Pires Investments plc (AIM: PIRI), the investment company focused on next generation technology, is pleased to provide an update on its investment in Pluto Digital Assets plc ("Pluto"), a technology company that is operating in the exciting digital assets sector.

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) has announced that it has appointed Vincent Georgel-O’Reilly as regional segment head for alternatives in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). 

Payvision, global omnichannel payment specialist, reports that by 2022 more than one billion people will use Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay.

Contactless payments are becoming a necessity, both for customers and businesses. Every week 11% of online shoppers worldwide buy via smartphone, and 34% of them claim making this their primary payment method. In its report commissioned by Payvision, Kaleido Intelligence foresees that 50% of the wearable devices will include a payment functionality.

Zopa has today announced that it has raised an additional £20m from existing investors. This represents a significant vote of confidence following the initial success of its bank launch and growth of its latest products. 

Only nine months on from gaining its full bank licence, neobank Zopa has successfully launched Fixed Term Savings accounts and an innovative credit card to UK consumers. These products are in addition to its award-winning personal loans and pioneering auto finance solution.  

At least 13.9 million Canadians could be at risk of being left vulnerable in society due to an inability to use digital payment methods, despite a drop in the use of cash, new data shows.

BTON Financial, the independent, broker-neutral dealing desk technology for investment managers, has today announced the appointment of electronic trading expert, Ray Tierney, as Non-Executive Director. Ray will play a key role in shaping the direction of the company and expanding BTON Financial’s U.S. footprint and plans to bring its technology and data-driven dealing desk solution to the global investment management community en masse.

EBANX, a fintech unicorn company specialized in payments for Latin America, has started its expansion throughout Central America, launching operations in Costa Rica and going live in El Salvador, Panama, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic by the first half of 2021. The company is also growing its reach in South America, by adding operations in Paraguay. 

In this movement, EBANX reaches 15 countries in Latin America, in a push to expand its business throughout the region, one of the fastest-growing digital commerce markets in the world.

Objectway, a leader in the Digital Wealth & Asset Management software, released the survey report “Are you ready for ESG?”, revealing a glimpse of the market on ESG investments, one of the greatest areas of change that wealth firms expect. A field that the crisis triggered by the pandemic has highlighted as playing a crucial role in economic recovery, in addition to the importance of establishing efficient risk management.