tZERO, a leader in financial innovation and liquidity for private companies, announced today that its subsidiary, tZERO ATS, a FINRA member broker-dealer that operates an Alternative Trading System (ATS), has completed a technology integration with 

Soldo, the leading pay and spend automation platform for business, has today announced a major hire to accelerate growth and expand its footprint across Europe as it looks to support the 24m+ businesses in Europe that are in need of a better way to manage and automate the pay and spend process.
 

Uber and EBANX announced today an exclusive partnership in Brazil for payments made with PIX, instant payment system launched by the country's Central Bank. Brazilians will be able to pay for their Uber rides and Uber Eats orders with PIX, and EBANX, through its company EBANX Pagamentos Ltda., that offers local payment processing in Brazil, will be the exclusive partner of the tech giant in processing these payments. This is one more step in the growing partnership between the two companies in Latin America.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) is advising Nets, a leading payment services provider, and its majority owner, Hellman & Friedman, on the all-share merger of Nets into Nexi, in a transaction valued at €7.8bn.

CloudMargin, creator of the world’s first and only collateral and margin management solution native to the cloud, announced today that Mario Platt has joined the firm as Vice President, Head of Information Security. Platt has 17 years of experience in technology, information security and operations.

Solidatus, the leader in metadata management, has achieved its first placement on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for metadata management as one of 17 market leaders in its field.

Solidatus is the only new entrant in the field to be added to this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant, and is one of the youngest companies to attain placement in the Quadrant’s history.

Path Solutions is proud to announce that it has been presented with two prestigious awards by MEA Finance Awards for its dedication and excellence in bringing innovative software solutions for the financial services ecosystem.

Lanistar, a new hassle-free banking alternative, has today revealed its world-first polymorphic payment card, known as the Volt card, and begun to accept user registrations and app downloads ahead of its product launch in January 2021.

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has just launched its enhanced group-wide API Marketplace that serves as a platform to engage with other market players and invites them to build new products and services. RBI’s corporate clients can leverage the platform and embed banking services into their internal systems, while retail customers can benefit from new services through third-party providers.

Toluna’s ‘Understanding the 2020 Consumer’ Global Barometer Study is a bi-weekly index that taps into a community panel of 30+ million members providing accurate and timely information on the world’s current perceptions. The latest research surveyed 1,093 respondents in the UK.

KEY FINDINGS

The Coronavirus pandemic has now lasted 8 months, and our financial health is certainly suffering. Out of those surveyed: