Cushon, the fintech provider of savings and pensions, today announces the appointment of former Pensions Minister, Baroness Ros Altmann, to its advisory board.

Ros was UK Minister of State for Pensions from 2015 to 2016 and is a member of the House of Lords. She is a leading authority and policy adviser on pensions, pension investment, social care and retirement. She is best known for championing pensions for ordinary people, campaigning for better recognition of women’s pension needs and the injustices of the annuities market.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that digital commerce spending will rise to over $11.6 trillion by the end of 2021, from $10.5 trillion last year; a growth of 11.5% in a single year.

Today, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Dave Uejio and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter sent notification letters to the nation’s largest apartment landlords, which collectively own more than 2 million units. The letters remind these landlords of federal protections in place to keep tenants in their homes and stop the spread of COVID-19.

Temenos, the banking software company, today announced that PBCOM (Philippine Bank of Communications) has gone live with Temenos Transact next-generation core banking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to offer “digital-first” banking services in the Philippines.

PBCOMobile is the mobile-only suite of services from PBCOM, one of the largest commercial banks in the Philippines. PBCOM offers a broad suite of financial solutions ranging from deposits and corporate, commercial and personal loans, to cash management solutions and investment services.

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Payoneer Announces Agreement with eBay

eBay continues to manage payments in more countries with the support of Payoneer

Fixed Income trading software and smart order management capabilities now available via AWS.

SoftSolutions!, the high performance multi-market Fixed Income trading technology provider, today announced the availability of the nexRates solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS), validated by a completed AWS Foundational Technical Review for the electronic Trading-as-a-Service platform.

BitcoinPoint the leading Bitcoin Teller in the UK with a network of agents and ATMs (16,000 machines to sell Bitcoin) has signed an agreement with a Point Of Sale partner to add 320,000 locations to buy Bitcoin in stores.

It’s a big step to accelerate the Bitcoin adoption and make Bitcoin accessible for the non-tech-savvy people & the unbanked. Countries are mostly in Europe including the UK and in Latin America, but Canada, Australia and Philippines are also in the list.

The wait is over. Middle East WealthTech Forum 2021 is just 24 hours away. Middle East WealthTech Forum 2021  is a two-day virtual summit taking place on 03 and 04 of March from 10 am (Dubai Time) to 12:30 pm (Dubai  Time). Close to over 200 delegates have confirmed their attendance for this event.