Three quarters of people with a below-average income for their country report feeling prosperous; Six in ten people across high-growth markets say access to financial services has helped improve their prosperity; Three quarters think their government has a responsibility to improve access to financial services.

A landmark study into the relationship between financial services and prosperity across high-growth markets around the world has revealed that people’s definition of prosperity is more linked to financial security and peace of mind than to current income and wealth.

Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions business has named Woodforest National Bank, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, and Washington Financial Bank, based in Washington County, Penn., as winners of its 2019 Community Impact Award. The award honors financial institutions for the breadth and innovative application of community development programs to benefit low-

MYPINPAD, the global leader in secure personal authentication for payment solutions, has developed a software-only based contactless payment solution, designed to remove the need for additional mPOS hardware.

Nuapay, a pioneer of open banking, announces its partnership with mobile technology platform, Thyngs, to help charities tackle the decline in donations due to reductions in consumer cash use.

The two companies have joined forces to support fundraising for the BBC’s Children in Need campaign. They have created a giant Pudsey Bear with an NFC chip on its ear, enabling passers-by to tap their phones to make a donation to the Children in Need campaign.  The Pudsey Bear collection points will be available at a number of offices, bars and restaurants across London.  

Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for

Wealth management fintech firm JHC Systems (JHC) today announces that Finzo, a New Zealand-based integrated financial solutions provider, will be implementing JHC Neon (Neon). This means Finzo will be able to consolidate portfolios across all accounts to give a 360-degree view of client positions. This is JHC’s first New Zealand-based client, secured through its partnership with MyFiduciary, and represents the first FNZ platform client to integrate JHC technology following its acquisition of JHC in August 2019.

Signicat, the Trusted Digital Identity™ company and European market leader for trusted digital identity services, has partnered with Swisscom Trust Services, strengthening its Digital Identity Platform with qualified electronic signature (QES) functionality. Signicat can now offer the digital equivalent of a legally binding handwritten signature, meeting the highest level of the EU‘s eIDAS standards for electronic signatures.

Consolidating its strong position in the digital cross-border payments space in Southeast Asia, the recently-rebranded NIUM (formerly, InstaReM) has received the Fund Transfers license from the Bank Indonesia. With NIUM’s innovative payments platform, retail consumers, Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Financial Institutions and the other payment service providers in Indonesia can look forward to a seamless digital experience while moving money – whether sending or receiving - across borders.

Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the data solutions leader that helps innovators build a better world with data, has expanded its global presence with the opening of a new European Research & Development Centre in Prague, Czech Republic. The opening marks further significant investment in the EMEA region and demonstrates Pure’s continued commitment to innovation.

Pure was founded with innovation at its core, with a customer-first mind-set. This new EMEA hub is designed to fuel Pure’s innovation engine, and further accelerate time-to-market.