With this year’s Black Friday falling on 29th November and Cyber Monday on 2nd December, aka “Cyber Weekend”, retailers across the UK are gearing up for the year’s biggest spending event in the run-up to the Christmas holiday season. Last year’s Black Friday achieved record sales of £13.3 billion, up 7.6% from 2022. 

Spendesk, the complete spend management platform for mid-sized businesses, has officially launched Spendesk Financial Services, its payment institution. Regulated by the ACPR (Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution), and including a strategic collaboration with VISA, Spendesk Financial Services enables the company to deliver innovative and secure payment solutions to its clients across France and the European Union.

SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today unveiled the findings of a new survey conducted in collaboration with Acuiti Management Intelligence. The report titled ‘The Future of Reference Data: From Compliance to Alpha’, highlights the growing importance of reference data investments for financial firms and the strides being made in data standardisation and automation.

SEP has made a strategic growth investment in Springtime Technologies ("Springtime"), a leading accounts payable automation software company based in Vienna, Austria. The significant investment will accelerate Springtime’s product development and expand its market presence globally.

CLS, a financial market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing, and data solutions, announced today that Société Générale has gone live on its cross currency swaps (CCS) service.

Atom bank, the UK’s highest-rated bank on Trustpilot, today announces the launch of its Early Careers Programme. 

UK shoppers could face a surge in scam attempts ahead of Black Friday and Christmas, warns new research from global fraud and financial crime prevention company, Featurespace.

As we approach Black Friday and the festive shopping period, nearly half (46%) of people see an increase in scam attempts around peak holiday times, with seven in ten (70%) stating they feel nervous about how sophisticated fraud techniques are becoming.

Vixio, a leadi