Consumers are becoming less inclined to carry cash, for both personal safety reasons and simple convenience. The move towards a cashless society accelerated during the pandemic when more people swapped cumbersome cash for a quick card tap.

Leading financial platform Airwallex today announced the launch of its global payment services in New Zealand. The launch will enable businesses in New Zealand to tap into Airwallex’s global payments services, offering a faster, more cost-effective and transparent alternative to traditional banks. 

Circulor announces that it has raised $25 million (20 million GBP) in Series B funding, signalling growing market demand for more transparent and secure industrial supply chains. Circulor provides the most proven and mature solution for increasing supply chain visibility.

Ushur, the leader in AI-powered Customer Experience Automation™ (CXA), today announced Invisible Portal™ providing non-technical citizen developers with a workflow-driven environment to visually build secure, encrypted portal-like experiences at scale to exchange privacy-laden information through files and data feeds.

Hyland, recognised by Gartner as a content services industry leader for 12 consecutive years, has launched its latest product enhancements and innovative solutions that will help customers in their digital evolution journeys.

Our world is becoming more and more digital every day. People spend more time online utilizing it for different activities, from studying and shopping to working and entertaining. And individuals are not the only ones; businesses are closely following suit. They have embraced digital transformation and started transferring their business operations online. Not only can they reach more people this way, but they can even find completely new markets. But, the online world is not without its dangers.

Financial Organisations take a lot of calculated risks. Pros and cons are weighed up, and choices are made. Questions like should we enter market X, should we go into partnership with organisation Y, and should we take a loan to get product Z onto the market. These are proactive choices an organisation can decide upon and own. However, not everything that occurs is controllable without adequate planning and preparation. At a time when downtime is unacceptable, business continuity is critical.

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) has selected Ecospend, the UK’s leading Open Banking provider, to provide a “pay by bank” service for its clients. Ecospend’s solution will allow HL’s clients to make payments directly to their HL accounts more easily and securely and without the need for cards.