Verizon Business and Mastercard today announced a strategic partnership expected to drive transformational solutions for the global payments and commerce ecosystem. From contactless shopping and autonomous checkout technology to Cloud Point of Sale (POS) solutions, Mastercard and Verizon Business will collaborate to deliver scalable innovations that drive the industry forward and create new experiences for consumers and businesses alike.

Bitmedia.io, has recently celebrated its 7th birthday and shared the achievements of the company in the crypto advertising market over the course of its existence. Today, the crypto ad network can be righteously considered to be the leader in blockchain and crypto advertising. It's reach spans over an extensive network of over 6000 publishers, which are websites that broadcast display ads distributed through the platform.

Unbound Security, leader in cryptographic key management and protection solutions, today announced that Fifth Third Bank (NASDAQ: FITB) has deployed Unbound CORE to tokenise credit card and other personally identifiable information (PII) to improve data security as part of its migration to the cloud.  

Global B2B payments company Nium and Jordan’s leading currency exchange and money transfer provider, Alawneh Exchange today announced a strategic partnership that will allow Alawneh Exchange to leverage Nium’s vast pay out network in key markets, such as Australia, Canada, Europe, the UK and the US.

Egress’ Insider Data Breach Survey 2021 has revealed that an overwhelming 96% of financial services organisations have experienced insider data breaches in the last year. Human error was the top cause of serious incidents, according to 88% of IT leaders surveyed. However, IT leaders are more concerned about malicious insiders, with 38% indicating that employees falling for a phishing attack is their biggest fear. 

Allstar Business Solutions Limited, the UK’s leading fuel management company, today announces its new partnership with leading electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure provider, EB Charging. The partnership will begin with 59 charge points before the rest of EB’s network will be added over the coming months to the multi-branded Allstar One Electric network, as they are upgraded to accept the Allstar One Electric Card.

Paya , a leading integrated payments and commerce solutions provider, has announced a strategic partnership with RECUR360, a cloud-based software and automation solution provider which offers recurring payment, invoicing, and collection capabilities across a number of B2B verticals.

Financial IT: Can you please tell us more about your background? What’s the story behind founding TDM Group. 

TDM Group was founded in 1997 as a traditional IT MSP. We now have offices in the UK, US, UAE and Jordan and work with local partners in Canada, Europe, Aisa Pac, Africa and South America. We are also in the process of opening a software development hub in Sri Lanka. As we have expanded, our business model has also evolved, helping us to achieve year on year growth.

Hardbacon, a personal finance application that helps you achieve your financial goals, launches a national advertising campaign today encouraging Canadians to shop for financial products, while shining light on the best way to do it.