Vinter, the leading crypto index provider, announces the launch of the BOLD1 index - providing investors with exposure to bitcoin and gold. The index will be underlying financial products as of today.

Inflation in Europe is at its highest level since the euro was introduced. Eurostat has estimated the year-on-year inflation rate for consumer prices in March to be 7.4%, far above the 2% target set by the European Central Bank. As a result, investors have started searching for havens from what could become the worst inflation in four decades.

• Cebr finds that if retailers achieve growth ambitions then they would add £269 billion to retail turnover

Research released today by Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), the global payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, reveals British retailers hold out optimism for growth in 2022, potentially contributing £269 billion to retail turnover.

Swedish credit institution extends partnership with Mambu for an additional seven years to continue to scale operations internationally, and provide a frictionless end-user experience

 Bink has further strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointments of Jose Jimenez Mancha as Chief Commercial Officer and Marty Kerr as Regional Head Asia Pacific.

Jose has extensive experience in the banking and payments sector, having worked for HSBC and American Express in a variety of leadership roles. His most recent project – leading a global business development transformation team to accelerate the digitalisation of the bank sets him in good stead to support Bink as they scale their banking partners.

Tink, Europe’s leading open banking platform, has announced the expansion of its open banking payments services to five new markets across Europe. Its Payment Initiation Services (PIS) product is now live in the Netherlands, Norway, Estonia, Finland and Latvia. Tink operates in 18 markets in total across Europe, connecting to over 250 million bank customers.

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