DNA Payments Group (DNA), a fast-growing vertically integrated payments company, has acquired Active Merchant Services (also known as Active Payments), a UK-based independent sales organisation with more than 2,500 merchants. This acquisition brings DNA’s customer base to c. 30,000 merchants and 57,000 terminals in the UK and EU with the actual processing volumes of transactions to over £5.5 billion per annum.

Accounting and finance are integral parts of a smooth business operation. This helps enterprises to manage incoming and outgoing capital, accurately file tax returns, and to pay their staff in a consistent and timely manner. Careful management of these areas will ensure suppliers can be paid, operating expenses are covered, tax compliance is upheld, and staff are compensated for their work.

Semafone^®,  the leading provider of data security and compliance solutions for a secure and seamless customer experience, today announced that its patented data compliance solution Cardprotect Voice+ is compliant with key customer engagement solutions from Avaya (NYSE: AVYA), a global leader in solutions that enhance and simplify communications and collaboration.

Nuxeo is helping shape the future of financial services with an innovative platform that digitally transforms the business at speed & delivers value throughout the organization. Using modern technologies like open source, cloud, microservices, and AI; Nuxeo accelerates application & solution delivery to solve today’s biggest information management challenges.

Klarna UK has launched a campaign, championing consumers who are managing their spending responsibly, supporting regulation and challenging common stereotypes. 

With a series of eye-catching billboards, Klarna highlights popular fallacies and social stereotypes, including, “Pink is for girls” and “Millenials are useless with money”. The hoarding goes on to clarify that colour has no gender and that millennials actually save 36% more money than older generations.

Few would argue that we are currently in the midst of a highly challenging period for Financial Services (FS) firms. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt almost everything, from the health and safety of employees, to the need to meet rapidly changing customer requirements.

The fall-out from Brexit means that FS is still to settle down and there are many more ‘mundane’ pressures such as cybersecurity, data regulation, the threat from challenger banks, and the need for automation to cite just a few.

New data from Barclaycard reveals that contactless technology has emerged as one of the big winners of 2020, accounting for 88.6 per cent of all eligible card transactions*.

As the safest, fastest and most responsible way to pay in-store, tap-and-go has become the obvious choice for both consumers and businesses, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Sercle is the new name for Omnio’s interests in the Credit Union sector including Kesho and it delivers market leading digital infrastructure for Credit Unions worldwide.

Toby Carlin, Senior Director of Fraud Consulting at EMEA, FICO examines a wave of Brexit scams and offers advice on how to spot, prevent, and report them. 

Colt Technology Services has announced the appointment of Tessa Raum as Executive Vice President (EVP) for HR. This role sees Tessa join the Executive Leadership Team, reporting directly to Keri Gilder, Colt’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).