GoCardless, the bank payment company, has expanded its partnership with Intuit QuickBooks, a leading financial management software, with two new launches.

Icon Solutions has today announced the appointment of James West, Head of Payments' Business Execution & Platform Modernisation, Citi Services, to its Board of Directors. Amit Rijhsinghani, Head of Payments Technology, Citi Services, has also been appointed as a Board Observer.

As part of its partnership with Mastercard, UniCredit is upgrading all its debit, credit and prepaid cards to Mastercard Touch Card™, which includes features for blind and partially sighted people, making it more accessible.

Cards with this new feature are now available in Italy and will be gradually introduced over the course of 2024 to all clients in the twelve countries where the bank operates, covering some 20 million cards.

Trustly today announces a bold pledge to boost growth for businesses across Europe. In a major move to revolutionise the checkout experience for millions of people, the payments tech firm unveils the new Trustly Growth Guarantee.

Payflows, a one-stop SaaS platform designed for finance teams, has raised €25m in funding to build the operating system that seamlessly integrates finance teams and workflows together. The Series A is led by Balderton Capital with existing investors Headline and Ribbit Capital doubling down on their previous investments.

Splitwise, a popular app for sharing bills and expenses, and Tink, a market-leading payment services and data enrichment platform, have partnered to bring Pay by Bank to Splitwise users. This enables millions of Splitwise users to initiate direct payments to friends and family from within the Splitwise app. 

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions, today announces the appointment of Phil Cotter to the position of Chief Executive Officer.

Basware, a global leader in AP automation and invoice processing, has introduced AP Protect, an AI-powered solution that empowers finance teams to protect their organisations from the threat of profit loss, invoice errors and fraud. 

IT financial management involves managing and optimizing the financial resources related to information technology within an organization. This role is crucial for ensuring that IT investments align with business objectives and deliver value, especially as IT departments are going through various transformations and strategic decisions: upgrading or changing IT solutions, integrating Cloud solutions, new analytics and technologies, externalizing IT services or running Cost centers etc.