As charities around the world are feeling the unprecedented pressure caused by COVID-19, the UK charity sector is expected to lose over £4 billion in the upcoming weeks and months due to fundraising events being cancelled and places of worship closing their doors. In these uncertain times, mobile technology is enabling charities to collect donations remotely.

ZA Bank, the first virtual bank in Hong Kong, has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting as its regulatory reporting software.

OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting combines bank data into a single source of data to ensure consistency, reconciliation and accuracy and includes Wolters Kluwer’s Regulatory Update Service. This unique service is maintained by Wolters Kluwer experts who actively monitor regulation in 30 countries.

Meniga (www.meniga.com), a leading provider of digital banking technology, has partnered with global banking and financial services company, UniCredit, to launch an enhanced version of the popular Smart Banking app in the Czech Republic.

The development of the new Smart Banking app follows Meniga’s and UniCredit’s collaboration on the successful launch of the Mbanking app, in Serbia in 2019.

Today, a new report by Klarna, the leading global payments provider enabling over seven million consumers in the UK to pay later in store and online, analyses the psyche of consumer purchasing habits and what retailers can do to stay relevant in a post COVID-19 world.

Qadre, a high-growth fintech trusted by leading institutions to deliver certainty with blockchain technology, today launched its new brand that aims to demystify blockchain and drive increased understanding and practical applications of the technology in financial markets.

Big question. Let’s break this down. Let’s start with “What is Escrow?” then move on to “What is Infrastructure as a service?” and finally we’ll discuss how the combination of the two is going to revolutionise the way transactions are made - especially in markets like construction and delivery where in 5 years time it will be the standard way to pay and protect yourself. 

MYPINPAD (“MPP”), the global leader in secure personal authentication for payment solutions, has achieved Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC) certification for its Android software-based PIN entry on a Commercial off-the-shelf (SPoC) solution –the first software only Android SPoC solution that does not rely on any hardware-based security.

Backbase, the omni-channel Digital Banking platform, has partnered with Codat, the SME financial data exchange provider,  to provide FI’s with easy connectivity to the world’s leading accounting platforms. As a result, Backbase commercial banking clients can deliver a faster, more convenient experience to SMEs by tightly integrating bank products with the financial applications SMEs use to run their business.

Tide, the UK’s leading business banking platform^[1], has launched a new Invoice Protection product in partnership with insurance solutions provider, Hokodo, to help micro, small and medium-sized businesses protect their cash flow against the late and non-payment of invoices.