Colt Technology Services has today announced the appointment of Annette Geuther as its Vice President (VP) of New Business Development, reporting to Keri Gilder, Colt’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

Specialist SME lender Shawbrook Bank has successfully completed its largest ever working capital transaction in the North West, providing APS Group with a £25m bespoke funding package.  

First founded in 1949 on one site in Cheshire, APS Group is a family-owned business which specialises in the production and supply of top quality tomatoes. Growing at 6 sites and producing over 500 million tomatoes a year, APS Group was looking to further improve its cultivation and harvesting facilities to maintain its service levels whilst delivering higher yields in the coming season. 

Leading core banking SaaS solution provider Ohpen, today announces Corinne Aaron as its new head of marketing. Corinne joins Ohpen with over 15 years of global marketing experience, including six years leading the EMEA marketing team at Tesla. In her role at Ohpen, Corinne will be responsible for evolving the Ohpen brand while accelerating marketing efforts as the company executes its plans to expand internationally over the next years.

Horizon Software (Horizon), the world’s leading provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, has announced the release of a new version of its global EOMS product, adding significant and unique improvements for the automation of client order / execution workflow to its already market-leading solution.

Bankable, the global architect of “Banking as a Service” solutions, announced a strategic global partnership with Plaid, a data network powering the fintech apps that millions of people rely on to improve their financial lives. The partnership will allow Bankable’s customers the ability to use Plaid’s technology to connect with their users’ bank accounts worldwide. In addition, Plaid customers will gain access to Bankable’s cloud-based banking and payment platform.

App Annie, the mobile data and analytics company helping brands and publishers win on mobile, today released The State of Mobile 2020 report. This annual appraisal provides insight into mobile’s expansive impact across industries and the global economy, highlighting publishers and brands that are outperforming their peers.

Key findings in this report:

The global financial system would not function without Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) codes

The world’s financial regulators have made huge changes since the global financial crisis of 2008. Among much else, they require certainty in relation to who is really who among legal entities that participate in financial transactions.

This certainty comes from the 20 character LEI codes, which provide access to information about ‘who is who’ and ‘who owns whom’.

IBS Intelligence recognised  ICS Financial Systems Limited (ICSFS), the

Banks around the world continue to upgrade their self-service estates to meet increasing customer demand for efficient, real-time deposit transactions

Automated deposit terminals are becoming indispensable at bank branches globally