One of Lancashire's top tech specialists is celebrating after scooping the coveted Employer of the Year Award at this year’s E3 Business Awards.

The company, based in Buckshaw Village, employs some of the country’s top specialists in bespoke software development and was announced the winners at a black tie event at the University of Bolton Stadium, following a rigorous judging process.

More than a quarter of organisations (27%) do not have any processes in place to support employees’ health and wellbeing, according to new research by Vevox, with more than one fifth (21%) of employees feeling that their manager does not care about their health and wellbeing.

Atom bank, the UK’s first bank built exclusively for mobile and the UK’s most trusted bank on Trustpilot, has raised £50m in a fundraising round with participation from BBVA, Toscafund, Woodford Patient Capital Trust and funds advised by Perscitus LLP.

The new capital will be used to fund further growth and to continue the bank’s investment in technology.

PayMate, the market leader in B2B payments in India, today announced that it has successfully raised a new round of growth capital to accelerate expansion within India and internationally to Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA). Investors in this Series D round include Recruit Strategic Partners (Venture capital Arm of Recruit Co. Ltd. Japan), Brand Capital, existing investor Mayfair 101, and Visa.

Icelandic acquiring bank Borgun hf. – which offers Europe-wide payment processing and issuing services in Iceland – has invested in a new platform from TruNarrative, to help boost the firm’s merchant lifecycle management (MLM) and onboarding processes.

As a member of Visa Europe and Mastercard International, the new platform will enable Borgun to easily adopt new merchants into its payment network, as well as quickly and securely adapt its compliance and risk processes to new markets and products.

Interbit is pleased to announce progress with the CitizenOS Project (“the Venture”) which plans to bring smart technologies to cities worldwide. Interbit’s multi-blockchain architecture will provide the ability to handle the huge amount of data that will be generated and is expected to serve as the software platform upon which the CitizenOS Project will provide new infrastructure and the latest Interbit of Things (IoT) technology solutions to cities and state groups.

Consumer spend via digital wallets across Europe and North America will increase by 40% this year to nearly $790 billion, according to a new study from Juniper Research.

Caplin, the specialist provider of desktop and mobile e-trading technology, today announced the addition of cryptocurrencies to its range of technology components for multi-asset trading. 

Biometric technology is already revolutionising both physical and cyber-security in the UK. While the latest breakthroughs are impressive, we’re only just touching the tip of the iceberg. Regardless of which method we’re using – whether it is fingerprint, facial, retinal or voice recognition solutions – there is no escaping the fact that biometric developments have been incorporated into our everyday lives.