Zwipe & Galileo Sponsor Group Futurista's 2nd Futurecast Webinar
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19
Group Futurista is a global tech based event company. They have organized numerous technology summits across Europe in the past two years. To keep up with the current pandemic situation, Group Futurista launched the 'FutureCast Series of Webinars' last month.
Xignite sees record demand for financial data during pandemic
Xignite, Inc., a provider of market data distribution and management solutions for financial services and technology companies, announced today that it has seen a dramatic increase in API requests over the past few months. In April alone, Xignite saw over 365 billion API hits, or more than 12 billion a day, setting a record for the firm and underscoring the need for a scalable and battle-tested platform to satisfy the needs of clients during an... more
Lockdown alters crypto trading habits - Revolut data
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19, Cryptocurrencies
Today Revolut, the Financial Super App with over 10 million customers in the U.K and Europe, reveals figures outlining how the cryptocurrency market has changed on a week by week basis during the lockdown period.
Nimbla and Wiserfunding partner to protect UK SMEs from insolvency
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19, Credit Risk, Insurance
With the number of UK SMEs in significant financial distress reaching over 500,000 due to COVID-19[1], leading invoice insurance provider Nimbla has teamed up with SME credit risk assessment platform, Wiserfunding, to improve the availability and pricing of commercial credit insurance. This will ensure that SMEs can continue trading and prevent the UK economy from stalling.
Paysend calls for accelerated post-crisis FinTech innovation
UK-based FinTech firm Paysend has called for an industry-wide acceleration of innovation across FinTech and payments in response to the global coronavirus situation. Sweeping disruption to the daily financial habits of consumers has created a number of problems that Paysend sees as necessary to be solved by emerging FinTech innovators with the provision of simple, accessible and low-cost solutions.
Quarter of merchants were borrowing funds to pay business costs or salaries - even before COVID-19
- 4 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19, Lending, Online Trading
Europe-wide research commissioned by innovative financial infrastructure provider Banking Circle has found that nearly two thirds (64.6%) of online merchants have needed extra finance in the past two years (excluding borrowing due to the current COVID-19 crisis).
British Business Bank approves four new lenders for accreditation under the CBILS
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). New lenders The FSE Group, FW Capital, Mercia Asset Management and Whiterock Finance will be able to provide financial support to smaller businesses in the Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine regions, as well as Northern Ireland, that are losing revenue and seeing their... more
1 in 4 bank branches will close across Europe in next 3 years, according to Kearney analysis
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Covid-19, Online Banking
Analysis from global consultancy partnership Kearney predicts that 25% of bank branches will close across Europe in the next three years as new customer habits around digital banking, forced by the pandemic, become permanent. This is a sharp increase in the ongoing trend of bank branch closures across Europe, which saw 35% branch closures in the last ten years.
DenizBank Uses OneSpan’s Mobile App Security Solution to Handle Doubling of Demand from COVID-19
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Covid-19, Transaction Banking, Mobile Banking, Security
OneSpan™ (NASDAQ: OSPN), the global leader in securing remote banking transactions, today announced that leading Turkish bank, DenizBank, is using OneSpan’s Mobile Security Suite to protect 2.6 million mobile customers across the bank’s mobile banking app MobilDeniz, mobile wallet fastPay and card management application DenizKartım.
SumUp expands e-commerce product range to support businesses through COVID-19 lockdown and beyond
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Covid-19, E-Commerce, SaaS
UK-based payments service provider SumUp (www.sumup.co.uk) is launching today an online payment tool to help businesses adapt to ongoing social distancing measures.
30 top VCs launch the "VC Hours" initiative to help UK startups cope during the Covid-19 crisis
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Covid-19, FinTech StartUps
Breega and Connect Ventures, two founder-friendly VCs specialised in funding early-stage tech startups, have joined forces with 28 other UK-based VCs to provide free and confidential advice to startups looking for help on coping with challenges arising from the Covid-19 crisis.
Nationwide study reveals that 73% of UK business leaders expect COVID-19 to spark a new wave of workplace and industry automation
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Covid-19, Platform Technology
Pod Group, a provider of platforms, software and connectivity services for the Internet of Things (IoT), and connected enterprises, today released a new study revealing that 73% of UK business leaders expect COVID-19 to spark a new wave of workplace and industry automation.
Ant Group releases 2020 CSR Report: digital technology can help create a better future
Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Group”) has released its 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, detailing its efforts to leverage the power of digital technology to build a better future, particularly as communities across the globe continue to grapple with challenges posed by COVID-19.
Nearly one of three consumers is past due on at least one bill - due to COVID-19 pandemic, new ACI Worldwide research reveals
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Covid-19, e-Payments, Banking
Nearly one of three consumers (27%) is past due on at least one bill and nearly 50 percent will need up to a year to catch up on bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from YouGov and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions.
Wolters Kluwer Continues PPP Educational Series With Loan Forgiveness Webinar
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Covid-19, Lending, Security and Compliance, Risk Management
Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions is continuing to prove its industry leadership, through its ongoing customer educational series designed to help the market navigate the complexities of the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program.
