Government Launches National Hub to Turbocharge FinTech Growth
- 3 years 4 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
The government has announced the launch of a national hub for FinTech, named the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT), to drive the growth of the sector on a global scale. CFIT is supported by £5.5 million of Treasury and City of London Corporation funding and will boost growth and innovation, championing businesses and fostering job creation across the sector.
Global Fintech ImaliPay Signs Deal with Renda to Empower E-commerce Across Africa
- 3 years 4 months ago
- E-Commerce
ImaliPay, a leading global fintech-as-a-service provider, has signed a major deal with 3rd Party e-commerce fulfilment solution Renda.
Zimpler Appoints Chief Product Officer to Drive Product Innovation Further
- 3 years 4 months ago
- People Moves
Zimpler, a Swedish fintech company providing seamless and secure account-to-account payments, announced today the appointment of Stefan Andersson as its Chief Product Officer. He will take on the role starting 20 March 2023.
GCEX Expands into APAC with the Appointment of Sue Cheung as Head of APAC Sales
- 3 years 4 months ago
- People Moves
Digital Prime Brokerage, GCEX (GCEX Group) is expanding into the APAC region with the appointment of Sue Cheung as Head of APAC Sales, based in Hong Kong.
Five Key Trends In Payment Cards For 2023
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Payments
The global digital payments market is now estimated to be worth more than the car manufacturing sector, and is expected to reach USD$20 trillion by 2026.
Feedzai Joins Global Anti-Scam Alliance
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Security
Feedzai, the market leader in fighting financial crime with AI, has joined the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) – a not-for-profit organisation whose goal is to protect consumers across the world from scams – as a corporate member.
Regtech Salv Strengthens C-Suite Following €4M Fundraise
- 3 years 4 months ago
- RegTech
Salv, the regtech start-up founded by former Wise and Skype employees, announces the strengthening of its senior management team with the appointment of Lauri Haav as Chief Growth Officer (CGO), Gristel Tali as Chief Product Officer (CPO), Maarja-Liis Mitri as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Kimberli Lis Kopli as Head of People, following its recent €4m seed extension round.
Blockchain Projects to Become More Simple, Flexible with Latest Quant Innovation
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain
Quant, the blockchain for finance pioneer, has announced its connectivity to the Avalanche blockchain via a new release of its Overledger platform. The development is part of Quant’s push to make blockchain simple, trusted, and future-proof, allowing firms to launch projects that can work alongside their legacy systems without disruption, as well as across different blockchains.
UK Employers Risk Deepening Employees’ Cost-of-living Woes and Increasing Fraud Potential by Shunning Corporate Credit Cards, Reveals Emburse Survey
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Credit Cards
Concerns around tight personal finances are putting people off using their own credit cards for work expenses, according to research commissioned by Emburse, the global leader in spend optimisation. The research also showed that companies were slow to respond to the demand, despite an increase in expense fraud related to current economic conditions.
Thought Machine to Increase Global Headcount by More than 20% in Next Phase of Growth Plans
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company, today announces the next phase of its expansion plans, in which it will increase its global headcount by more than 20% in 2023, which includes hiring in India, Japan and South Africa for the first time.
Challenger and Specialist Bank Lending Reached Record High of £35.5B in 2022, Finds Latest British Business Bank Research
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Lending
Published today, the British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets 2022/23 report shows £35.5bn of bank lending came from challenger and specialist banks in 2022. This exceeded lending by the major banks during the period, giving challenger and specialist banks a 55% share of the market Gross bank lending increased by 12.8% in 2022, however, net lending fell by £8.5bn in large part reflecting repayment of Covid loans.
Digital Asset Research (DAR) Joins Pyth To Provide ‘Clean’ Crypto Pricing For DeFi and Smart Contracts
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Digital Asset Research (DAR), a leading provider of ‘clean’ crypto data, insights, and research, announced today that it joined the Pyth network, an oracle solution designed to deliver real-time, high-fidelity, market data on the blockchain on a sub-second timescale.
Marquee Fintech Event, FinovateEurope, Coming to London on March 14-15
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Infrastructure
Informa PLC (“Informa”), a London-based events production, digital products and academic research services agency will host F
Metia Group Appoints Liz High as Practice Lead, Financial Services
- 3 years 4 months ago
- People Moves
Metia Group, the global B2B marketing agency, has appointed Liz High to the position of Practice Lead, Financial Services with a focus on growing Metia’s business in the financial services sector, supporting clients with data-driven insight, strategy, research, brand, PR, AR and digital marketing programmes.
