Balance Credit a leading online lender to hardworking families and individuals, announced today new agreements with MoneyGram  and PayNearMe, providing Balance Credit customers the convenience of cash payments.

Axios Systems, the global leader in IT service and asset management software, will present the future of IT service at next month’s ITAMOrg conference in London.

Ian Moyse, UK Sales Director at Axios, will lead the session for more than 300 senior IT executives at Olympia Conference Centre on Thursday, 9th of June, at 3pm. He will challenge leaders to transform their customer experience by combining IT asset and service management systems.

The Logic Group, a leading provider of omni-channel managed payment services, today confirmed that customers of its managed payment service are able to offer shoppers the option to pay for goods and services with Android Pay.

 The British workforce is burdened by financial worries, and it’s costing employers an estimated £120.7billion a year. That’s the key finding of a new, in-depth report looking at the state of the nation’s finances, commissioned by alternative finance provider, Neyber. “The DNA of Financial Wellbeing” report is based on the views of 10,000 UK workers, and is the first of its kind looking into the impact money worries have on our working lives.

 ebizmarts, a leading Point of Sale (POS) provider for the Magento retail ecosystem, has today announced the appointment of John Fitchett as Managing Director of UK and Europe. Mr Fitchett brings a deep understanding of payment gateway infrastructures and technologies to the fast-moving company, which counts global parenting retailer Mothercare, and luxury fragrance brand Jo Loves among its customers.

Credit Suisse, a leader in the global cleared derivatives industry, has selected the Derivatives Utility from FIS for its post-trade futures and cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives operations and technology.

I just received a white paper about Social KYC from Fintech startup Veridu.  The idea is to use our social media profiles to authenticate and onboard as a new 21st century KYC process.  It’s an interesting idea I thought I’d share here but, before I do, I posted a note on the blog in 2009 that recommended banks to use social media as a way of verifying whether custo

Synechron unveils its new, state-of-the-art digital innovation centre in central London, dedicated to next generation banking and insurance. The new centre enables businesses to become fully immersed in the wealth of new technology available, through the combined innovation of augmented reality, artificial intelligence, blockchain, natural language and biometrics, mobile, and touch & smart technologies.

Bloomberg unveiled the Entity Exchange platform, a web-based, centralized and secure solution that enables buy-side firms to provide entity data and documentation to their trading counterparties. Entity Exchange eases the process of opening new trade accounts for the buy-side, while also helping brokers satisfy Know-Your-Customer (KYC) compliance requirements.

 Chubb reports appointment of Ruth Polyblank, currently Head of Marketing and Customer Strategy, UK and Ireland, to the new role of Head of SME, UK and Ireland.  

In 2015, over 99% of the UK's 5.4 million companies were small or medium-sized businesses, each employing fewer than 250 people. However this month's BIBA conference programme highlighted once again the significant issue of underinsurance within the segment.