paysafecard, an eCash market leader and part of global payments provider Paysafe, continues to strengthen its presence in Europe and is now also available in Iceland.

What is Trustology?

Alex Batlin: Think of Trustology as the equivalent of a web browser for the blockchain. There are a few out there at present, but we wanted to create a solution that is at a higher level, removing all the previous compromises - one that’s super secure, super easy to use and very fast. So, we have a custodial wallet platform with an adaptable end-user experience.

Klarna today announces its partnership with Samsung Electronics to give customers a convenient and hassle-free way to pay later at Samsung.com

The partnership introduces new payment methods for Samsung.com customers, where shoppers will be able to check-out with 3 new payment options: 

Research from Ensono, a leading hybrid IT services provider, and Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, has found that enterprise adoption of microservices is continuing to increase as businesses transform themselves to compete in the digital era. The new research found that 76 per cent of organisations now consider microservices to be a high or critical priority and only 4 per cent do not have this on their agenda at all.

Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced several new cyber protection solutions – Acronis Cyber Protect, Acronis Cyber Platform and Acronis Cyber Infrastructure – that will revolutionize how the industry solves modern data protection and cybersecurity challenges.

NTT Ltd. the world-leading global technology services provider, has today announced Andy Cocks as its Chief Go-to-Market Officer. Cocks joins NTT’s Global Executive team after successfully leading NTT’s Go-to-Market business in the Asia Pacific region, and more recently as Chief Technology Officer. He will be relocating from Singapore to his native UK, and will report directly to Chief Executive Officer, Jason Goodall.

Currencycloud, the leading global payments platform, has appointed Barbera De Jong to Chief People Officer (CPO), demonstrating the company’s commitment to talent development and its people as it ramps up its global growth strategy.

Barbera will be responsible for Currencycloud’s organisational evolution as it continues to increase its headcount, adding more than 100 staff since 2017 alone, and now over 200 employees across its offices in London, Cardiff, New York, Lviv and Amsterdam.

As data breaches continue to rise globally, protecting the integrity of customer data (especially in the payments world) is vital.

New research by global technology services provider Claranet has revealed that six in ten organisations (61 per cent) believe that their general workforces need much more training in cybersecurity awareness. Somewhat alarmingly, 38 per cent of respondents said that their software development teams also need a great deal more training in this area, and 29 per cent said the same is required for IT operations teams.

Today five°degrees; a digital core banking provider announces its partnership with Codat, a London based FinTech helping banks to integrate with the multiple accounting platforms their customers use to run their businesses – all through a single API.

The collaboration between five°degrees and Codat strengthens the position of the two companies within the SME lending industry, provisioning for the needs of banks and financial institutions to help them better serve small business customers.