The UK’s cost of living crisis continues to crack on, straining the wallets and bank accounts of consumers and creating a tough market for goods and services. The consumer price index (CPI) posted a new high with a 10.4% spike in February and supply chain issues continue to plague companies trying to keep pace.

LMS, the UK’s leading conveyancer and panel management specialist, today announces that InfoTrack, a pioneering digital conveyancing provider, has integrated with Secure Link to facilitate access to the service for all its clients and deliver an enhanced user experience.

Societe Generale, one of Europe’s leading banking groups, and Lemonway, an ACPR-licensed pan-European payment institution, have signed a commercial partnership to deliver payment services to large corporates in Western Europe, launching B2B marketplaces. With complementary approaches, these two firms have committed to adequately addressing the growing needs of corporates in the booming B2B marketplace sector.

Ryft, the revolutionary PSD2-compliant payments system, has announced its receipt of a UK licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) following a £1.2 million seed round raise in August last year. The authorisation of the licence opens up opportunities for Ryft to become a regulated payment facilitator with some of the world’s biggest acquirers.

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, today announced its partnership with Alygne, a sustainability technology platform that provides tailored ESG alternative data, to help asset managers globally make more informed ESG investments.

Linedata, a global provider of asset management and credit technology data and services, announced today the expansion of its services capabilities and offerings in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Linedata has extended its APAC offerings to include new industry segments namely private equity, private credit, specialized and structured credit, as well as allocators and aggregators.

Small businesses supplying the automotive, retail and manufacturing sectors face the longest-ever wait for payment from some of the UK’s largest companies, according to Good Business Pays.

Good Business Pays, which campaigns to stamp out bad payment practices and poor payment culture, analysed payment data that shows that the average number of days taken to pay suppliers has risen between February 2022 and February 2023.

Temenos today announced it has been named a Leader in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® evaluation of wealth management solutions, positioned the highest for vision and capability with its Temenos Wealth solution.

A new study from Juniper Research, foremost experts in the payments market, found that the transaction value of recurring payments will exceed $15.4 trillion globally in 2027,