As more customers have turned to digital channels to manage every aspect of their lives, they have experienced a poor payments experience and service.

The problem is cards. They were not built for a digital-first experience and have been retrofitted into current online payment flows. Newer approaches such as Google Pay or Apple Pay paper over those cracks but don’t change the fundamentals.

Specialist RegTech provider Shield today announced it is proud to be part of a historic Israeli delegation that will be the first to visit the GITEX Technology Week Live 2020 in Dubai, from 6^th – 10^th December 2020.

AlgoTrader announced its new partnership with UK-based AiX, a best-in-class, fully automated OTC desk for aggregating market makers. AiX´s intuitive, cutting edge artificial intelligence-based trading platform connects traders across markets and provides unprecedented levels of insight and control.

Aculab, a prominent worldwide provider of API-driven advanced speech and signal processing technologies, is pleased to announce the latest developments to its Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) Aculab Cloud.

Implementation services

UK-based global FinTech payments group Paysend achieved another record on December 30th with over 35,000 active users doing some 45,000 transfers abroad in a single day.

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building a regional SME lending bank for the UK, has received a follow-on £250,000 investment from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. The GMCA had previously invested in the firm’s ‘Seed’ funding round. In a further boost, the company has secured an advertising-for-equity deal with Channel 4 Ventures, which will allow B-North to build significant awareness of its new proposition amongst retail customers once B-North has received its banking licence.

Financial IT speaks with Tim Hood, Associate VP EMEA of Hyland 

International risk management and assistance expert, Healix International, has identified six key areas of risk – besides the continued impact of COVID-19 – for global organisations in its 2021 Risk Oracle report.

It has been a year of momentous change and uncertainty – with events having a huge impact on businesses, budgets, and boardrooms. According to Forrester, “The pandemic revealed the flaws of many companies’ technology strategies,” with organisations blindly turning to tech modernisation, simplification, consolidation and “…paralysed by their lack of technological and business maturity” [1].