A new analysis published today by the Money Advice Trust (the charity which runs the National Debtline service) and data company, Experian, has revealed new insights about the pressures being experienced by UK consumers.  

It shows that three in 10 (29%) UK adults are worried about their finances every day, while one in seven (15%) say they are regularly losing sleep due to the cost-of-living crisis.  

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, and Modefin, a global fintech solution provider helping banks to thrive in the digital age, today announced their partnership to offer Finastra’s Fusion Trade Innovation and Fusion Essence solutions to banks in Africa and several Indian subcontinent markets.

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, is pleased to share its multiple awards wins over the last week. 

SFF Global FinTech Awards 

World-leading digital ID verification company OCR Labs Global, is today announcing its partnership with Synectics Solutions, a data management and software solutions provider and the creator of the digital identity verification solution SynID.

Fenergo has announced that payments service provider iBanFirst will automate compliance across multiple jurisdictions and accelerate client onboarding following the selection of its software as a service (SaaS) Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution.

emerchantpay, a leading payment service provider, today announces a new strategic partnership with Umbraco, an open-source content management system (CMS) platform. emerchantpay is the first payments company to be directly integrated into Umbraco Forms and enables payments for businesses in the UK and the rest of Europe using the CMS platform.

Squirro, the Augmented Intelligence solutions provider, has launched a new app – Allocators Insights – that directly delivers the latest allocation strategy information to users, such as asset, fund, wealth, portfolio, and investment managers.

Natwest launches three new APIs to support corporate, commercial, and institutional customers' demand for seamless real-time payments and automated reconciliation needs, including BACs payments.

Today, Kuda, the money app for Africans is launching in the UK as part of a major global expansion drive, following a total investment of over $90 million USD.

LHV, a leading banking services provider to over 200 fintech and crypto companies, is pleased to announce a partnership with Lightyear, the European investment platform founded by two early Wise employees. LHV will provide Lightyear with real-time EUR payments and other banking services.