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. 

Fortu Wealth – a London-based fintech providing a revolutionary all-in-one personal finance platform for high-net-worth individuals and a B2B banking-as-a-service (BaaS) solution for private banks and wealth managers – has today announced that it has partnered with Currencycloud, a leading provider of B2B embedded cross-border solutions, to allow its clients to make multi-currency payments globally through its Currencycloud Spark solution.

A North-East based fintech firm has been launched with the aim of digitally transforming the way private equity firms, venture capital funds and angel investment networks currently manage the end-to-end investment process.

Quva’s software platform streamlines the way alternative investment managers originate, transact and monitor their investment portfolios.

Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform[1] has today announced it will expand its platform further, introducing Tide Payment Acceptance later in 2021. The product will initially be available in the UK and later rolled out to Tide’s new Indian business.

Atom bank, the UK’s first app-only bank, has seen overwhelming interest for its CBILS-backed secured loans, helping the bank reach its 2020-2021 lending targets one month ahead of plan.

To date, Durham-based Atom have issued 1,251 quotes for their secured CBILS loans using their Quick Quote tool, resulting in over 700 applications with a value of well over £500mn, which includes £150mn received in the past week.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions, today announced it is extending its partnership with Boots UK, part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, to drive payments modernization for the UK’s pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer.

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Xero accounting and bookkeeping  practices and app partners across the UK and Ireland were honoured at the annual Xero awards. Hosted by Gary Turner, Xero UK & EMEA Managing Director and comedian Henry Paker in an online ceremony, the awards showcased the achievements of those supporting small businesses through one of the toughest years.