• Half (50%) don’t know what levelling up the country means for their business

• Just three in 10 (30%) business leaders believe that the government will deliver on its levelling up agenda

As the government prepares to release its levelling up white paper later this month, new research1 from Nucleus Commercial Finance finds that more than half (52%) of SMEs are confused about the government’s plans. 

Says it all really,

 Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that R.

Round led by Advance Venture Partners includes continued support from core investors including Coinbase Ventures and Unusual Ventures

Brankas, Southeast Asia's leading Open Finance technology company, announced the close of its US$20m Series B investment round led by Insignia Ventures Partners with participation from existing investors Beenext and Integra Partners. With this round, Brankas aims to scale its network of more than 40 financial institutions and 100+ technology companies, expand its product menu of banking-as-a-service APIs serving customers across 6 markets in Asia, and look to double the 100-person strong team.

 Insider Intelligence’s Banking Trends to Watch in 2022 report identifies three key areas of digital transformation that will further upend the banking industry in the new year.

Tranzbase is a convenient system of internal and external services combined on a single platform.

Tranzbase allows to:

Funding to support fast-growing software provider’s growth into new markets and create 60 new roles

AppLearn, a Manchester-headquartered global Digital Adoption platform (DAP) provider, has secured significant financing from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and investors, and NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

• New partnership will allow both Contis and Ecospend to enhance their product offerings

Ecospend, the leading UK provider of Open Banking technology, has today announced that it is partnering with Contis, the leading pan European Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider.

Contis offers a range of BaaS products to its customers across a variety of sectors, including cloud-based, real-time accounts and payments solutions.

The financial markets have always been dynamic making the ever-changing role of forex brokers complex and challenging. Needless to say the last couple of years have seen momentous change in the industry. With high inflation and tightening monetary policies of central banks around the world, 2022 is shaping up to be another demanding year for brokers.