Kingswood Appoints New Technology Leader to Support Best-in-class Tech Initiatives
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Wealth Management
Kingswood Holdings Limited, the international, fully integrated wealth and investment management group, is today pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Calvocoressi as Technology Transformation Lead. In his role, Christopher will be responsible for leading Kingswood’s technology transformation agenda and will also head up the further development of Kingswood Go, a recently launched online portal which allows clients to access their...
First UK Bank to Sign Agreements to Offer New Payment Option Through VRP
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Banking
NatWest Group has signed agreements with three payment providers – TrueLayer, GoCardless and Crezco – to offer Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) as a new and convenient payment option for businesses and consumers. Today’s announcement, an industry first, means that NatWest Group will be the first UK bank to go beyond the requirement for banks to provide VRP in support of ‘sweeping’ – the automatic transfer of money between two accounts belonging...
Spectrum Markets Unveils First On-venue European 24-5 Turbo Trading on Cryptocurrencies
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Trading Systems
Spectrum Markets, the pan-European trading venue for securitised derivatives, announced today its product offering has widened to include cryptocurrencies as an underlying, with turbo warrants on Bitcoin and Ethereum now available. The new products expand Spectrum’s existing suite of Turbo24s and allow brokers to offer their clients long or short leveraged exposure to the price of the two most popular cryptocurrencies.
Can BaaS Help Build Back Customers’ Trust in Financial Services?
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Banking
Financial services – and banks in particular – have faced trust issues for years, driven in part by painful service experiences, often disproportionate fees, and an unnecessary propensity for jargon. Let’s not forget the scandals that seem to rear their ugly heads every few years or so - clearly there are plenty of reasons for customer dissatisfaction.
Small Business Leaders Look to Prioritise Better Work-life Balance to Improve Leadership Performance and Personal Wellbeing
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
New research from American Express highlights that - after a challenging few years - small business leaders increasingly recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance and downtime to improving their personal wellbeing as well as vital business leadership skills.
Vyta Receives £11M Investment from MML and Acquires IT Disposal Company FGD
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Security and Compliance
Vyta Group, Ireland’s leading secure IT recycling company, today announces the acquisition of Essex-based IT disposal company FGD, following an £11M investment from MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland (MML). The investment from MML will give it a minority shareholding in the Group.
Industry Veteran Pete Daffern Appointed Non-Executive Company Chair at Xceptor
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Data
Xceptor, the financial sector’s leading no-code software platform for data automation, today announced the appointment of Pete Daffern as Non-Executive Company Chair. Pete brings over 30 years’ experience within the technology sector, having successfully grown numerous software businesses, including the creation of three companies which achieved market capitalisations of over $10BN.
Worldline Partners with Fintech Algoan to Offer Next-level Credit Assessment Solution
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Banking
Worldline, a global leader in payment services, and Algoan, a leading credit scoring provider, today announced a collaboration agreement to jointly develop a next-level credit assessment solution to help lenders and services providers make better credit decisions. This service is based on best-in-class APIs & machine learning, making use of open banking transaction data.
Generation Life Launches Investment-linked Lifetime Annuity
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Investment
Financial Risk Solutions (FRS), provider of investment administration software to asset owners and life and pensions companies worldwide, today announced Generation Life, an Australian leading provider of tax-effective investment bonds, has launched an investment-linked lifetime annuity solution using FRS’s Invest|Pro™ as a key component of Generation Life’s technology supporting the lifetime annuity.
Identity Confirmation in Under 30 Seconds: How Biometrics Became Lightning Fast and Accurate
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Digital Identity
How do you do trust someone you can’t meet in person? It’s a question organisations have been grappling with in the age of the internet, KYC requirements, and the rapidly escalating costs and consequences of identity fraud. “Enter biometrics with liveness detection, a state-of-the-art solution that onboards customers securely, easily, and quickly,” says Lance Fanaroff, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, iiDENTIFii – leader in remote...
Things Speed Up for Payful Following Accelerator Selection
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Payful, a new startup dedicated to eradicating late invoice payments across B2B transactions has secured its place on Enterprise City’s ‘Exchange Support Scheme’. As part of the selection, the fledgling Manchester-based FinTech will now move its offices to the city’s famous Bonded Warehouse.
Klarna’s Fairer Alternative to Traditional Credit will Help UK Consumers Build a Positive Credit History from June
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Payments
Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service, today announced that its UK customers will soon be able to build a positive credit history by using Klarna’s Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) products. Klarna will begin reporting use of BNPL products with UK credit reference agencies (CRAs) to protect customers, provide the industry with greater visibility of BNPL use, and give UK consumers one less reason to use high-cost credit...
London Based Ruddocks and Co. Chartered Certified Accountants Sign up to Living Wage Mandate
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Accounting
Woodford Green-based firm, Ruddocks and Co. Chartered Certified Accountants has solidified their commitment to paying the Living Wage, by signing up to the foundation in April 2022. Ruddocks and Co. Chartered Certified Accountants is the only accounting firm in the London Borough of Woodford to have been recognised as an accredited Living Wage employer, marking it as one of only five businesses in the entire borough to have made that commitment.
UTP, Faster Processing, and phos Become Industry Pioneers by Being the First to Introduce Same Day Processing for Payments Accepted on a Smartphone
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Management, Payments
UTP, an award-winning provider of card and other payment solutions, has partnered with leading fintech, phos, to create the latest industry innovation, tapeeno, enabling smartphones to be transformed into a payment device in an easy and convenient way.
Finastra Managed Services Launches on Amazon Web Services
- 3 years 11 months ago
- Management
Today Finastra announces the launch of Finastra Managed Services (FMS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable banks and financial institutions to access FMS in the AWS cloud. FMS being available in the AWS cloud has already demonstrated its benefits, helping a large multi-national U.S. bank on the West Coast roll out its lending solution.
