Feel-good fundraising platform TapSimple has today announced the addition of Cancer Research UK to its portfolio of charity clients adding to the charity’s use of contactless technology to help raise funds in an increasingly cashless society.

Cancer Research UK will be able to receive digital donations from supporters, via TapSimple’s device, the Clip. The technology facilitates Contactless and Chip & Pin donations when paired with the TapSimple app, helping charities to raise more for great causes.

Cashfac have announced the appointment of Sherri Munro as Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, amid increased demand for their escrow, trust account and wider virtual account solutions across North America. Cashfac’s Virtual Bank Technology (VBT) provides cash management platforms for wealth and asset managers with real time accounting, payment and collection processing and continuous control in high transaction environments.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, announced the availability of support for Ethereum in its Quartz™ DevKit solution. With this, the intuitive, unified development platform for decentralized applications now supports deployment of smart contracts on the top three blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, R3/Corda, and Ethereum. 

Intigral, the leading over the top (OTT) content provider in the MENA region, today announces the expansion of its flagship Jawwy TV app and OTT entertainment service into Egypt through a strategic collaboration with the leading telecom operator, Telecom Egypt “WE”. This expansion is being enabled by a strategic partnership with TPAY MOBILE, the Middle East and Africa’s leading digital payments platform.

It’s no secret that regulatory compliance doesn’t always sit comfortably with a bank’s desire to deliver a smooth, hassle free user experience (UX) for its clients. The job of onboarding a new corporate client is a key case in point; extensive anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) checks mandated by regulations like AML5 typically require more back and forth than either the financial institution (FI) or the client would like.

Two innovations to help companies tackle financial crime are the latest results to come out of the 

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) announced that West Bromwich Building Society (the West Brom) has selected Unisys' omnichannel banking platform Elevate™ to support the society’s digital transformation by delivering secure new digital services for its members – giving them greater choice and easier ways t

Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform, today released the second part of its European Banking report, based on a survey of 200 European banking executives, about the challenges they are facing when trying to respond to the greater need for payments innovation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the findings, 94% of bank executives say that payments have become a “technology arms race,” enabling them to gain a competitive advantage over rivals by offering greater choice and flexibility to customers.

Defined by the FCA as “a catalyst for change”, the SM&CR represents an opportunity to enhance healthy cultures and effective governance in financial institutions, requiring greater accountability both individually and within a firm, and setting a new standard of personal conduct and competence. 

The most recently published, and the upcoming deadlines of Directory Persons data for dual and solo regulated firms have been putting pressure on financial institutions.

Atos has been positioned as a Leader in Transforming Managed Services in Banking by global analyst and advisory firm, NelsonHall, in recognition of its capabilities in servicing a growing Tier 1 banking customer base.