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It needn’t be said that it’s been a difficult year for business owners. It was recently reported that four in five small businesses felt that they received inadequate government support during the crisis, with the total anticipated COVID-19 related costs exceeding £126.6 billion.

Gulf Bank has successfully launched the MX.3 integrating platform in collaboration with Murex, the global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions for capital markets.

The platform implementation is a transformative step for Gulf Bank as it develops and automates its treasury and capital markets systems.

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), a global security technology group headquartered in Munich, has invested through its Corporate Venture Capital arm, G+D Ventu

Lendsmart, an AI-driven digital lending platform, today announced they have integrated with Freddie Mac Loan Product Advisor^® (LPA^SM), the company’s automated underwriting system (AUS).

Freddie Mac and Lendsmart are working together to better serve and exceed customer expectations by improving the borrower experience and loan origination cycle.

Small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) climbed slightly from 13.5% in May to 13.6% in June 2021, while small banks’ approvals also rose from 18.7% in May to 18.9%, according to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index™ released today.

Today Ascenda, the technology company that makes banking rewarding, revealed consumer confidence in travel is returning quickly according to leading indicators from its bank solution TransferConnect, the world’s largest global exchange for frequent traveller miles and points.

Verizon Business and Mastercard today announced a strategic partnership expected to drive transformational solutions for the global payments and commerce ecosystem. From contactless shopping and autonomous checkout technology to Cloud Point of Sale (POS) solutions, Mastercard and Verizon Business will collaborate to deliver scalable innovations that drive the industry forward and create new experiences for consumers and businesses alike.

Bitmedia.io, has recently celebrated its 7th birthday and shared the achievements of the company in the crypto advertising market over the course of its existence. Today, the crypto ad network can be righteously considered to be the leader in blockchain and crypto advertising. It's reach spans over an extensive network of over 6000 publishers, which are websites that broadcast display ads distributed through the platform.

Unbound Security, leader in cryptographic key management and protection solutions, today announced that Fifth Third Bank (NASDAQ: FITB) has deployed Unbound CORE to tokenise credit card and other personally identifiable information (PII) to improve data security as part of its migration to the cloud.