Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces and embedded finance providers, has appointed Paul Bevis as Head of Growth. Paul joins from Royal London where he spent five years, latterly as Head of D2C Partnerships.

Planixs, the leading provider of real-time cash, collateral and liquidity management solutions, has announced today that G-SIB (Global Systemically Important Bank), Santander, has successfully gone live with its Realiti Software Suite to transform the bank’s liquidity management processes, including cash management, liquidity forecasting and risk mitigation. 

Today, Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) customer momentum globally in new regions Africa, Argentina, Belgium, and Israel, as well as current fiat-based RippleNet customers upgrading to ODL in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, the UAE, the UK and the US.

Invest Bank, a premier commercial bank in UAE, has selected Temenos (SIX: TEMN) to take its digital and core banking to the cloud, in partnership with NdcTech.

According to Future Market Insights, the instant payments market is forecasted to be valued at US$126.4 Bn in 2032, increasing from US$ 18.3 Bn in 2021. It is predicted to record a robust CAGR of 18.1% over the forecasted period of 2022 to 2032.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s first NFT collection will be available Friday, November 18 as part of an exclusive, multi-year partnership with Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider. The launch is supported by a global marketing campaign featuring Ronaldo, aiming to give his fans an introduction to Web3 through the world of NFTs.

Data is a major part of the role of any CISO. When it comes to the financial services industry, data is even more important and valuable than in other industries. Securing storage and backup systems isn't always obvious and isn't always the focus of many CISOs or their teams. I admit that it wasn't part of my focus until quite recently.

OKX, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and a leading web3 ecosystem, has entered into a strategic partnership with Gitcoin to support the developer community and the use of novel funding mechanisms for the public good in the crypto space.

Atom bank and Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) have signed a new three-year contract. The digital bank, which revolutionised the mortgage market by pioneering the use of mobile applications to support its lending processes, has been a Phoebus user since Atom’s launch in 2016.

IDScan.net today announced a collaboration with Jack Henry™, a leading financial technology provider, to provide identity validation for digital account creation via the Jack Henry OpenAnywhereTM platform.