More than 50 delegates from the UK’s leading banks and other financial organisations have been told that mandating fraud measures such as UCN Plus• would help stay one step ahead of fraudsters. That was one of the many warnings shared at The 7th Annual Conference for Cheque Imaging & Remote Deposit Capture, held last week in Central London.

• Over 30 previous participants have now secured roles at some of the largest and best-known funds in the world, including Accel, Balderton, Cathay Innovation, Molten, Augmentum and Ascension. 

• Future VC started in the UK in 2017 and has since rolled out to France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and on the East Coast of the USA. 

Diversification by traditional issuers and fintechs will drive growth in European commercial card spending to €530 billion by 2025

Recovery in T&E spending will be slow as business travel practices permanently change

RBR’s Commercial Cards in Europe 2021 forecasts that European commercial card spending will be 44% higher in 2025 than in 2019 as issuers exploit potential in new sectors to counter a challenging environment for T&E cards.

Checkit's SaaS platform is designed to bring visibility to the operations of businesses with dispersed, deskless workforces. Checkit is focused on driving adoption of its software and over the last year has invested to support its shift to a pure SaaS business model. Net proceeds of £20m from the recent placing will be used to accelerate growth plans, with the US a particular focus. In our view, consistent growth in recurring revenues and an expanding customer base should help to reduce the valuation discount to software peers.

• 80% of business leaders are preparing to improve productivity next year

• Flexible working, new IT systems and investment in digital skills are the leading ways businesses are looking to resolve this issue

Like so many other sectors, the franchisee industry – and quick service restaurants (QSRs) in particular – has been significantly impacted by the Covid pandemic and is in the early stages of recovery. There are various means to support this, and technology is one of them – digitalisation for instance. It is worth noting that the pandemic merely accelerated this trend.

Geetika will implement innovative people strategy that will build ZebPay into an organisation for the future

Finance & Innovation for Good competition encourages students to ideate and develop a project which promotes sustainable finance

The joint project of Sovcombank and Diasoft for automation of the Bank’s corporate and investment business has been awarded with the international Banking Tech Awards in the nomination Best Use of IT in Treasury and Capital Markets.

The large-scale project implemented on Diasoft’s Digital Q.FinancialMarkets platform has beaten its global competitors having demonstrated significant advantages for business and technological development of the Sovcombank group.

Radiflow welcomed new partnerships across Europe in 2021 in preparation to meet 2022 targets. We have recognized impressive growth through our global partners and are now strengthening our presence through local partnerships. said Radiflow CEO, Ilan Barda