Accenture has been selected by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) to lead a consortium of companies to help execute its National Payment Systems Strategy. In collaboration with SIA, now part of Nexi Group, and G42, Accenture will build and operate the National Instant Payment Platform (IPP) over the next five years.

CUBE and LogicGate partner to offer customers holistic and proactive regulatory solution that will automate their manual processes 

• Whitepaper sees trade and supply chain finance industries at a turning point
   
• Report identifies building blocks of the new trade finance ecosystems

Charles Taylor, the provider of claims and technology solutions to all parties in the global insurance market, has entered into a partnership with Fraud Keeper (FK), acquiring a majority share of the company.

• Over half of UK credit card holders (54%) plan on using a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)1 service within the next 12 months.

• 46% agree using a BNPL service is a smarter way to manage their finances.

• In the next year, a fifth (20%) plan to use a BNPL service over four times.

• Just under half (49%) agree they prefer a BNPL service that works with their current credit card(s).

• People believe popular new year’s resolutions such as exercising or eating healthily are easier to commit to than saving into their pension
• Less than half of adults say they would easily commit to saving an extra £75 a month into their pension
• One in five people don’t currently save into their pension each month

Risks identified as part of Validus Risk Management annual macro risk analysis, highlighting probability and currency implications of market risks

      ACA Group research has detected more than 6 million transaction reporting errors across a sample of 30 review projects, averaging 200,000 errors per review 

·         97% of reports under MiFIR/EMIR contain inaccuracies 

·         Despite this, 87% of firms are confident in the quality of their reports 

·         FCA may have crackdown in its sights 

Menlo identified 224 per cent increase in HEAT attacks in the last six months fuelling ransomware surge

• Bridging loan company aims to double lending book in 12 months
• Cheadle lender plans to expand in all areas including product enhancements and increasing its maximum loan size having recently lent £3.87m in one week
• Shawbrook Bank continues to back firm with increased wholesale facility