Virgin Money has added leading FinTech, Codat, to its growing team of technology partners as it strengthens its digital business banking credentials. London-headquartered Codat’s financial technology offer will play a key role in allowing seamless and secure exchange of data between Virgin Money and its business bank customers.

HIPS Payment Group Ltd, a provider of innovative and cost-effective e-commerce and mobile payment solutions, and licensed bank, Banking Circle, which delivers ground-breaking financial infrastructure for Payment businesses and Banks, today announced their partnership, which enables Hips to offer settlement with domestic payment rails.

It’s heartening to see biometric technology playing a role in helping people, communities and workplaces adapt to the changes triggered by the past year. As we stand at the beginning of 2021, the value of biometrics is reaching far beyond mobile and is set to become even more prominent in new areas. Most notably biometric payment cards are providing a route map to safer, more hygienic in-store payments, while smart homes and workplaces are becoming more secure and user friendly with biometric access control.

Monzo Bank customers can now connect their bank accounts to Experian Boost, giving them the ability to increase their Experian Credit Score instantly for free.

Experian Boost is the UK’s first service to help consumers improve their credit scores using transactional information like total current account incomings and outgoings, as well as regular payments to digital streaming providers, savings accounts and council tax.

Governments, banks, notaries and e-ID schemes around the world can now access multi-jurisdictional advanced and qualified remote e-signature and e-sealing services from a single source, thanks to a new partnership between Cryptomathic and

ZEN (zen.com), a licenced European fintech company, has announced its launch in 32 markets, including the UK, with the support of Currencycloud, a leading provider of B2B embedded cross-border solutions. ZEN’s goal is to revolutionize digital payments and drive the future of commerce in order to simplify the online experience for both merchants and consumers.

For Data Protection Day 2021, 

Colt Technology Services has today announced the appointment of Mirko Voltolini as Vice President of Strategy and Innovation. In this newly created role, Mirko will seek to underpin Colt’s product capabilities with innovation and the latest emerging technologies in order to ensure Colt remains an industry leader. This role will also go beyond products and technology, with Mirko and his team playing a pivotal role in defining and driving the execution of Colt’s broader strategy.

Raindrop is a flexible, smart and secure solution specifically designed for self-employed workers to save for their futures in one easy-to-use online platform.

A new fully digital, flexible and smart pension platform, designed specifically for self-employed workers, has officially launched this week.

Yooz, the cloud-based Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) automation software company, has today unveiled Yooz Rising, its new and improved AP automation solution.

With improved user experience and new features, Yooz Rising has been launched in early 2021 and has already been successfully adopted by more than 500 organisations across the EMEA market.