Commenting on the ECB Monetary Policy Statement and maintaining a dovish tone, Jesus Cabra Guisasola, Associate at Validus Risk Management, said: “As most market participants expected, the ECB maintained its dovish tone and decided to leave its ultra-loose policy unchanged by keeping the current PEPP purchases at the fastest pace for the third quarter of 2021."

Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for merchants to accept payments, today announces new partnerships with IMX Software and eDynamix. Cashflows will enable the businesses to extend their payment offerings and enhance user experience in the financial services and automotive sectors respectively.

Alicorn Global Ventures (“Alicorn”), which invests in late-stage technology companies, announces that its strategic investment, Glassbox Ltd (“Glassbox”), today started trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: GLBX).  Alicorn is the global venture arm or Arowana International, the established B Corporation accredited investment group.

Node4, one of the UK’s leading cloud, data centre and communications solutions providers, has announced the implementation of a major privately owned hosting infrastructure solution for Decision First, a UK-based Conveyancing Solutions Provider that delivers services to major high street lenders and their vast panels of conveyancers across the UK.

Analysis from global consultancy partnership Kearney has found that retail banks will need to reduce costs by €35-€45 billion (£25-£32 billion) within the next 3 to 5 years to regain profitability. To do so will require the transformation of operating models to improve the cost-to-income ratio (CIR).

Today TS Imagine, a leading EMS provider for Fixed Income execution management, announced that Principal Global Investors, Des Moines, Iowa has chosen its trading infrastructure to support its Fixed Income business.

Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry and number 4 worldwide, today announced it has partnered with Microsoft to integrate Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection into Worldline’s digital commerce payments suite.

Riverbed^® has announced the appointment of Dan Smoot to President and CEO to drive the Company’s next phase of growth, and continue its momentum in delivering industry-leading visibility and performance solutions for networks and applications, anywhere users reside. Smoot, who has more than 30 years of experience holding top leadership roles including at Salesforce, Cisco and VMware, joined Riverbed in June 2018.

Insurance company AIG and banking services app Amaiz, are set to sponsor a Guinness World Record attempt to travel from Lechlade to Teddington Lock in a pedalo non-stop to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease.