Some businesses see regulation as a noose. Every form, every audit, every compliance requirement, every standard and kitemark to achieve is a hassle, taking time and energy that could otherwise be spent on being more strategic, or even more profitable. 

This is, however, somewhat short-sighted.

Cardlay, a leading Danish commercial banking as a service payment FinTech, today announced it is collaborating with SAP^® Concur^®, the world’s leading brand of travel, expense and invoice management solutions, on an integration that is designed to allow banks to issue and manage virtual payment cards for their corporate card holders. 

 Brave New Coin , a leading data analytics and research company backed by Techemy Ltd., today announced a partnership with 

BIAN, the independent not-for-profit standards association, today announces three new appointments to its executive board. Charaka Kithulegoda, Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, Retail Banking at PNC; Shanker Ramamurthy, Global Managing Partner - Banking at IBM; and Balaji Kumar, Managing Director, Head of Engineering and Architecture Practice for Citi’s Global Consumer Bank all joined the board effective 6 May 2021.

Carbon (ng.getCarbon.co), a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, has today announced a strategic five-year partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to offer both digital and physical issuance of Visa cards to its customers.

NICE (NASDAQ: NICE), a leading provider of communication compliance solutions, today announced that BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM), the global investment manager owned by BMO Financial Group, has deployed NICE’s certified Cloud Compliance Recording solution for Microsoft Teams across its business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to meet certain regulatory requirements around recording omnichannel communications for regulated employees now working from home. 

Sound Income Strategies, a registered investment advisory (RIA) firm with more than $1.4 billion in assets under management (AUM), has implemented RedBlack, an intelliflo solution, which is a leading wealth management industry provider of rebalancing and trading software. Using RedBlack enables the firm to create block orders for best execution on one platform across multiple portfolios.

Liti Capital SA, a Swiss Litigation Finance company, has just found and identified the perpetrator of a cryptocurrency scam. This comes days after their commitment to push back against fraud in the crypto community and help create a safe atmosphere for innovation and investment moving forward.

Finastra is celebrating over 150 apps now available in its FusionStore marketplace, for financial institutions to tap into innovation at speed via the FusionFabric.cloud open developer platform. The apps reflect significant momentum for the platform and Finastra’s growing ecosystem, within which fintechs are able to reduce time to market and overcome collaboration challenges.

Pay and reward consultancy Innecto has used OutSystems, a leading modern application platform, to develop and deliver a range of industry-leading digital services for its customers.