Form3, the leading cloud-native payment technology provider has secured a partnership with and investment from global payment technology leader Mastercard. Together, Form3 and Mastercard will help banks and financial institutions around the world connect with domestic and international payment platforms more seamlessly, reliably and securely.

The additional funding follows $33m raised in August this year from new investors; Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society and venture capital firm 83North.

Broctagon Fintech Group, a brokerage technology, liquidity and blockchain enterprise solutions provider, today announces a new partnership with Elite Consulting Group to launch GoldGo, a utility token directly backed by a physical gold supply and secured by blockchain technology.

FinecoBank today announced that a suite of funds from Nordea Asset Management – a global leader in sustainable and responsible investing – will now be available to users on its platform.

The move gives Fineco’s growing customer base in the UK access to Nordea’s investment expertise – including a number of its popular ‘STARS’ equity strategies. These funds embody true ESG integration, with thorough proprietary research undertaken to identify companies displaying sustainable and responsible business models.

The North East of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Yorkshire & Humber are fast becoming new powerhouses for UK tech innovation. 

The majority (74%) of mid-market financial services companies have remained resilient in the face of the economic disruption that’s taken place this year, according to the Growth Index released today by mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners.  62% of mid-market financial services companies still expected growth throughout 2020 even after the pandemic had begun in March (a fall from 84% pre-March 2020).

Paul McCreadie, Partner at ECI Partners said:

New data released by Yapily, the UK’s leading open banking network, has revealed how open banking connectivity has become a top priority for banks in the UK as we head into 2021.

The data reveals that despite disruption to banking operations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, banks had matured in their open banking development once the industry had entered Q3, with response times closing on those of the digitally native neo banks, such as Monzo which averages 211ms in its response time. 

From now on purchasing cryptocurrencies in Germany is simple, secureand fast. The Berlin-based Fintech start-up, spot9, startsits planned rollout of BaFin-compliant Bitcoin ATMs in Germany. BaFin-compliant means that the Bitcoin ATMs fully comply with the regulatory requirements of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) for example on trading in cryptographic values or the prevention of money laundering.

BlueVenn, the international Customer Data Platform (CDP) provider, today announces that Small World Financial Services, which offers fast, secure worldwide payment services to individuals and businesses alike, has selected BlueVenn to help it further develop its unified customer experience across the brand.