More than half of the surveyed investors pay attention to ESG policies when choosing a P2P platform. Almost one in four invest in “green” platforms.

Robo.cash conducted a survey among European P2P investors about the importance of ESG in investing. The idea was to find out how their opinion on the topic has changed since last year.

Fimatix, a leading provider of digital transformation s

Azentio Software (“Azentio”), a Singapore-headquartered technology firm owned by funds advised by Apax Partners, today announced that the latest version of its Islamic banking solution - iMAL, has gone live at Rammis Bank, a newly launched financial institution in Ethiopia specializing in Sharia-compliant products and services.

Plenitude, the Financial Crime, Risk and Compliance specialists, has expanded its leadership team by appointing Mark Humphries as its non-Executive Chairman.

Barclays has today announced that it is further developing its working capital offering by investing in and implementing Trade Ledger’s next-generation working capital orchestration platform. This new platform will provide industry leading end-to-end credit management automation for Barclays Corporate clients in the UK and around the world.

Anne Boden, founder of Starling Bank, is to step aside as CEO on 30 June and will remain on the Board as a non-executive director. John Mountain, Starling’s COO, will take over as interim CEO to lead the digital bank into its next phase of growth.

The move comes as Starling reports:

HedgeFlows, a financial toolkit for SMEs, has appointed former Xero Sales Director Glen Foster to its advisory board ahead of the launch of a new Accountants Dashboard.

With his extensive experience in the accounting and financial services sectors, Foster will accelerate HedgeFlows’ expansion by championing its accountancy solutions to partners and prospective clients.

big xyt, the independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions to the global trading and investment community, today announced the release of the Trade Verification Tool, a new interactive service which returns the verification of price reversion and execution performance on any trade instantaneously.

SmartSearch, the leading UK provider of digital compliance solutions, has appointed Ian Wright as its new strategic alliances manager.