More than two in five young people (43%) believe that high street banks will continue to process their payments in Britain of 2030 - but they also believe that banks need to become more ethical and have a greater impact on society at large in order to fend off the challenges posed by retail and tech brands - according to new research from ThoughtWorks.

ClearBank and Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, have today announced their partnership as the Society prepares to launch a game-changing business current account for Britain’s 5.6 million small businesses.

Radware® a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, today announced that its industry-leading SSL DDoS attack protection, DefenseSSL®, now features behavioural-based algorithms for keyless protection against HTTPS flood attacks.  For the first time, organisations have the scale needed to effectively mitigate HTTPS floods.

 The go-to trade association for all UK retailers, British Retail Consortium (BRC), is working with cutting-edge dispute processing and remediation company, Chargebacks911, to help its members better understand how to combat friendly fraud and chargebacks.

Adyen, the payments platform of choice for the world’s leading companies, has today announced it will be working in partnership with Vue to help deliver enhanced customer experiences across all sales channels. 

The unified payments experience will be introduced at Vue venues across the UK and Ireland. This will provide cinema goers with a seamless payments experience whether customers are purchasing tickets in the cinema or via one of Vue’s online channels. Customers will be able to pay via their preferred methods including all digital wallets.

Mastercard today announces a new partnership with Nationwide as it prepares to launch a new business banking service targeting Britain’s 5.6 million small businesses.

The partnership is founded on Nationwide’s experience of delivering best in class banking services and Mastercard’s innovative, trusted and secure digital business banking solutions. Whilst Nationwide continues to gear up for the introduction of its business accounts, Mastercard debit cards will be made available to business customers following the launch early next year. 

MoneyNetint has partnered with Onfido, to help enhance their online security procedures so users

Konsentus and Carta Worldwide today announced a new strategic partnership. Carta Worldwide is an international leader in digital transaction technology, specialising in mobile & emerging payments.

Digital Vega, the leading FX Options e-trading platform and provider of FX Options trading solutions, today announced that Standard Chartered Bank has become a Liquidity Provider (LP) on its Medusa trading platform. 

Standard Chartered has a unique global footprint, actively trading over 100 currencies and pricing an unparalleled range of emerging markets and G10 currencies. The addition of Standard Chartered adds broader liquidity to the Medusa platform, which is the market leader in automated FX Options trading.

Equiniti Riskfactor, the market-leading provider of risk management and fraud analytics software for the global commercial finance industry, is delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Stock as Head of Operations, reflecting strong recent growth and international expansion for the company.