• UK Scale-Up will provide international FinTechs with a ‘digital home’ in the UK to enable collaboration with financial institutions  
• The new initiative, which is in partnership with the data analytics business The Disruption House, will also provide FinTechs with advice, invitations to tech sprints and access to market insights 

Mastercard Engage platform expansion provides customers with fast and easy access to new set of qualified technology partners

Mastercard is expanding the Engage platform, offering customers easy access to a growing network of qualified technology and fintech partners that can quickly deploy Mastercard Digital First solutions. These solutions will enable customers to provide entirely digital payment experiences for consumers, from acquisition and card usage to management and engagement, with a physical card option.

Building on its commitment to drive positive change through its data and insights, Refinitiv today, in celebration of International Women’s Day,  announced the findings of its report titled, ‘The Gender Pay Gap and your Investment Strategies.’ The new report uses Refinitiv ESG data and several FTSE Russell indices as a basis to examine the current state of the gender pay gap and the corresponding financial performance of different investment portfolios. 

Sercle, the Credit Union arm of Omnio Group has announced its partnership with Nivo to integrate its services with Omnio’s market leading platform. Through the partnership, every Sercle Credit Union can offer members a market-leading mobile experience with full access to Nivo’s secure messaging and onboarding technology. 

HPD Lendscape, a leading international secured-lending platform vendor, today announces that it has become an official member of The Spanish Association of Factoring (AEF). The announcement comes at a time when HPD Lendscape is particularly focused on serving the Iberian market, having just launched a new Spanish-language website.

Capital on Tap, a leading European Digital B2B lender listed by Forbes as one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK is launching in the United States, providing access to much-needed financial support for American small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) through its innovative business credit card proposition.

Capital on Tap is partnering with WebBank, which is the issuer and lender in the Capital on Tap credit card program.

Colt Technology Services has today announced that it has been included in the March 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Services, Global, positioned as a Visionary.                                                 

This is the second year in a row Colt Technology Services has been named as a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Services, Global.

Nucleus Commercial Finance, one of the UK’s leading fintech lenders, has today announced the launch of Business Growth Loans. This is the first product of its kind designed to support SMEs as a top-up to the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), as well as helping businesses nationwide with additional funding once the scheme ends. 

MACROBOND Financial, a leading provider of economic and financial intelligence, announced today that it has opened an office in Stockholm to meet the growing demand for its data, analytics and collaboration tools from the Nordic regions.