Good Things Foundation, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The APLE Collective, Clean Slate Training & Employment CIC and Mastercard have formed a coalition of partners to offer immediate support to digitally and financially excluded people in the UK, with a focus on those in poverty hit hardest by the impact of COVID-19.

Digital inequality has for some time risked exacerbating poverty and reducing financial wellbeing. However, the need to bring together digital skills and inclusion - and practical help with money - has increased dramatically during the COVID-19 crisis.

Sidetrade (Euronext Growth: ALBFR.PA), the Artificial Intelligence platform dedicated to accelerating company revenue and cashflow, is thrilled to unveil CashTarget, a new feature using gamification for businesses who are reviewing and restarting their treasury performance. With CashTarget, collecting cash will never be boring!

Sidetrade has today launched a new feature called CashTarget, which uses gamification for businesses who are restarting treasury performance.

Trade Ledger, the global banking platform, and Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, have announced an extended partnership for the UK market which will bid for the BCR Capability and Innovation fund. The fund is part of the RBS Alternative Remedies Package, designed to improve the financial products and services available to small and medium enterprises.

As part of a strategic project to modernise its infrastructure, Xalq Bank, one of the leading banks in Azerbaijan, has launched the open development payments platform TranzAxis from Compass Plus. The flexibility of this software solution will allow the bank to expand the range of services and products provided to customers and quickly respond to market changes.

ClauseMatch has announced today the launch of its US office in New York. The opening comes in response to demand from US companies and international clients operating in the US.

They include Barclays, as well as two of the largest financial organizations in the country: a publicly traded bank based in New York and one of the world’s largest investment firms. After London and Singapore, New York is the third location across the globe where ClauseMatch is represented.

In the latest episode of the RegTech 20:20 podcast from Encompass, guest speakers Charles Delingpole, CEO and Founder, ComplyAdvantage, and Teodora Christova, EMEA Partner Manager for Refinitiv, delve into new research focusing on the topic of innovation in financial crime and priorities in the industry. 

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Post-Pandemic Growth Opportunity in the Global Security Industry, finds that the security industry has tremendous investment opportunities despite the economic slowdown witnessed due to COVID-19. Under an aspirational recovery scenario, the global security industry is likely to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.3%, garnering revenue of $140.60 billion by 2025 from $109.30 billion in 2019.

FinecoBank today announces the expansion of its investment products with a suite of funds from Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI).

With the new funds from ASI, Fineco clients in the UK now have access to a new set of funds, representing a wide variety of investment strategies and asset classes. The ASI Funds will be available through the Fineco Investment platform for a cost of platform of just 25 basis points per year.