The world’s first BORDERLESS Marketplace is opening and it is cannot be stopped. The product of thousands of hours of work by a dedicated team and community, Block Collider is releasing the world’s first unstoppable, honestly decentralized exchange. The momentum of this event will resound through the cryptocurrency space first but make its way to broader markets as people realize there are options to centralization.

ONPEX, a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN accounts, has partnered with Canadian financial institution, Wirexend.

Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced the next release of its low-code platform, making it easier than ever to build powerful enterprise applications up to 20x faster. The new version accelerates development and expands low-code/no-code platform capabilities in a number of key areas, including integration, robotic process automation (RPA), interface design, enterprise mobility, and customer engagement.

Beehive, MENA's leading peer to peer lending platform, has secured $4m of follow on investment from Riyad TAQNIA Fund (RTF) as part of a Series B funding round. 

Taking the next step in the Open Banking journey, Yolt moves into testing Payment Initiation Services (PIS) with their UK community and the launch of ‘Yolt Pay Beta’. This latest feature will enable users to initiate payments to friends and family as well as move money between their own accounts via the app. With the addition of ‘Yolt Pay Beta’ users are able to view their accounts, see if they need to move money and take action, all in one place, for example to avoid overdraft charges or transfer money into savings. 

Zermatt, the popular holiday resort in the Swiss Alps, counts on Concardis Payment Group: the payment service provider from Eschborn ensures smooth payment processes in the recently developed Matterhorn App, which is part of Zermatt’s digitalisation strategy. The app gives users maps of ski runs, restaurant tips and weather forecasts and lets them buy ski passes for the mountain railways in Zermatt or tickets for Swiss public transport. All this enables the app to act as a digital marketplace.

The private bank Hampden & Co have launched a new mobile banking platform to extend digital services. The solution was developed by Swiss-headquartered digital banking software provider, CREALOGIX. It is now in production with rapid uptake from the private bank’s high net worth client base.

Hampden & Co, which is the newest private bank in the UK, has launched a new mobile-optimised solution to extend private banking services into digital channels. The software was developed by CREALOGIX in Switzerland and the UK.

Young people are significantly less likely to monitor their bank balances, exposing them to risks from fraud, according to research from Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert.

Almost two thirds (64%) of Brits check their bank balances daily or weekly, but only 45% of those aged 18-34 do so, compared with 80% of over 55s.