Ecospend has today announced its partnership with Anglian Water where it will begin processing customer payments using open banking technology.

Ecospend’s pay-by-bank technology will enable Anglian Water to receive instant account to account payments, which will reduce the utility provider’s processing costs. The partnership will also enable a range of new payment functionalities for Anglian Water customers, including:

Company grows workforce in Europe and localises the nCino Bank Operating System® for EMEA market with expanded product capabilities

 Caxton, the leading UK fintech payments provider, today announced a major partnership with Banking-as-a-Service provider OpenPayd to offer customers a simplified payments experience. To meet the demands of rapid growth, the collaboration will upgrade and automate Caxton’s payments infrastructure, to drive faster processing of payments in and out and deliver a better customer experience.

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Enterprise technology and services firm R3 has established an official presence in Hong Kong, opening its “Innovation Lab” at Cyberport.

 The international Forex broker OctaFX has recently added 25 new cryptocurrencies paired with the U.S. dollar, ready to be traded on its services from 14 March 2022.
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Bell will be joined by Academy Award winning director Jimmy Chin as part of Accelerate’s star-studded speaker lineup.

Event runners for Accelerate: The Global Ecommerce Acceleration Summit today revealed two new headline speakers for the June 2022 summit: Kristen Bell and Jimmy Chin.

Dom Norton, Sales Director, Spitfire Network Services Limited

There have been many technology challenges as a result of businesses adapting to the fallout from COVID - a universal change in how workforces all over the country (and around the world) went about their daily business shone a spotlight on some important technology issues - an explosion in video conferencing / communication usage, the need for employees to access resources from outside the traditional network perimeters, and a reliance on devices other than the office PC/laptop to get work done etc.

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The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) is pleased to announce the nomination of Earle G. Hall to its Board of Directors. He will also serve on the Standards and Certification Workgroup.

Gerard Dache, GBA's Executive Director, said, "We are excited to welcome Earle to the Board of Directors. Earle has deep knowledge and insight into the blockchain world of today and tomorrow, and we are excited to benefit from his leadership and expertise. His relentless passion to make our world safer and more ethical makes him a perfect fit for vision and mission."