Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, today announced Marina Kilcline as Chief Human Resources Officer.  Kilcline reports to CEO, Stephen Murphy.

Fireblocks, an easy-to-use platform to create innovative products on the blockchain and manage day-to-day crypto operations, announced today that its 2022 Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) has surpassed $100 million just four years after the company’s inception and three years since Fireblocks’ first product went into the market. This achievement places Fireblocks among a rare subset of SaaS unicorns — including Slack and Twilio — that have reached this coveted valuation milestone in less than five years.

PXP Financial, the expert in global acquiring, payment, fraud and data analysis services, today announces a partnership with DisputeHelp to provide its merchant portfolio with dispute management solutions.

Plum, the European smart money app, is launching stock investing and a debit card for its customers in France, Belgium, Spain and Ireland.

The app, which uses the latest technology to help users save effortlessly, now allows customers to diversify and grow their money over the long term with its new stock investing service. 

In the countdown to Energy Trading Week - taking place on 28-29 September at County Hall in London,  Ben Hillary, the Managing Director at Commodities People has sat down with Doug Wood, Chair of the Gas Committee at European Federation of Energy Traders (

Objectway, a global top 100 banking, wealth & asset management software provider, has announced the appointment of Hassan Suffyan as Managing Director of Objectway for the UK region.

NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit that supports the governance and development of the NEAR protocol, has announced a strategic partnership with Caerus Ventures to launch a $100m venture capital fund and venture lab.

The fund will leverage the opportunities of Web3 as it reimagines culture and entertainment, from how it is financed, produced and distributed to how it’s consumed, owned and monetized.

New research exposes the difficulties businesses face accessing finance from mainstream lenders and how alternative solutions can plug the gap.

More than a quarter (26%) of business leaders surveyed have had difficulties accessing finance from main banks, over a third (38%) say that banks don’t understand their business needs and two in five (41%) think banks’ lending policies haven’t kept pace with modern business needs.