Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces and one of the largest suppliers of Bacs and Faster Payments Service (FPS) solutions for the UK, today announced its partnership with Priority Software, a leading provider of scalable, agile, and open cloud-based business management solutions, to enable UK corporates to send Bacs payments from within Priority Software’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) products.

New research from Tembo, the tech-focused mortgage broker reveals 16% of young people surveyed aged 22-24 plan to invest in NFTs or crypto in the next five years.

Indian top-rated crypto assets platform Giottus and leading tax solutions provider TaxNodes have entered into a strategic partnership to provide a safe and reliable solution to customers trading and investing in virtual digital assets (VDAs). 

Hokodo, Europe’s leading provider of digital trade credit, and 

"We are thrilled to partner with Noda and integrate DECTA Open Banking into our Gateway platform," says Norberts Millers, Product Owner at DECTA. "This integration opens up new possibilities for our merchants, allowing them to tap into the power of Open Banking and offer seamless payment experiences to customers across different markets, including the United Kingdom".

A report launched today by the Lending Standards Board (LSB) drives financial inclusion for d/Deaf customers in the banking and credit industries.

Embedded Payments for corporate spending represent a huge untapped opportunity for organisations to maximise revenue, create operational efficiencies and provide a better experience for the end customer. Legacy banking systems which underpin the world of business payments are not compatible with tech-first businesses.

Gala Technology and Nuapay (EML Payments Limited’s Open Banking business) have joined forces as pioneers in payment technology to launch Link-Pay-Bank, a ground-breaking instant bank payment solution. This market-leading product creates a seamless, instant experience for both the consumer and the merchant, leveraging the smarts of both SOTpay and Nuapay technologies.

Kiwi, a fintech dedicated to helping consumers build credit history and improve financial literacy, today announced that it has closed a $75 million credit facility and $4.5 million pre-series A funding round. The debt financing was provided by i80 Group an investment firm that specializes in providing credit solutions to growth companies, while Advent-Morro Equity Partners, Altio Capital and Independent Capital led the equity round.

Equifax UK has announced today that its Open Banking technology will be the catalyst for a new partnership with Digilytics AI. Together, the two companies are launching new software which will help lenders to reduce decisioning time so that end users can get responses to mortgage, auto and business loan applications more quickly.