ING today announced the appointment of Sjoerd Miltenburg as its new Head of Investor Relations. He succeeds Mark Milders, who was made responsible for ING’s Wholesale Banking activities in the Netherlands on 1 October.

Currencycloud, the experts simplifying business in a multi-currency world, has partnered with xpate, the UK-based e-commerce payments platform and business bank for micro, small, and medium-sized businesses.

Viva.com Group, a leading European cloud-based neobank, has received  E-Money Institution authorisation for its UK subsidiary, Vivawallet.com Ltd, from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This licensing milestone marks a significant step forward in Viva.com's strategic expansion efforts in the UK, complementing its extensive presence across 24 markets in Europe. 

Private jet charter company Logic Jets has joined forces with Triple-A, the Digital Currency Payment Institution, to offer customers the option of paying with cryptocurrencies.

The British Business Bank’s third annual Nations and Regions Tracker, published today, finds the use of external finance among smaller businesses is showing signs of recovery in early 2023, after a decline in most UK Nations and regions in 2022. 

Use of external finance declined in 2022, but was picking up again in the first half of 2023

More than a third of firms in emerging finance sectors admit that they have been a victim of financial crime – including money laundering, in the last six months, new data from a cross-sector survey can reveal.

It should come as no surprise though as the same survey found that less than a quarter of firms complete the necessary checks, required by regulators to verify the identity of new individual customers. 

ieDigital, a leader in digital banking software in the UK, has today announced it has acquired Connect FSS, the US-based digital banking Software as a Service (SaaS) technology provider.

New research from independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), highlights a significant threat to the UK economy as banks appear to be retreating from lending to small businesses.

ITRS, leading provider of real-time estate monitoring and analytics software to global financial institutions, has announced a new partnership with GCI Consulting, the worldwide Temenos implementation leaders, to provide monitoring systems to its users.

Mastercard today announced that it has successfully demonstrated capabilities of a new solution that enables CBDCs to be tokenised (or “wrapped”) onto different blockchains, providing consumers with a new option to participate in commerce across multiple blockchains with increased security and ease.