• Stakeholder interviews reveal that UK issuers, acquirers and gateways are largely ready for SCA enforcement
• SME merchant readiness remain greatest concern for UK market
• New sprint ramp-up plan to commence on 18^th January with full compliance required by 14^th March

Anchor, the autonomous bil

Payments platform spurs external innovation

Mollie, one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe, today launched a new 1 million Euro fund designed to drive the creation of new integrations and add-on products for its platform. The ‘Mollie Acceleration Fund’ will support developers, start-ups and digital agencies to realize bold and ambitious projects that help power the growth of Mollie’s 125,000+ e-commerce merchant customers.

• Sonovate becomes sole funding partner to XPO for fast influencer payments by brands
• Influencer marketing market worth $14bn globally, and still growing
• Sonovate data shows 57% of young people believe freelance work gives them the flexibility to experiment with different career routes
• But 56% of contract workers will only work for a company which had a track record of paying wages on time, and 48% refuse to continue to work for a company which doesn’t pay on time

• Half of pension savers want to ensure their pension is invested in companies they believe in
• More than four in ten think new rules are needed governing the impact of pension investments on climate change
• Average UK pension pot helps finance 23 tonnes in carbon emissions each year through the companies it invests in - equivalent of running 9 family cars or burning 1,100 coal fires

Businesses around the world are seeing the substantial benefits of remote working post-Covid-19. With more flexible work policies in place, and workers considering this new normal, the standard 9-to-5 workday is fast becoming a thing of the past. 

Vyne’s Open Banking powered account-to-account payment method has gone live on the online checkouts of 10 THG plc brands including Myprotein, Glossybox, ESPA and Zavvi

• GenTwo Digital and SEBA Bank have strengthened their strategic cooperation as preferred partners. This collaboration of two leaders - recently recognized by LinkedIn as Top Startups 2021 in Switzerland - in the digital asset space provides the market with premium solutions in this emerging asset class

• Backed by SEBA Bank’s comprehensive asset management expertise, blended AMCs - crypto and traditional - are a new addition to the AMC landscape

New Manhattan office establishes Temenos at the center of banking

Temenos, the banking software company, today announced that it has relocated its North American headquarters to the Helmsley Building on Park Avenue in New York City.

·       CloudWing Network will develop a Chinese version of Finastra’s Fusion Summit treasury management solution