Vermeg, the leading global provider of regulatory reporting and collateral management solutions, announces that Bank North, the UK's first truly regional business bank of the modern era, has signed a multi-year licence for its flagship regulatory reporting platform, AgileREPORTER.

Financial prudence appears to be the current theme in the UK cards market with spending down and percentage of payments to balance up – but will this positive attitude remain as COVID savings dwindle?

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New Macrobond Viewer gives Aviva Investors the ability to share ‘live’ research across its organisation instantly

Macrobond, a leading provider of global economic, aggregate financial and sector data for finance professionals, has teamed up with Aviva Investors (“Aviva”), to develop the Macrobond Viewer, a new way to seamlessly disseminate information across business lines using the Macrobond platform. 

finova, the leading mortgage and savings tech provider, today announces its partnership with Quantum Mortgages – an intermediary-only specialist lender supporting landlords across the UK. finova and Quantum expect to launch formally by Q1, 2022.

VoxSmart Ltd., the global leader in communications surveillance, has today cemented its APAC presence with the opening of a new office in Queenstown, New Zealand, further building on the global growth of the firm over the last year.

This strategic partnership will combine Bain’s industry leading management consulting with Aura’s innovative global luxury blockchain solutions

 Smartpay K.K. today announced the launch of its new "Buy Now Pay Later" (BNPL) service, which combines an all-in-one payment experience and interest free payment solution, designed to solve Japanese consumer payment issues and improve merchant conversion rates.

Built out of a passion for enabling Japanese merchants to succeed in e-commerce, Smartpay aims to remove the anxiety of shopping online for Japanese credit card users with the first completely free and secure, seamless, fully automated, online payment experience.

• Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority with affordability checks - unlike many unregulated ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ offers 
• Easy and flexible payments – with just one amount to pay each month across multiple plans, with an app to track and manage payments

Smart Engines scientists have developed multi-code and continuous session scanning in anticipation of a challenging epidemiological situation worldwide. In particular, now the mandatory Covid-19 QR code scanning required for entering certain premises in some countries is greatly simplified for staff and customers. If identity confirmation is necessary for the QR code, the Smart Engines solution also allows ID scanning.