Tink Comment: Chancellor's UK FinTech Week Keynote Speech
Commenting on Rishi Sunak’s plans revealed at UK FinTech Week, Rafa Plantier, Head of UK & Ireland at Tink, said: On planned reforms to the visa system “This reform is crucial to ensure that businesses have access to the best talent from around the globe — specifically people who have spent time with ambitious, rapid growth businesses and who can bring this experience to bear on the UK fintech sector.”
FintechOS Raises USD60 Million in Draper Esprit-led Series B Funding Round to Fuel Global Expansion
FintechOS the global technology provider for banks, insurers and other financial services companies, today announced it has raised USD60 million (EUR51 million) in Series B funding. The round was led by Draper Esprit, a leading venture capital firm whose investments include Form3, ICEYE, Revolut, Thought Machine, UiPath.
Finastra Announces Winner of its Hackathon to Tackle Bias nn Financial Services
- 5 years 1 month ago
- IT Innovations, Financial
Finastra has announced the winner of its recent hackathon - Hack to the Future 3. Launched to help build an unbiased fintech future, the event saw over 600 participants from more than 50 countries, including Antarctica.
Software Solutions: How Digital Innovation Can Help Your Business
- 5 years 1 month ago
- IT Innovations, Accounting, Infrastructure
Digital innovation is key in ensuring that your business remains relevant and stays ahead of the competition. Using business software solutions, cloud-based tools and various online platforms, you can ensure your business operates more efficiently moving forward. Streamlining your processes through digitisation will allow you to increase productivity and generate higher profits for your company.
Daniel Carpenter about UK’s Financial Services Innovation
- 5 years 1 month ago
- IT Innovations
Daniel Carpenter, Head of regulation at Meritsoft, a Cognizant company:
Apex Group Appoints Former Investec Bank Executive in Trio of Digital Banking Hires
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Banking, Online Banking, Financial
Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, announces today the appointment of Alistair Stuart to the newly created position of Head of Digital Banking. The Group’s Digital Banking leadership team is further strengthened with the hires of Ankit Shah as Head of Digital Banking Business Development and Neale Croutear-Foy as Chief Technology Officer, Digital Banking.
Tide Selected for Tech Nation Future Fifty Following Strongest Year of Growth
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Platform Technology, Online Banking, Financial
Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform, has become one of the latest to be selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme, designed to bring together, empower and accelerate the growth of the most successful tech companies in the UK.
B-North Partners with Testhouse to Ensure Banking Platform is Ready for Launch
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Platform Technology, Banking, IT Innovations
B-North the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK has partnered with Testhouse, a leading technology quality and reliability consultancy. The partnership allows B-North to benefit from Testhouse’s 20 years of experience in the IT industry, in which they serve organisations small to large with DevOps focused consultancy services to help technology work more seamlessly within businesses.
Taking Startups to the Next Level with Kickstart Innovation
- 5 years 1 month ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Kickstart Innovation, one of Europe's leading, zero-equity, open innovation platforms based in Zurich, is currently launching its sixth program, and welcoming applications from businesses across the world. The application period is from April 15 to May 17.
Signifyd Closes $205 Million Funding Round to Extend Identity-Centric Commerce Protection Across Digital Shopping Globally
- 5 years 1 month ago
- E-Commerce, Financial
Signifyd, the leading provider of digital commerce protection, today announced a $205 million Series E growth equity financing led by Owl Rock Capital, with participation by financial services provider FIS and investment management organizations Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers. Their investment values the company at $1.34 billion and adds significant resources to expanding Signifyd’... more
Simplilearn Collaborates with KPMG in India to Offer Global PG Programs in Digital Business Transformation & Process Excellence
Simplilearn, the world's number one Online Bootcamp for digital economy skills training, today announced a collaboration with KPMG in India to offer postgraduate programs in the field of digital business transformation & process excellence, starting with
Decimal Technologies Disbursed Loans Worth $200 Million on its No-Code Platform
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Platform Technology, Financial
Decimal Technologies, one of India’s leading FinTech firms, disbursed loans worth $200 million during the fiscal year 2020-21, through its digital lending platform. In the unprecedented times last year, the company also aided the activation of 1.5 million end customer across the country, working with banks, NBFCs and Direct Selling Agents (DSAs). MSMEs, Loan Against Property and Home Loans form the majority of loans disbursed via the company’s... more
Bottomline scales its Confirmation of Payee service for UK Banks
Bottomline, a leading provider of financial technology that makes business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced that LHV and The Access Bank UK Ltd have signed up to the business’ cloud-based Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service to help combat APP fraud.
Metapraxis Announces New Chair of the Board of Directors
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Financial, People Moves
Metapraxis, the financial analytics technology business, today announces that Jacqueline de Rojas, CBE, previously an advisor to Metapraxis, has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors.
Finastra and HUBX Collaborate to Streamline Loan Syndication Process
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Financial
Finastra today announced its collaboration with HUBX to bring increased efficiency to corporate lenders during the loan syndication process through the reduction of manual processes. The integration of the HUBX digital front-office platform, HUBX Arranger, with Finastra’s market leading back-office loan software, Fusion Loan IQ, creates an enhanced end-to-end offering which boosts efficiency and harnesses data insights and automation to... more
