TransferWise, a financial company for people who travel, live and work internationally, has completed a £65 million syndicated debt facility with NatWest and LHV Bank to support the increasing requirements of its growing international customer base. 

Launched in 2011, the London-headquartered business offers customers an easier and quicker option to manage money across borders. TransferWise has over four million customers and moves £3billion of money on behalf of customers each month.

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced the official release of TIBCO Spotfire® X, now showcasing real-time and historical data in the same environment, supported by the groundbreaking A(X) Experience, which fuses multiple AI-powered interaction models that adapt to user preference and style

Barclays has further enhanced its Transaction Banking leadership team with the hire of Karen Braithwaite into a newly created role as Corporate Banking Head of Payments and Cash Management.

Karen joins Barclays from BNY Mellon, where she was most recently the Global Head of Product Management for Treasury Services, following a range of senior roles across sales, marketing, servicing, operations, product and client management.

Cate Kemp will join SWIFT as its Head of UK, Ireland and Nordics from Lloyds Banking Group, where she held the position of Global Transaction Compliance Director.

Kemp will take responsibility for SWIFT’s growth strategy in the region; strengthening key relationships and delivering commercial performance across its portfolio of products and services, including SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) service and its suite of financial crime compliance solutions.

A new global survey from Milestone Group, providers of OCIO, Delegated and Fiduciary management technology solutions, has revealed that portfolio strategies are growing increasingly complex.

Portfolio complexity also looks set to increase, with an even larger majority outlining that they expect the complexity of their portfolios to continue to grow. The implications of a more complex portfolio are extensive, causing OCIO managers to look to address operational control and efficiency challenges across their businesses, while carefully balancing investment risk and return.

On December 6, Manila will welcome the second Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Philippines by Smile-Expo – the large event focused on DLT and crypto coins. The last year’s meeting has gathered 300 guests, 12 companies in the demozone and top speakers from top world companies.

Who will speak at the conference?

RSRCHXchange, the research marketplace and aggregator, today announced an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) initiative with dedicated functionality on its RSRCHX platform focusing on specialist ESG research. 

With concerns around responsible investing becoming increasingly prevalent, ESG research has seen a large rise in popularity, helping investors ensure they are able to direct their funds into sustainable opportunities which take the long-term picture into account. 

Startupbootcamp InsurTech welcomes Manjit Rana, founder and CEO of innovation consultancy, Ingenin Ltd, as Managing Director for Corporate Innovation in Insurance, to lead the development and launch of a new range of corporate innovation products and services.

iwoca, one of Europe’s fastest growing small business lenders, is delighted to announce that Seema Desai has been named Chief Operations Officer (COO). Seema joins a small but growing number of women at C-suite level in the fintech industry.