Cushon, the fintech pension and savings provider, today announces it has closed an overall funding round of £26m to finance rapid expansion and product development plans, following its acquisition of another master trust pension scheme.

Leading the £6m equity raise is renowned fintech venture capitalist, Augmentum Fintech, which also includes Tide, interactive investor and Habito in its portfolio.

Global eTrade Services (GeTS) is proud to be recognized as one of the Outstanding Innovators in Trade Finance category for "Global Finance The Innovators 2021" annual selection program.

In its ninth year, this unique program by Global Finance recognises organisations that consistently identify and innovate new ways and tools in finance.  Award categories include Outstanding Innovations in Cash Management, Corporate Finance, Islamic Finance, Payments and Trade Finance.

Carrousel Digital, the London-based financial boutique, and its partner, Paris-based Marbeuf Conseil et Recherche, the digital security designer, announce the launch of Moneytak, a system that enables the transmission of funds and/or documents between two electronic objects without requiring connection to a server at the time of the transaction.

Path Solutions is proud to announce its partnership with Hootsuite Enterprise, the leading social media management tool which provides tailored solutions to deliver real results through social media. The new partnership seeks to empower banks and financial institutions to execute business strategies for the social media era.

Both public and private companies are under increasing pressure from investors, civil society and governments to make ambitious public commitments covering all aspects of ESG, but especially greenhouse gas emissions which are directly linked to climate change and its threat of global systemic disruption.

Paul McMahon has joined the board of digital advice provider Ignition as non-executive director for Ignition Advice UK Limited.

Leading mortgage technology provider Twenty7Tec today announces that it has formed a strategic partnership with Meet Parker, an Augmented Intelligence virtual assistant which will now be integrated into the CloudTwenty7 platform.

Meet Parker is a customizable AI Virtual assistant that aims to streamline the mortgage process by connecting customers, advisers and lenders. Parker can be deployed in any mortgage business to field initial customer queries before connecting the customer with an adviser, or an adviser with a lender.

Digital payment transactions fall sharply between April and May after sustaining a rising trend till March, hit by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) data.