Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service, today announces that the company is joining The Climate Pledge and the Race to Zero campaign. Klarna is to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement in order to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in all scopes by 2040 at the latest.

• tomato pay is a new QR-code based app that offers an easy and affordable non-cash payment solution for small businesses
• More than half of cash-only businesses have lost customers because they don’t offer alternative payment options while most shoppers are using less cash than ever because of hygiene fears

Solactive is pleased to announce a substantial expansion of its ETF Services business in the APAC market. From June 23^rd, 2021, the German index provider delivers iNAV Calculations and Daily Portfolio Composition Files (PCF) for four thematic ETFs listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange. The joint effort involving one of Solactive’s major business partners in Japan, Global X Japan, and the TSE itself, demonstrates Solactive’s commitment to supporting its clients in both the setup and ongoing management of its investment products.

Today American Express announced that American Express® Business Gold Cardmembers in the UK can now earn up to 50% more Membership Rewards® points when they spend £20,000 per quarter.

The increased rewards come alongside flexible benefits, new savings and discounts, and enhanced employee card controls designed to help businesses drive more value from their spend as they once again refocus on growth.

The Atlas VPN research team compiled the most significant 

AUD Slumps on Covid Complacency; Asians, EMS Fall

Trackwise Designs' FY20 results show a resilient response to the pandemic while management expanded IHT capacity to meet the requirements of a multi-million order from an undisclosed UK electric vehicle (EV) OEM. This OEM has recently extended its supply and manufacture agreement with Trackwise from three years to four, increasing the total value by £16m to up to £54m. We note that the volume ramp-up under this agreement has been delayed by a quarter to H122, so we have revised our FY21 estimates, taking EPS from 4.9p profit to 1.0p loss.

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time payments and digital payments software solutions, today announced that its submission Making Tax Less Taxing was voted overall winner of the ‘most creative solution’ category during the Request to Pay (R2P) Ideation contest at 

Over the course of the past decade, we’ve seen cloud computing vastly transitioning from on-prem to the public cloud. Businesses know the value of the cloud all too well, and most of them are migrating their operations to the cloud as quickly as possible, particularly considering the pandemic and the push to remote working. However, there are major challenges associated with transitioning to the cloud, including the diversity and breadth of network and security controls and a dependency on legacy systems that can be difficult to shake.

Liquidity is a hot topic. It’s garnering increased scrutiny at funds and dealers and with regulators around the globe. The SEC recently enacted a rule requiring open-ended mutual funds to assess their liquidity risk, maintain a liquidity risk management program, classify their holdings into various liquidity buckets, hold minimum amounts of liquid assets and set limits on the illiquid assets they hold.