Noble Innovate, the company focused on innovation through making better decisions, launches Axios3, a unique decision making programme specialising in developing people’s innovatory skills, enabling them to generate insight, understanding, and apply them to improve outcomes in their business and personal lives.

Crowdfunding campaign for ekko’s debit card and app turning the tide on climate change

ekko’s crowdfunding campaign for its climate-friendly debit card and app is now open. Fuelled by its successful pre-registration campaign, ekko’s funding round on Seedrs will close in up to four weeks’ time.

• New research from digital bank Zopa finds that a large swathe of UK consumers would use Open Banking to get better, easier, or faster access to credit despite its low awareness
• The introduction of Open Banking to previously untapped verticals such as access to credit could spearhead wider adoption amongst UK consumers and reach 40 million active users by 2025

Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) specialises in providing graphene in the form of dispersions of nanoplatelets that can be readily incorporated by customers into their products. It is initially concentrating on the global protective coatings and composite materials markets where the financial benefits of the performance enhancements achievable from incorporating graphene may be calculated, encouraging adoption.

Temenos Transact Next-Generation Core Banking with Red Hat OpenShift Now Available on IBM Cloud

Global fintech MODIFI today announced US$24m in Series B, which brings its valuation to more than US$120m. The round was led by new investor Heliad Equity Partners with a co-investment from Neva SGR, the venture capital investment vehicle of Italy's leading banking group Intesa San Paolo. Existing investors also participated significantly, including Global Founders Capital, Maersk Growth and Picus Capital.

Leading UK anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has warned businesses are at risk of being caught out by a potential winter lockdown, as media reports circulate about government plans to deal with rising cases of coronavirus.

Today the British Business Bank publishes a list of 158 companies in which the Future Fund holds an equity stake. Launched on 20 May 2020, and open for applications until 31 January 2021, the Future Fund issued 1,190 innovative companies with Convertible Loan Agreements worth £1.14bn. Third-party investors were required to at least match the Future Fund’s investment.

Aussie Rises on Short-Squeeze, Loonie Up as Oil Rallies