UK technology firm Zenoo  has created a new solution to enable US small businesses to quickly receive essential Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the COVID-19 crisis.

The technology was created at the emergency Hackathon to Save Small Business in March, where the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR) brought together over 60 people representing more than 20 banks, fintech firms, non-profit organisations and other institutions across the US and Europe

Sopra Banking Software released on March 31 Cassiopae V4.7, a leasing and lending application, which is part of the company’s Sopra Financing Platform. The company met the ambitious release date announced ten months ago.

The new release, Cassiopae V4.7, includes an enhanced digital portal for dealers and merchants, credit card processing via electronic payment partners, revolving credit for individuals, and improvements in the management of real estate and equipment leasing.

Messaging apps; speech-based assistants such as Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa; and chatbots are entering the marketplace in large scale, all with a goal of enhancing everyday life. Businesses are taking notice; leveraging the technology to analyze peoples’ behavior in order to create a more personalized and efficient customer experience.

In a matter of weeks our entire payments ecosystem has shifted. Many supermarkets have reacted to the coronavirus pandemic by implementing plastic barriers at checkouts to protect customers and staff during the shopping transaction. Meanwhile countless retailers and services have shifted to cashless payments to remove contact with consumers and increase hygiene in the payment process itself.

 Fenergo, the leading provider of digital transformation, customer journey and client lifecycle management (CLM) solutions for financial institutions, today announces the launch of its digital cloud-based Remote Account Opening solution, ahead of schedule, in order to assist US small businesses in accessing PPP emergency loans.

Ebury, one of Europe’s largest FinTech companies, has been granted approval in the Netherlands to provide SMEs with loans under the Government’s SME Credit Guarantee Scheme1, which was launched in response to the Coronavirus crisis.

The scheme, which is available to Dutch businesses with fewer than 250 employees, provides government guarantees for loans of up to €1.5m. The guarantees will cover 75% of the loan amount for up to €2bn of SME lending in The Netherlands.

additiv, a leading SaaS provider to the wealth management industry, today launches an industry first: a rapid, risk-free route to digital wealth management. 

The KickStarter ^TM solution comes at a time when the industry needs it most. Digitization has been gradually impacting the wealth management industry, but as a result of the current pandemic, the speed of change has suddenly accelerated. Customers are demanding the best possible digital experience at the same time as the industry needs to reduce costs.

Envestnet | Yodlee (NYSE: ENV), a leading data aggregation and analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, announced today that it has come to terms with Charles Schwab on a financial data access agreement. This will aid in providing the framework for the financial services company’s clients to more securely and effectively allow access to, and use their personal financial information, with selected services designed to manage their financial wellness.