PayPoint and Northern Ireland electricity supplier, Share Energy, are pleased to announce a new partnership that will provide pre-payment customers with convenient payment solutions available immediately at PayPoint locations.

The partnership means all pre-payment Share Energy customers can now top-up their electricity meters in any one of PayPoint’s 1,167 stores in Northern Ireland.

The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, has appointed Leandros Kalisperas as its first Chief Investment Officer, with responsibility for all of the Bank’s investment activities. 

Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced a partnership with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated., the leading independent pan-African financial services group, to enable seamless cross-border payments across 35 African markets for more than 32 million customers.

Akur8, the next generation insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by Transparent ML, is thrilled to announce its recent collaboration with Windward Risk Managers, the company that manages Florida Peninsula Insurance, Edison Insurance, and the newly formed Ovation Home Insurance Exchange. Windward has selected Akur8's Core Platform solution to enhance their predictive modeling framework, elevating pricing precision and efficiency across their personal lines of business.

Alkami Technology, Inc., a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced it has been listed as the top digital banking provider in credit union market share based on the number of enrolled mobile users by 

NAGA, the all-in-one financial platform, has joined forces with legendary boxer Mike Tyson to launch its new branding campaign, “NAGA: Your Go-to App for Everything Money.”

Simply Asset Finance, a leading provider of specialist business lending solutions, has announced that its Northern Ireland office has now surpassed £100 million in total loan origination - a milestone achievement for its growth. The news underscores the business’ ongoing commitment to supporting SMEs across the region with agile products designed to flex according to need. 

fundcraft, a leader in digital fund operations, today announces the final closing of its Series A round with a €6 million investment led by 3VC and MiddleGame Ventures.

Deloitte has today announced the winners of the 2023 UK Technology Fast 50 awards. The awards recognise and rank the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK, based on average revenue growth over a four-year period, and are sponsored by Multiverse, Oracle NetSuite, BGF and HSBC Innovation Banking.

The 2023 Fast 50 winners have a collective average four-year growth rate of 5,473%, total revenues of £801 million in 2022/23, and employ almost 15,000 people in the UK.