Cryptocurrencies had a strong start this year, with crypto asset prices, such as Bitcoin, reaching record-heights. However, that caught the attention of cybercriminals.

 An overwhelming majority of compliance professionals say the lack of guidance and support from regulators is contributing to a significant delay in implementing the latest anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, according to new research released today by LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, the global data and analytics provider.

120% revenue and 5 times EBITDA growth delivers first annual profit 

Argo Blockchain Plc, a global leader in cryptocurrency mining (LSE: ARB), is pleased to announce its audited  results for the year ended 31 December 2020.  

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EQ Investors (EQ), the B Corp wealth manager is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Fintegrate to bring its Positive Impact and Future Leaders portfolios to more advisers.

Fintegrate is a new innovative, digital financial planning solution aimed at helping advisory firms to reduce complexity, time, and cost, whilst delivering optimum client outcomes.

Mollie, one of the fastest-growing payment service providers in Europe, has appointed Rogier Schoute as Chief Product Officer. Schoute joins from Booking.com, where he led payments product development for the past two years, but first got to know Mollie during his time leading global partnerships for Klarna.

As competition in payments has increased, data has long been touted as the cure-all for incumbent banks. If banks could charge a transaction fee for every time they are told that ‘data is the new oil’, then there would be no need to worry about competing. But the inconvenient truth is that despite the vast amount of customer data that banks sit on, the ability to use it to add value to clients and generate revenue has so far proved elusive for many.

 Worldline, the European market leader in payment and transactional services, today announces a key strategic collaboration with Nexxchange, a leader in software solutions for the golfing sector, to provide safe and seamless payment experience for customers using the online marketplace for managing their membership, booking tee time or hotel rooms at their favourite golf courses and resorts across Europe.

Enables Analyst Mapping, Benchmarking of Research Pricing and Research Discovery

Substantive Research,  the research discovery and research spend analytics provider for the buy-side, today announced the launch of their new, integrated Dashboard providing asset managers with detailed insights on their research providers’ pricing, sector coverage and investment in analyst teams.

15,00,000+ small retail outlets to participate actively in vaccination drive 

Merchants using Fiserv’s Clover point-of-sale (POS) solution or Carat omnichannel commerce ecosystem can now accept in-store payments via PayPal and Venmo, per a press release.