Comviva introduces innovative Mobile Recharge App for Telecom Operators to increase their distribution network during COVID-19 Pandemic
- 4 years 4 months ago
- Covid-19
Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility and digital solutions, has launched the PreTUPS™ Direct Selling Agent application. This mobile application enables subscribers to recharge the prepaid mobile connections of other subscribers and earn incentives or cashbacks.
New lenders accredited to British Business Bank Coronavirus Business Loan Schemes
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved six new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), three new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) and two new lenders for accreditation to the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS).
Future Fund Extended to UK companies from accelerator programmes outside the UK
- 4 years 4 months ago
- Covid-19
The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Future Fund is being expanded to accommodate businesses that contribute significantly to the UK economy, but do not have their parent company based in the UK because they participated in a non-UK based accelerator programme.
Leave Nobody in the Dark
- 4 years 4 months ago
- Covid-19
Good Things Foundation, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The APLE Collective, Clean Slate Training & Employment CIC and Mastercard have formed a coalition of partners to offer immediate support to digitally and financially excluded people in the UK, with a focus on those in poverty hit hardest by the impact of COVID-19. Digital inequality has for some time risked exacerbating poverty and reducing financial wellbeing. However, the need to... more
UK Public Cite Greater Concern over the Future of the National Health Service (NHS) and the UK Economy than Their Own Health or Online Threats, According to Unisys Security Index™
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19, Risk Management
Brits are more concerned about COVID-19’s impact on the NHS and the UK economy (61%) than their own personal health (41%); British consumers are less worried about online threats, with concerns about hacking and using online services falling drastically compared to 2019, while the majority are working from home
New Mastercard coalition tackles digital and financial exclusion
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19
Mastercard has formed a coalition with The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Good Things Foundation, The APLE Collective, Clean Slate Training & Employment CIC to tackle digital and financial exclusion in the UK, with emergency support focussing on those hit hardest by the economic impacts of COVID-19.
SYKES for FinTech Survey Reveals Consumer Behavior Shifts in the Era of COVID-19
A new SYKES for FinTech survey finds many U.S. adults are new users of financial technologies, specifically in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
KfW coronavirus aid programme: Kapilendo and Varengold Bank create first digital access to instant loans
In cooperation with Hamburg-based Varengold Bank, Berlin fintech Kapilendo is now offering small and medium-sized enterprises the first fully digital application process for instant loans (GER: Schnellkredite) offered by KfW, a German state-owned development bank based in Frankfurt. German companies with more than ten employees can apply via www.kapilen.do/kfw-schnellkredit. The loans will be 100% guaranteed by the German Federal Government.
Smartway2 expands its ‘COVID-safe workplace’ solution with new capabilities to help protect workers when they return to the office
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19
Smartway2, a next-generation technology company specialising in workplace scheduling solutions, announced the expansion of its COVID-Safe Workplace capabilities to include the automation of approvals and certification processes for those who want to come back to the office, as well as employee surveys to gauge how people feel about their return to work. These new capabilities reflect the rising demand for technology that can adapt to fast-... more
Italians and Bulgarians most actively invest in P2P lending during the pandemic
According to the statistics of the European P2P lending platform Robo.cash, the highest number of new investors who joined the platform from February to May came from Italy. At the same time, the highest increase in the volume of investments added to the platform in this period was by Bulgarian investors.
New lenders accredited to British Business Bank Coronavirus Business Loan Schemes
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved one new lender for accreditation to the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), and six new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Investec will join the other 20 BBLS lenders who have been accredited since the scheme opened last month.
Blue Prism automates US gov. PPP Process helping small businesses stay afloat
Blue Prism has teamed-up with Lateetud and ABBYY to support the US government’s latest COVID-19 relief efforts for small businesses, by helping to automate loan applications during the two rounds of funding, $349 billion and $310 billion respectively, allocated by Congress as part of its
British fintechs call on the Government to incentivise private investors to protect SMEs from collapse
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19
Buckworths, the UK’s only law firm working exclusively with start-ups and high growth businesses, has yesterday sent a letter to the Treasury requesting the introduction of measures to incentivise angel investors to invest in SMEs that have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
New lenders accredited to British Business Bank Coronavirus Business Loan Schemes
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved a new lender for accreditation to the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), five new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and four new lenders under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). Paragon Bank will join the other 19 BBLS lenders who have been accredited since the scheme opened last month.
Fintechs Must Take Part in COVID-19 Recovery, says Bruc Bond
Leading business banking firm Bruc Bond believes small businesses must be helped by fintechs to lessen shock of worldwide pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has severely crippled the global economy. While social distancing measures have been vital to securing people's lives and enabling effective governmental responses to the pandemic, SMEs around the world have been hit hard by these necessary measures.
