Offering a specialist consulting service can hinder short-term growth at consulting firms throughout the UK, but providing specialist expertise remains crucial to their long-term competitive advantage, according to new research published today.

NatWest Group and the University of Edinburgh have today announced a new partnership based on challenge-led research and innovation that will improve how data is used to benefit bank customers, students, researchers and policymakers.

The Centre for Purpose-Driven Innovation in Banking will combine business insights from NatWest Group (NWG) with the University’s research, data and social science expertise to co-create data-driven, novel solutions for the future of banking.

Fenergo, the leading provider of digital know-your-customer (KYC) and client lifecycle management (CLM) solutions, has today launched KYC & Transaction Compliance, a new offering for fintechs that combines its KYC and transaction monitoring solutions and enables continuous monitoring of the customer profile.

Strategy Developers can enjoy a smoother user experience with ZuluTrade’s reinforced social trading infrastructure. Thanks to its versatile interface design, the platform allows strategy developers to easily create, backtest, edit and deploy strategies, equipping them with everything they need to succeed.

Moneris Solutions Corporation (“Moneris”), a Canadian leader in innovative solutions for mobile, online, and in-store payments, has partnered with Wix.com Ltd., a leading global SaaS platform to create, manage, and grow an online presence, to power the Moneris Online solution for Canadian businesses to set up their shop online.

The first day of Money20/20 Europe started with Tracey Davies, President of Money20/20, and Scarlett Sieber Chief Strategy & Growth Officer of Money20/20, kicking off another fantastic event at the RAI, Amsterdam on the Encore stage, welcoming all and outlining what’s hot at an action-packed show this year. 

That open banking thing: done and dusted, right? You sorted that a couple of years ago—we did all that API stuff, just like the challenger banks do, and moved on.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately, that work isn’t complete yet. You may have had a good first stab at it, but going back and doing it properly is crucial and once done will set you up for more interesting technical work.

Who will be who?

Welcome to the Fintech Pathfinder, an interactive database of fintech start-up companies that has been compiled since mid-2021 by Financial IT’s research team.

Saving time and money

The database serves several functions. 

Most obviously it seeks to make it cheap and easy for subscribers to find out key details about emerging fintech companies around the world. Specifically, the Fintech Pathfinder identifies for each company:

U.S.

Investment Platform Third Financial (Third) today announces a further three new business wins in the first four months of 2023 as it continues to be recognised as the best partner for wealth managers and advisers looking for a platform for growth. Third also recently reported a 35% increase in revenue in the financial year ending December 2022.