Huw Phillips joins in Head of Sales role designed to nurture partnerships with new SME merchants

Former Klarna Head of Merchant Development is one of a number of upcoming senior appointments as Deko expands its team and offering

Deko, the leading retail finance ecosystem, today announces the appointment of Huw Phillips as Head of Sales, in a role that will focus on partner onboarding as the company looks to expand its offering to attract new merchants in the SME market.

ULTUMUS, the leading exchange-traded fund (ETF) specialist, and Alveo, the leader in market data integration and analytics solutions for financial services, have announced a partnership to bring together ULTUMUS’s global ETF and index managed data service and Alveo’s data mastering solution Prime. The partnership will enable Alveo’s customers to integrate Index and ETF information more quickly, while allowing ULTUMUS’s clients to enhance their data mastering and data integration capabilities.

Integrated (or ‘Holistic’) Surveillance has been a hot topic in the industry for several years because of the view that bringing together diverse data sets and analysing them holistically will lead to enhanced risk mitigation and business insights.

Molo Finance to partner with Mortgage Advice Bureau, expanding its Intermediary distribution to offer the best in unique digital mortgage services to a greater pool of customers.

July As a fully digital lender, Molo Finance underwrites all mortgages online using technology to speed up lending while providing a seamless and paperless experience for customers. Molo will now be included in Mortgage Advice Bureau’s mortgage options, giving brokers and their customers more choice when looking for the right mortgage.

 • Leading issuer and acquirer in Nordic and Baltic regions enhances its fraud platform with ACI Fraud Management
 • ACI’s machine learning capabilities and consortium data underpin Swedbank’s strong customer authentication (SCA) exemption strategy, contributing to a sizeable decrease in card fraud
 

A new study by Juniper Research has found that smart POS terminals globally in service, where analytics and loyalty can be integrated directly to the terminal, will increase from 13.7 million in 2021, to 35 million units in 2026.

Kiwi Jumps – ASB Bank Sees RBNZ Rate Hike in Late 2021

Overview:

Watch the video for a summary of this week’s news releases, and a Top Down Analysis of the EURUSD and GBPUSD.

EURUSD Weekly:

Weekly support at 1.1704, resistance at 1.1952 and 1.2243.

Price has declined for 5 weeks following the formation of the double top pattern at the 1.2243 weekly resistance high.

 AREX Markets, the data-driven FinTech company that drives financing costs down for SMEs and enables them to get access to cash quicker, today announces its Series A funding round, securing EUR 8.8 million to accelerate its rollout in the UK and Spain.

BPL Global, specialist Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) broker, has  further consolidated its position as the resident expert in the CPRI market with the release of its  latest innovation, BPL Sphere – a new platform designed to give clients full and immediate visibility  to their CPRI portfolio and exposures across their global operations.