Analytics software firm FICO today announced that Switzerland’s PostFinance will protect nearly 3 million debit cards with the FICO® Falcon® Platform, the world’s leading AI-powered payments card protection system. PostFinance, the financial institution of Swiss Post and a systemically important bank, will use the Falcon Platform to manage suspicious behavior on customers’ accounts, including activity that may be the result of scams, which are increasing across Europe during the pandemic.

• The Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit is a guide for tech founders and their employees to help them build more diverse and inclusive businesses, and provide equal opportunities for everyone aspiring to work in UK tech.
• Created from interviews conducted with UK tech leaders, each section of the toolkit contains checklists, links to tools and resources, and case studies highlighting examples of companies who have enacted positive change.

Worldline, European market leader and number four worldwide in payment and transactional services, is unveiling TRUST 2025, its new five-year CSR roadmap, building on the success of TRUST 2020, its previous programme.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a key driver of transformation and a catalyst for sustainable change, lies at the heart of the Group’s strategy.

A commitment to excellence in CSR reaffirmed via its TRUST 2025 programme

It’s already 2021 and the right time to start planning for your income tax payments. At this time, it crucial to implement a positive strategy that will be lucrative in aiding in the payment of the taxed amount. Even if you haven’t thought about the payment of your income tax this year yet, it’s time you start planning. The earlier you start working so hard about saving income tax, the better you won’t end up panicking when the time comes for payment. There are different investment options to choose from for a stable income.

Commenting on UK CPI rising to 2.1% Ian Warwick, Managing Partner at Deepbridge Capital, said: “Today’s inflation data serves as further evidence that that the UK economy is moving in the right direction at a significant pace. For many early-stage businesses however, the significant rise in inflation may trigger fears of a subsequent rise in interest rates, directly impacting how much they are able to borrow at a crucial time, when many expected the economy to full reopen again.

·       Temenos will provide Societe Generale Payment and Cash management activities with a unified, cloud-native platform for account management in Europe and Asia, and payment services for corporate and financial institution customers in Asia

·       Next-generation platform enables Societe Generale to innovate fast and deliver differentiating services to meet the evolving needs of its global corporate customers

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the global conversational commerce spend over RCS messaging will reach $27 billion by 2025; rising from less than $10 million in 2021.

BlackRock and Cassini Systems, a leading provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives markets, announced today that the two firms have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Cassini analytics into BlackRock’s Aladdin® platform. The integration will allow mutual clients to factor margin-based analytics into their pre- and post-trade decision-making.

The crossover and application of finance and technology (fintech) has become essential in providing financial services for both businesses and consumers today. While it experienced a decline in 2020, the UK fintech industry saw a tremendous growth of 331% in the span of a year, leading up to £2 billion in investments. With such a positive trajectory, the industry can only be expected to flourish.