Zumo, the digital currency and payments platform, has appointed its first chief technology officer to lead its plans for new product launches later this year.

Feel-good fundraising platform TapSimple has raised £900,000 in an investment round as it continues to develop its technology to support charitable fundraising activity in an increasingly cashless world, taking its total fundraising to date to the £2m mark.

Investors in the round include Ecclesiastical, Lord Michael Spencer, Lord Mervyn Davies, Dominic Burke, and Anthony Bolton who join previous round investors including former NCVO chairman Sir Martyn Lewis.

INW: Innovations in Nutrition and Wellness ("INW"), the global health and wellness company founded on science and innovation, recently implemented OneStream XF across its five manufacturing divisions allowing for powerful real-time insights into customers, and manufacturing operations. OneStream software was named a Leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions.

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European market leader in payment and transactional services, is proud to announce that it has been awarded the “European Top Employer 2021” prestigious certification by the Top Employers Institute, a global authority that recognises excellence in people management.

More than 80% of risk professionals view risk technology (risktech) innovation as imperative to their banks’ competitive edge, with tech spend being directed towards effectiveness rather than cost reduction.

Contact centres can now securely take phone payments faster while giving customers an even better experience, thanks to innovative changes to Eckoh's secure payments solution CallGuard.

Currently used by organisations across multiple countries and sectors, the patented CallGuard keeps callers' card details secure by never allowing their information to be stored, viewed or heard, protecting them, and Eckoh’s clients, against fraud and data breaches.

Go Inspire continues to strengthen its position as the customer communications partner of choice, with two strategic new hires. The company is proud to welcome Dimitri Kyprianou and Ben Young on board.

2020 was an extraordinary year that saw the spread of Covid-19 change the way we live and work and put people across the globe in new, challenging territory. 

The fintech industry was no exception but the challenges presented by the pandemic also caused the accelerated growth of more digital services like for example mobile payments.These were introduced and developed much quicker than expected with adoption rates far exceeding previous industry predictions.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that total spend via digital wallets will exceed $10 trillion in 2025, up from $5.5 trillion in 2020.