow on homeowners now that many pandemic-related federal protections have ended.

The Federal Reserve governor said it isn't the central bank’s place to set regulations for specific risk scenarios, and he downplayed the risk that climate change poses to financial stability.

The card company and financial institutions are collaborating with cross-border settlement platform Carbonplace to improve processing and risk management for environmentally-focused transactions.

The head of Wall Street’s top derivatives regulator said that financial market regulators are considering steps to rein in the crypto market if Congress doesn’t pass legislation.

Think Stack's purchase of Emergifi also brings it an equity stake in Corporate Central Credit Union, which founded the Milwaukee organization in 2017.

A bipartisan group of senators Tuesday urged the Treasury Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to speed up implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act. It's only the latest of several efforts by lawmakers urging regulators to move faster since Fincen missed the statutory implementation deadline in January.