The UK’s leading FinTech organisations came together last night to celebrate innovation in the sector at the 11th annual Emerging Payments Awards.

FreeAgent, the innovative cloud accounting company, has launched a new set of licences specifically for accountants with clients that bank with the Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest.  

Banking Circle, the ground-breaking financial utility, has won Best Back Office Innovation and Best International Payments, Remittance or use of FX in the 2018 Emerging Payments Awards. This takes the financial utility’s award total to 10 wins so far in 2018.   

In addition, Miranda McLean, Senior VP for Global Marketing was announced at the event as one of a cohort of ‘Outstanding Women in PayTech’– which champions women in the emerging payments industry and acknowledges those who have made significant achievements.

Profile Software, an international financial solutions provider, announced today its participation as a Silver Sponsor at the Wealth and Asset Management-focused event, “AM TECH DAY by L’Agefi”, taking place on 17 October 2018 in Paris, showcasing its pioneering and award-winning Investment Management solutions.

Yolt, the smart thinking money app, has today announced it has reached 500,000 registered users since launching in June 2017.

Yolt empowers people to take control of their finances by enabling them to view their accounts, credit cards and pensions together in one place. From the beginning, Yolt has been on a mission to change the way people think about money through easy budgeting, spending categorisation and deal finding. 

The leading retail and commercial bank, Santander, has gone live on SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) service in Spain, the UK, Argentina and Poland. It will go live in Chile and Mexico before the end of the year, with further countries planned for 2019.

With SWIFT gpi, Santander can now offer a rapid cross-border payments service – with real-time payments tracking and transparency on bank fees and foreign exchange rates.

Open Banking Expo has confirmed a full complement of speakers for its one-day conference and exhibition, with more than 35 thought leaders, three streams and 15+ hours of original content. The event, headlined by OpenWrks, takes place on 27 November at America Square Conference Centre, London and promises to be the UK’s largest marketplace for ideas, connections and deals in Open Banking with representation from incumbent banks, challenger banks and specialist fintechs.

• However, 78% agree that the implementation of technology will add strategic value to the business
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Kasasa, an award-winning financial technology and marketing provider, announced today that it has partnered with CUneXus, a provider of advanced loan acquisition and automation technology for banks and credit unions. 

Basware, the global leader in networked source-to-pay solutions, e-invoicing and innovative financing services, is celebrating after its long-standing client Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) claimed the ultimate accolade at the 2018 CIPS Supply Management Awards Europe.

Announced at yesterday’s celebratory dinner event in Prague, Basware’s work with DWP was not only chosen as the ‘Most Innovative Use of Technology’ but also the ‘Overall Winner’, triumphing over 10 other well-deserved category winners.