The complete recipe for a financial services app that stands out from the crowd

So, you want to design a financial services app. But how do you make it stand out from the thousands of others already in the market? From our experience, customer centricity is the key, where by ‘customer’ we mean ‘real people’. Technical components influence speed and performance, but a fully explored customer journey creates a satisfying app experience. Here’s the complete recipe for an appealing and useful financial services app:

Gresham Computing plc, a leading provider of real-time financial transaction control and enterprise data integrity solutions, today announced a trading update for the year ended 31 December 2015 ("FY 2015").

The Group expects to report revenues for the year up 16% to £14.8 million and Adjusted EBITDA* up 142% to £2.7 million in-line with expectations.

With a wealth of new ideas and innovation continually coming to market, the UK’s financial technology sector is a very exciting place to be. New start-ups are constantly emerging, causing incredible changes in the industry.

It’s perhaps not surprising then that many investors’ sights are set on London, a hub for financial services and technology innovation. Indeed, in 2014 alone, the UK government estimates the domestic financial technology sector attracted a massive £342 million in investment and generated £20 billion in revenue.

London-based International Finance Magazine has conferred the 2015 awards for 'Most Innovative Bank' and 'Best Customer Service Bank' in Poland to ING Bank Poland at a gala ceremony in the Landmark Hotel in London on November 27.

The awards in various categories were presented by Peter Meyer, CEO, the Middle East Association (MEA); Dr. Cigdem Kogar, Chief Representative of Central Bank of Turkey in London; Kofi Addo, Head of Trade and Investment, Ghana High Commission; and Thomas Mbun, Head of Treasury and Finance, Ghana High Commission.

Three Swedish municipalities announces, through a contract award decision, that they intend to sign an agreement with Formpipe regarding the e-archiving product Long-Term Archive. The order value is estimated to SEK 20 million over an eight-year period.

Earthport (AIM: EPO.L), the leading payment network for cross-border payments, is pleased to announce the appointment of N+1 Singer and Shore Capital as Joint Brokers to the Company with immediate effect. Panmure Gordon remains as Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker to the Company

Surecomp, the leading global provider of trade finance solutions for banks and corporations, announced today that Isbank AG, the European arm of Turkey’s leading bank Türkiye Is Bankasi A.S., has commenced production with DOKA 5, Surecomp’s configurable back-office solution for documentary trade finance.

Xura, a leading provider of digital communications services for enterprises, announced its strategic partnership with SMS PASSCODE, a technology leader in adaptive multi-factor authentication. Xura complements SMS PASSCODE’s authentication suite by providing reliable and secure messaging connectivity world-wide, through carrier-grade communications.

HSBC announces $10.5 million investment in New York-headquartered cognitive computing startup CustomerMatrix.