60% of British business leaders state that they don’t have an environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) strategy with key targets for their organization in place, a new survey of more than 6,600 senior executives has found.

Spendesk, the spend management solution for SMBs, is excited to announce its integration with TravelPerk, the leading global travel management platform.

Over eight in ten SME finance experts (83%) believe that high street banks are reducing their appetite to fund the UK’s 5.5m small and medium-sized businesses, according to iwoca’s latest Q3 2023 SME Expert Index.

Merchants and consumers are increasingly dissatisfied with Black Friday as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit profit margins and disposable income, at the start of this year’s critical sales period.

Digital B2B payments specialist, Adflex,

Assets under administration (AUA) at Flagstone, the UK’s leading cash deposit platform, have topped £10 billion for the first time, thanks to fast adoption of the company’s fintech solution and market-wide demand for competitive cash savings options.

Monument (or the “Bank”) today announced that it has successfully completed its Series B funding round, having raised over $50 million (£40+m) , backed by a combination of existing and new investors. Since its inception, Monument has raised in excess of £100 million in equity capital, consistently achieving successive ‘up-rounds’. Positioned well with its ground-breaking technology, exceptional team, and well-capitalised backers, Monument is set to continue on its journey of innovation and growth.

Worldline, a global leader in payments services, has been selected by the Goethe-Institut, Germany’s cultural institute, operating worldwide, to provide optimised payment experiences to its consumers through integrated local payment methods in respective currencies.

Operating through 158 branches in 98 countries around the world, the Goethe-Institut has been promoting knowledge of the German language and fostering international cultural collaborations since 1951.   

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking payments network, today announces its new payments app is now live in the Shopify App Store, allowing UK and EU merchants to add open banking payments to their checkout.

Electronics retailer Maplin has gone live with the app, with further partners to be announced soon.