By Miles, the UK’s leading provider of pay-by-mile car insurance, underwritten by Zurich Insurance, can report that based on data collected the week lockdown restrictions were relaxed, 29th March – 4th April, there was a staggering 17% increase in car usage from the week before, which has continued to rise in the weeks since.   

IOWArocks, the global marketplace for data, tech, and  services, today adds CryptoCompare to their rapidly expanding data marketplace. CryptoCompare is a global leader in  digital asset data providing institutional and retail investors with high-quality real-time and historical data. The IOWArocks marketplace, built on the advanced technology from MDX Technology, is a single and highly accessible  destination for market and alternative data sources for both data owners and consumers alike. 

Technology group Prytek has added credit capabilities to its onboarding platform Karbon by investing in CRiskCo through its corporate venture capital arm. CRiskCo is a platform that makes loan application processes digitally accessible for SMEs.

Synctera, a new solution for partnership banking at scale, today announced partnership agreements with CheckAlt, the largest independent lockbox and electronic payments provider in the country, and Socure, the leader in 100% digital identity trust, to bring mobile remote deposit capture (MRDC) and identity verification capabilities to clients.

You might have heard about cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin from someone in the last couple of years. However, a lot of people do not know that the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was launched in 2008. Bitcoin is a digital asset and it has experienced massive growth in the last few months. For the first time in Bitcoin’s history, the price value of one Bitcoin reached $50,000.

Finch Capital, through Nomu Pay, h

Uhuru Corporation, the Japanese-based company that makes IoT work by orchestrating and coordinating devices, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenichiro Yoshida, as Chief Financial Officer. Mr Yoshida will join the Board as Executive Director. In addition, the Company announces the appointment of Tetsuya Kubo to the Board as Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee.

An interview with Rafa Plantier, Head of UK & Ireland at open banking platform Tink.

Financial IT: Can you please tell us more about your background? What’s the story behind the founding of Tink?

ING announced today that in order to further strengthen its position as a digital leader in banking it will separate the Management Board Banking roles for technology and operations. Ron van Kemenade will be appointed member of the Management Board Banking and chief technology officer, effective 1 May 2021. After a transitional period, Roel Louwhoff, chief operations officer and chief transformation officer, will leave ING later this year to continue his career outside the company. Further announcements on his succession will be made as and when appropriate.