Xero today announced that Gusto will be the preferred payroll provider for its small business and accountant customers in the U.S. 

Starling Bank, the mobile-only bank, and Growth Street, the peer-to-peer business lender, are joining forces to give the nation’s five million small business owners better access to the flexible finance they need to prosper and grow.

Growth Street will be the first SME finance provider to go live on Starling’s in-app Marketplace, which gives users access to a range of services from pensions to insurance to loyalty schemes. The Starling partnership is Growth Street’s first marketplace integration, and represents the first live use of Growth Street’s third-party API.

The Nordic countries constitute the most advanced and digitally ready payment market in Europe, and one of the most advanced in the world.

Solactive is excited to announce that it has brought home another award! On the evening of July 19, Solactive
was awarded Most Innovative ETF Index Provider for 2017 Europe at the 14th Annual Global ETF Awards for its
accomplishment in the European ETF market. The Annual Global ETF Awards, an international event designed
to reward companies contributing to the growth of the ETF marketplace, selected winners based on the
number of votes cast by ETF industry entities worldwide.

With Flexepin, B21 users can fund their investing accounts without a bank account or debit card

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. (“Pegasus” or the “Firm”), a private equity firm providing strategic growth capital to middle-market companies focused on the sustainability and wellness sectors, announced today a control investment in Yanzi Networks AB (“Yanzi”), a Swedish Internet-of-Things (“IoT”) solutions provider for the Smart Building market.

The leading global acceleration program focused in FinTech picked the 10 startups that will make up its second generation in Latin America.

During the selection event, Startupbootcamp FinTech announced the recent addition of Latinia as its second investment partner.

Provides the transparency and confidence needed to enable institutional-grade derivative products

Charlotte Duerden has been appointed Managing Director UK for American Express.  Charlotte has worked for American Express since 1999 in the UK, Australia & New Zealand. Over this time she has held senior roles including Head of product, pricing & portfolio management for Europe, Director of Membership Rewards & customer engagement and Head of products, brand and marketing.

Jumio, the creator of Netverify(TM) Trusted Identity as a Service (TIaaS) announced the addition of Liveness Detection for Web to better thwart fraudsters' evolving and sophisticated attempts to assume another individual's identity.