NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated energy company was honoured with the Championship title at AIMA's National Management Games (NMG) 2021 for the second consecutive year. Mr. Neeraj Kapoor, Director, Center for Management Development, AIMA presented the Championship rolling trophy to Shri D.K.Patel, Director (HR) & Shri MSD Bhattamishra, Executive Director (HR)  at the company’s headquarters in New Delhi. NTPC teams beat 120 teams from all over the country including public and private sector companies to claim the championship title for the fifth time.

• While 68% of men in tech believe women have equal progression opportunities, only a quarter of women in the sector feel the same
• 88% of female respondents say there are not enough women in senior positions in technology, compared to 65% of men
• Men (81%) and women (75%) broadly agree that the tech sector is welcoming to women when they enter the industry

Global financial technology company SumUp has today announced its decision to join 1% for the Planet and commit 1% of future net revenues to environmental causes such as ​​preventing deforestation, building renewable energy infrastructure, practicing regenerative organic agriculture, conserving water, diverting waste, and creating more sustainable materials.

 Digital bank Chase today announced it is offering 3% cashback on Amazon.co.uk spend until the end of 2021, to help customers make more of their Amazon purchases this festive season.

 Moody’s Analytics today announced that its Portfolio Risk Analytics has been selected by Hargreaves Lansdown, to support the ongoing development of their investment proposition.

 Fintech Connect, the UK’s largest fintech show, today revealed the agenda for its 2021 programme. This year’s line-up for the Leaders Summit includes CEOs from major European challenger banks such as Starling and Ziglu. The virtual event will feature speakers from major banks, challenger banks, fintechs, big techs and brands such as Facebook, Uber, and Barclays. Speaker highlights include:

Leaders Summit

• Only 35% of Brits are satisfied with the loyalty rewards they get from their bank; while 37% of credit card holders don’t know what interest rate they are getting
• 56% of young people (18-24 year olds) are interested in a credit card from their favourite high street brand and 55% are willing to take a credit card from their favourite band or artist

Multi-asset trading venue 24 Exchange has selected financial markets data science firm FairXchange for independent execution analytics.

Leading mortgage technology provider Twenty7Tec today announces that Coutts, the wealth manager and private bank,  has added its mortgage product range including fixed rate and tracker products, to the Twenty7Tec SOURCE module. 

By adding their products to SOURCE, Coutts is now able to provide information on its product range and criteria to the more than 15,000 daily adviser users of CloudTwenty7, the Twenty7Tec platform.

Open Future World, Ozone API and UK Finance are delighted to announce the winners of the world’s first variable recurring payments hackathon. The six week event, sponsored by Accenture, Mastercard, Volt and Worldpay from FIS, was an opportunity for developers, banks, payment initiation service providers and tech platforms to demonstrate potential use cases and propositions that open banking VRPs can deliver.