Kickstart Innovation, one of Europe's leading, zero-equity, open innovation platforms based in Zurich, is currently launching its sixth program, and welcoming applications from businesses across the world. The application period is from April 15 to May 17.

Adam Holden, CEO at Oxfordshire-based compliance solutions provider NorthRow, commented: “We welcome today’s report from the City of London Corporation, which highlights the benefits and potential of regtech to dramatically improve not only compliance with existing regulation, but equip organisations with the actionable intelligence needed to make better business decisions.

By Miles, the UK’s leading provider of pay-by-mile car insurance, underwritten by Zurich Insurance, can report that based on data collected the week lockdown restrictions were relaxed, 29th March – 4th April, there was a staggering 17% increase in car usage from the week before, which has continued to rise in the weeks since.   

IOWArocks, the global marketplace for data, tech, and  services, today adds CryptoCompare to their rapidly expanding data marketplace. CryptoCompare is a global leader in  digital asset data providing institutional and retail investors with high-quality real-time and historical data. The IOWArocks marketplace, built on the advanced technology from MDX Technology, is a single and highly accessible  destination for market and alternative data sources for both data owners and consumers alike. 

Technology group Prytek has added credit capabilities to its onboarding platform Karbon by investing in CRiskCo through its corporate venture capital arm. CRiskCo is a platform that makes loan application processes digitally accessible for SMEs.

Synctera, a new solution for partnership banking at scale, today announced partnership agreements with CheckAlt, the largest independent lockbox and electronic payments provider in the country, and Socure, the leader in 100% digital identity trust, to bring mobile remote deposit capture (MRDC) and identity verification capabilities to clients.

You might have heard about cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin from someone in the last couple of years. However, a lot of people do not know that the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was launched in 2008. Bitcoin is a digital asset and it has experienced massive growth in the last few months. For the first time in Bitcoin’s history, the price value of one Bitcoin reached $50,000.

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Uhuru Corporation, the Japanese-based company that makes IoT work by orchestrating and coordinating devices, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenichiro Yoshida, as Chief Financial Officer. Mr Yoshida will join the Board as Executive Director. In addition, the Company announces the appointment of Tetsuya Kubo to the Board as Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee.

An interview with Rafa Plantier, Head of UK & Ireland at open banking platform Tink.

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