Nucleus Commercial Finance, one of the UK’s leading fintech lenders, has today announced enhancements to its Business Growth Loans, helping to support more UK SMEs as lockdown restrictions are eased. The product, initially launched in March, was the industry’s first solution designed to support SMEs as the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) came to an end.

 Following its most recent funding round, Stripe became the most valuable private company in Silicon Valley. According to the research data analyzed and published by ComprarAcciones.com, the digital payments giant raised $600 million at a $95 billion valuation.

VoxSmart Ltd., a global leader in communications surveillance, has announced the appointment of former BNP Paribas executive Larry List as Head of North America, and former Traiana executive Scott Feldman as SVP of Operations to drive growth in North America.

No organization is immune from the risk of supply chain cyber-attacks and data breaches, but those with especially large and complex supplier ecosystems are much more vulnerable. This is particularly true of public sector organizations and even more so in the light of the challenges these organizations have faced during the last 12 months as a result of the pandemic.

X-Margin, a pioneer in applying privacy technology to credit and financial market risk, and Fireblocks, a leading digital asset infrastructure provider, today announce a partnership enabling financial institutions to source credit for cross exchange trading without revealing positions and other sensitive information to lenders. 

NFT Investments, a company specializing in the identification, acquisition, investment, and development of non-fungible tokens ("NFTs"), is pleased to announce it has made its maiden investment by acquiring a stake in AEON International, a leading developer of cutting-edge technology for the luxury fashion industry.

PwC has announced the latest cohort of FinTechs who have joined the Wealth Scale programme. The programme will support nine of the brightest WealthTech businesses with their ambitious growth plans. 

Focused on the UK and International Insurance and Asset and Wealth market, this cohort will see a number of connections generated between industry leaders and WealthTech firms, with the aim to build commercial opportunities and relationships.

The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce of LawtechUK, chaired by Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, has today published its Digital Dispute Resolution Rules designed to enable faster and more cost effective resolutions to legal disputes relating to novel digital technology such as crypto assets, smart contracts, and blockchain applications, and foster confidence amongst businesses in the adoption of these technologies.

Options Technology, the leading provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets and a long-term Murex partner, empowers MX.3 through its highly secure, enterprise-grade SaaS-enabled Managed Apps platform. Murex, the global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions for capital markets, is continuing to meet the changing and growing needs of clients harnessing its powerful MX.3 platform through a best-in-class SaaS solution.

Cushon, the sustainability focused workplace saving, investments and pension provider, has launched a new, enhanced version of its app in partnership with leading impact-focused fintech Tumelo.

By integrating with Tumelo’s Voting API, Cushon’s app now allows users to ‘vote’ and have a say on key environmental, social and governance (ESG) resolutions taking place at the companies in which their money is invested.