John Dobson, CEO at SmartSearch, says: “The European Banking Authority (EBA) has this week highlighted a key issue in RegTech, which is the wide variability of quality and services in the market. This may well be hampering further adoption of the technology in the sector.

“We may have left the EU but of course we’re still doing business with the bloc and any moves they make towards increased regulatory standards will have to be reflected in the UK.

PallyCon, a global leader in Multi DRM and content protection service provider, launches robust distributor watermarking to deter and combat premium content leaks in the distribution process. 

Qiagen's Supervisory Board suffers from a lack of trust and confidence due to its history of ineffectiveness and governance concerns. This has created a credibility issue that is currently reflected in Qiagen's steep valuation discount to peers and its own historic multiples, and negatively impacts the business.

Commenting on slowing Eurozone inflation in marked contrast to the US and UK, Jesús Cabra Guisasola, Associate at Validus Risk Management, said: “June CPI numbers for the Eurozone came in line with the market consensus (1.9% YoY) and lower compared to May (2.0%). Additionally, the Core CPI also slowed down to 0.9%, in marked contrast to the recent surprise prints in both the US and UK.

Digital payments company, Movii announced that it has crossed 1.5 million customer milestone on its digital wallet platform in May 2021. MOVii is ranked fifth amongst all financial institutions in Colombia in terms of transaction volume and has reached this milestone faster than any other financial institution in the country.

Billhop (www.billhop.com), the Swedish payment platform that helps businesses to improve cash flow and close liquidity gaps, has today announced that it has appointed two new hires joining its executive management team - Tashi Gauffin as Chief Commercial Officer, and Niklas Bothén as Chief Operations Officer.

Digiterre, a software and data engineering consultancy, today announced the appointment of Patrick Bishop as Sales Director. Patrick joins Digiterre from Scott Logic where he was Head of Business Development.  Jeremy Toop is also appointed Senior Business Development Executive to support the continued growth of the business.

The revolutionary insurtech surpasses 1,000 customers in weeks of launch

UK-based international bank leverages Backbase’s Engagement Banking Platform to provide best-in-class customer experience

Ghana International Bank (GHIB), a UK-headquartered pan-African bank, announces today that it has partnered with Engagement Banking technology provider Backbase. The partnership will underpin the bank’s digital transformation, accelerate innovation and, by allowing GHIB to create tailor-made solutions, provide an enhanced, seamless experience for the bank’s customers.