The majority (56%) of UK investors who invest in venture capital plan to increase their VC allocation in 2023, one-in-five (20%) ‘significantly’ so, new research from Digital Horizon has found. Despite the current state of the market, against the background of plummeting valuations and ongoing political and economic uncertainty, the research suggests that optimism in the future of the start-up scene, and appetite for venture capital investing, both remain strong.

Setpoint, the company building infrastructure for modern real estate transactions, today announced that it has closed a $43 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Henry Kravis (KKR), Spencer Rascoff (co-founder Zillow & 75andSunny

Over the last decade, Big Tech – an umbrella term used to refer to companies like Alphabet (Google’s parent), Amazon, Apple and Facebook – has started moving into financial services. While most of the offerings have revolved around payments, they’ve also extended to other products such as credit cards and lending. 

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, last night captured the award for Derivatives Trading System of the Year at the FOW International Awards 2022. The honours, recognizing the “best and brightest innovations in the derivatives industry,” were bestowed last night in a ceremony at Global Investor Group’s Trading London event.

VizyPay, an industry-disrupting payment processing fintech company, today announces is was named a bronze winner in the Most Innovative Product of the Year for Small or Medium Business category in the 2022

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In August 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Consumer Duty rules comes into effect. That may sound like a long way away, but it will come fast and not having the right processes in place when the deadline hits could land Financial Institutions (FIs) with a hefty fine. 

Dreamdata has successfully secured €6M in a Series A round led by signals Venture Capital with participation from existing investors InReach Ventures, Crowberry Capital, Seedcamp, Futuristic.vc, and Preseed Ventures. 

Currencycloud, the experts simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has partnered with leading South Korea-based global remittance and payment provider SentBe to improve the regional reach of its payments service and offer its Korean consumers and businesses a more streamlined, customized experience when sending money internationally.

NatWest Group has today announced the appointment of Mark Brant as Chief Payments Officer (CPO). Mark will join on 16 January 2023.

Mark has over 25 years of experience working across the Payments industry, both within the UK and abroad. In addition to spending time in senior leadership and executive positions at American Express and PayPal, Mark has most recently been CEO of ParentPay Group, responsible for the overarching strategy to evolve existing software and create new services to maintain growth.