Highlights

Neobank Zopa has outlined its approach to defining the future of work. With some organisations declaring an end to office-based working and others retrenching to the ‘known’ model by asking staff to return, Zopa is applying a test and learn approach for the rest of 2021. The neobank which has around 450 staff, has announced its trial to staff in order to work collaboratively with them to define ways of working in the post-Covid future.

Avaloq has won the prestigious Transaction Processing Solution category at The Ninth Annual WealthBriefing European Awards 2021. The firm was also highly recommended in the Innovative Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) category.

Luminor Bank, the third largest financial services provider in the Baltics and Worldline (Euronext: WLN), European leader in the payments and transactional services industry and #4 player worldwide have signed a five-year agreement under which Worldline will unify and upgrade Luminor’s current ATM network. Partnering with Worldline will allow Luminor to offer a more customer-friendly and newer ATM network for its customers. 

EQS is making good progress on building a substantial presence in both corporate compliance and investor relations, growing its SaaS and annual recurring revenue streams. With a platform approach that allows for cross- and up-selling, this is a scalable business model in growing markets, driven by digitisation and regulation. The implementation of whistleblowing regulation in the EU during 2021 gives a clear opportunity for the group to extend its client base. The cost of grasping that opening is weighing on short-term profitability but enhances medium-term prospects.

With CONNEXOR, the Swiss Stock Exchange’s global reference data distribution platform, SIX initiates the automation and standardization of the collection and distribution of reference data for the structured products industry in the Asia-Pacific market 

Financial services provider iBanFirst, which delivers solutions across banking borders, has announced the completion of a growth equity investment to fund product development, international expansion and M&A. Global private equity firm Marlin will become the fintech’s largest shareholder, replacing existing business angels and some of the company’s early backers. Through the transaction, a number of iBanFirst’s historic partners, including top-tier venture capital firm Elaia, Bpifrance Large Venture and Xavier Niel, have strengthened their existing commitments.

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in enterprise data, empowers its customers to connect, unify, and confidently predict business outcomes, solving the world's most complex data-driven challenges.

Temenos, the banking software company, today announced the winners of the 2021 Temenos Changemaker Awards for partners at the annual flagship event, the Temenos Community Forum (TCF) Online. It is thanks to the community that Temenos has built, and its Changemakers, that Temenos has grown to become the world’s #1 banking software. These awards recognize the contribution that Temenos’ partners offer to the Temenos community, and their commitment to making banking better together.