Global technology provider Arrow Electronics announced an agreement with Unisys to become a Unisys Stealth Value-Added Distributor (VAD) in EMEA, initially focussing on the UK, Germany and France.

SEON, the fraud fighters, today announces its partnership with VCC Live, the cloud contact centre specialists. Through the deal, they will work together to help end fraud for contact centres in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector.

Apex Litigation Funding has been ranked in the Chambers Guide 2021, despite the firm only completing its first full year in recent months. It has achieved a ranking in the ‘Litigation Funding: Insolvency’ section of the latest Chambers Litigation Support Guide.

Saving for retirement is something that requires an early start and wise investments. A mere bank account accruing interest or solo 401k with minimal contributions might not be adequate for future needs. There are varied things worthy of investment, like gold or other assets, to help you attain a certain level of comfortability.

• Almost two thirds (65%) of global banking executives believe that the branch-based model will be “dead” within five years, up from 35% four years ago

• The same proportion (65%) of bankers see new technologies as the biggest driver of change for the next four years, up from 42% three years ago

• Four in five bankers believe that banks will seek to differentiate on customer experience rather than products

LiquidShare, a leading European fintech startup, has selected Sextant for Daml, the blockchain and smart contract  management and operations platform provided by Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP), to deliver its cutting-edge post-trade offering.

Reach, the global payment localization provider, has further strengthened its senior management team by appointing leading cross-border ecommerce stalwart, Dave Mays, as an independent board member.

With lockdown restrictions gradually easing and the vaccine roll-out in the UK proceeding at incredible speed, the outlook for retailers and merchants is far more positive than this time last year. But what merchants now need to focus on is how to gain as many customers as possible and maximise their turnover in what remains a crucial time. 

A key enabler of this is set to be retail finance – but does the technology and ecosystem of lenders exist to allow merchants to truly capitalise on the opening of the economy? 

Phishing impersonations and business email compromise attacks designed to steal victims’ bitcoin surged by 192% between October 2020 and May 2021, closely following the rising demand and increasing price of bitcoin over the last eight months [FIGURE 1], according to new analysis by Barracuda Networks, the trusted partner and leading provider for cloud-enabled security solutions, in their most recent Threat Spotlight research.

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