NatWest Rooster Money has updated its pricing to give NatWest Group customers free access to its popular prepaid kids’ debit cards subscription, for as long as they’re with the bank. In addition to its already-free pocket money app, households with the bank will enjoy access to free Rooster Card subscriptions for up to three children aged six to 17.

TransUnion, a global information and insights company and one of the UK’s leading credit reference agencies, has officially been named amongst the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing.

Phos, the global leader in software point-of-sale (

FDM Group, whose mission is to bring people and technology together, has revealed how the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), and language models such as ChatGPT, are set to change the future of the job market. 

Finastra, a global provider of financial services software applications and marketplaces, today announced a partnership with Integro Technologies a subsidiary of Aurionpro, the pioneer provider of high-end lending platforms, to offer Integro’s SmartLender Trade Limits solution alongside its own Trade Innovation solution.

HedgeFlows, a fintech platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) launches today following a £2m funding round.

The HedgeFlows platform enables SMEs to seamlessly manage foreign payments, cashflows and invoices, giving ambitious companies access to services which are often denied by the big banks. The company is fully licensed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Mastercard and Obopay today announced their collaboration to launch a financial inclusion card for smallholder farmers and rural communities. Powered by Mastercard’s Community Pass digital infrastructure, the prepaid card will allow farmers to receive the sale proceeds for their crop digitally, spend their earnings to make purchases even in remote locations that have poor or no connectivity, and build a transaction history based on their income and expenditure to access customized credit options.

Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service against Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) firms have jumped 36% over the last three years, highlighting the need for robust regulation of the BNPL market to boost consumer protections.

Sastrify is a digital procurement platform for Software-as-a-Service products. Founded in summer 2020, the company already supports hundreds of high-growth companies in buying and managing their SaaS spend. Before Sastrify, Sven Lackinger and Maximilian Messing cofounded evopark, the market-leading provider for SaaS solutions for parking operators.

Glasgow-headquartered AutoRek, is today launching its updated brand as part of its ambitious global expansion plans.