Colt Technology Services has today announced the launch of Cloud Session Border Controller (SBC), a cloud-based voice solution which provides Direct Routing as a Service to rapidly enable PSTN calling for Microsoft Teams.  

Colt Cloud SBC is a major step forward in accelerating and simplifying the deployment of PSTN calling in Teams without the need to host any hardware on-premises or in a data centre and enabling enterprises to benefit from Direct Routing for Teams in a matter of days.

Sweep, the expense and travel management platform for SMEs, has today announced that it hit its 2020 funding target and achieved a total of £900,000 in investments and grants this year.

Tribe Payments, an issuer/acquirer processor and payment technology provider, today announced that TradeCore, the full stack fintech platform, has selected it as its issuer processor. The partnership means that Tribe Payments will be the issuer processor for card programmes delivered by TradeCore to its customers.

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, today announced Ingenico’s launch of its first ever Data as a Service (DaaS) platform for payments, Ingenico Insight. The state-of-the-art solution features the latest in machine learning (ML) and data science capabilities for payments combined with an intuitive and tailored user experience.

Today, the European Digital Payments Industry Alliance (EDPIA) is pleased to announce the membership of Aircash, Buckaroo and HiPay, from Croatia, the Netherlands and France respectively, thus strengthening and diversifying EDPIA’s voice for the European payments industry. These new members will provide further support to EDPIA’s continued purpose of contributing to EU policy developments that further the understanding and development of a vibrant European digital payments industry.

Checkout.com, the leading Connected Payments™ solutions provider, today announced that it closed a $450 million Series C fundraising round. This gives the business a post-money valuation of $15 billion, making it the fourth largest fintech globally and EMEA’s most valuable venture-backed business [1], as the business continues to expand across the globe. 

Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), Portugal’s largest bank, today announces its partnership with Engagement Banking technology provider Backbase. The collaboration will enable CGD to create new digital banking channels across all its business lines and achieve a seamless customer experience, starting with SME customers. With the support of Backbase technology, CGD will launch a range of new initiatives, including building Portugal’s first-ever fully digital SME onboarding solution.

LiquidShare, the fintech co-founded by major financial institutions in 2017 to develop post-market solutions by leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT), is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Jean-Marc Eyssautier as Chief Executive Officer to accelerate its strategic pivot.  

With the acquisition of Arthur, Aareon continues on its growth path, entering the high-growth market for small and medium-sized property managers in Great Britain with a best-in-class solution.

Aareon, the leading provider of ERP software and digital solutions for the European property industry and its partners, acquires a 100% stake in Arthur Online Ltd. “Arthur”. Closing is planned on 29 January 2021.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that Komerční banka, a member of the Société Générale Group and one of the largest financial institutions in the Czech Republic, has selected Temenos Transact to modernize its retail and corporate banking.