When the pandemic hit, we certainly sensed there would be a strong impact on our social lives. But what was not immediately apparent was the extent that Wall Street and its regulated financial services employees would be affected. The work-from-home revolution had arrived, and now one year later its influence has become evident. 

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), global payments platform for many of the world’s leading retailers, today announced that it supports Edinburgh-based heritage brand Hunter in reducing chargeback rates by 90% and expanding its global footprint.   

Finance as a Service (FaaS) is revolutionising the financial industry as we know it. As a dynamic delivery model that improves on the old manual legacy systems, FaaS helps companies better manage their working capital, quickly deliver accurate forecasts, and reduce operating costs.    

The erosion of payment processing costs, increased customer expectations for user experience, and the reduced regulatory barriers have all helped usher in this new generation of payments. 

Chargebee, the leading subscription billing and revenue management platform, today announced a fresh round of $125M in series G funding, co-led by new investor Sapphire Ventures and existing investors Tiger Global and Insight Venture Partners, along with participation from existing investors.

London-based automated risk, compliance and regulation software specialists, Albany Group, has announced the appointment of a new board member with specialist knowledge of insurance and technology, as the company looks to continue its rapid growth within the insurance industry.  

PPRO, the global provider of local payments infrastructure, has just released their direct integration to popular Benelux payment method Payconiq. The collaboration between the two esteemed payment companies will drive growth for thousands of global e-commerce merchants selling to consumers in Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg. 

Penfold, the first digital-only pension helping modern workers ‘forget about the future’, has partnered with NorthRow to accelerate its onboarding process and help users set up a pension in "five minutes".

Nebulon, Inc^® announced today the availability of smartInfrastructure^TM, a server-embedded, infrastructure software delivered as-a-service, which offers the benefits of the public cloud on-premises, from core to edge for any application: containerised, virtualised or bare-metal.

E-wallet provider STICPAY is signing a partnership agreement with Synvestment NV, which

will allow its gamer community in Europe and Canada to almost instantly deposit funds and claim rewards.