Leading enterprise connectivity platform Yapily has today announced that Martin Threakall has joined the executive team as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Martin brings over a decade’s expertise in growing payment start-up and scale-up businesses and will help lead Yapily’s European expansion and supercharge the FinTech’s growth.

UK-based global FinTech company Paysend has announced a brand-new partnership with Samsung Pay. This will allow Samsung users to store their Paysend Mastercard credentials in their mobile wallet and make contactless online and offline payments. Paysend Global Account is a multi-currency wallet allowing users to hold up to eight currencies at any one time and instantly link their card to any one of them, meaning that local payments can be made in a number of countries with the very same card.

Increasing sales and providing enough cashflow is a near-universal struggle for all professional services firms. After more than a decade of providing fee financing and payment services to the professional services sector, QuickFee today announces an end to this problem.

Solidatus, award-winner and leader in metadata management, announces that it is supporting the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the City of London Corporation with the Digital Sandbox Pilot, coinciding with its opening to banks and regulators today.

AI company Synthesized today announces a strategic partnership with NextWave, a leading fintech-focused consultancy. The aim of this partnership is to help financial organizations unlock the potential of their data and turbocharge innovation in a safe, compliant and secure way.

Sumsub, an identity verification platform that covers KYC/KYB/AML needs, today announces their partnership with Rockers Technology, a web & mobile development company, offering a full suite of technical services. Sumsub has taken up the task of installing powerful KYC processes for one of Rockers Technology’s projects— software for custom crowdfunding platforms. 

Onguard, the fintech company dedicated to the order-to-cash process, has today announced it is welcoming Adriaan Kom as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Responsible for overseeing the development and commercial strategies of the business, Adriaan’s appointment strengthens the management team and Onguard’s ongoing commitment to building its market position and international growth within Europe.

Colt Technology Services has today announced the bolstering of its SD WAN proposition, creating the SD WAN 2.0 experience. This development recognises the evolution of the market for managed WAN services, as well as the constant changes in requirements for today’s enterprises. Businesses today need to drive digital transformation through unexpected change, and now require a SD WAN solution that goes beyond simply optimising transport across a network underlay.

TORA, the provider of industry leading trading technology, has today announced that it has integrated its order & execution management system (OEMS) with global institutional investment network, Liquidnet’s IA Trader. The integration offers access to advanced artificial intelligence, data analytics tools and a broad range of Liquidnet trading algorithms.

Wolters Kluwer has been named this year's Category Winner for each of the Regulatory Reporting,