• Since October 2021, Wise has launched partnerships with credit unions, digital banks, a business-to-business payments platform, and more

Wise (formerly TransferWise), the global technology company building the best way to move and manage money around the world, launched seven partnerships in Q4 2021, as the business continues to grow Wise Platform, its API offer for banks and non-banks alike. 

Health & Social Care levy tax increase is first time employers are being asked to communicate Government mandated pay changes to workers

Customers of the PayDashboard platform, a leading provider of digital payslips and pay guidance, will today be able to access a new calculator designed to support employees to understand the new Health & Social Care Levy (HSCL) and how it will impact them.

Employers looking for support in communicating changes to employees

Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) are a government vehicle that bring together wealthy private investors with businesses in need of scale-up funding

Octopus Investments is today launching its first VCT in ten years in a bid to raise £20m to support scaling up businesses in need of investment. The VCT, named Future Generations, is the first sustainability focussed VCT launched under the current rules. Funds raised will go into scaling up early-stage businesses that support building a more sustainable planet, empowering people or revitalising healthcare. 

• Tiger Global led the heavily oversubscribed round, joined by PayU and Alto Partners

• Ayoconnect is Indonesia’s leading open finance platform with more than 4,000 embedded finance products and 500 million annual API hits

• More than 200 customers use Ayoconnect’s APIs, serving some of the largest financial institutions, tech unicorns, and traditional companies as well new and up-and-coming startups

The platform, built with a cloud native architecture and automation engineering, enables payment processing with peerless performance and reliability

The Group is committed to meet its strong recruitment ambitions and establish Worldline as a global leading Paytech

Silkbank will upgrade its card management suite to use Silverlake's latest platform, Symmetri OmniCard V6.

SGX-listed Silverlake Axis Ltd, the ASEAN leader in next-generation digital core banking systems and solutions, today announced an expansion of its partnership with Silkbank, a leading commercial and Islamic bank in Pakistan. Through the latest agreement, Silkbank will upgrade its card management suite to use Silverlake's latest platform, Symmetri OmniCard V6.

Strategic investment sets the stage for expanded future omnichannel merchant acquiring capabilities for European SMBs, Value-Added Services and Payments Innovation

Acquisition strengthens BlackLine's intercompany accounting solutions, adding advanced tax and statutory reporting compliance capabilities to its financial operations management platform

SAP SE today announced its intent to acquire a majority stake of Taulia, a leading provider of working capital management solutions. The move is aimed at giving companies better access to liquidity and improving their cash flows. The acquisition further expands SAP’s Business Network and strengthens SAP’s solutions for the CFO office.