Larry Neiman joins Macrobond as North America Business Development Director
- 4 years 9 months ago
- People Moves
Neiman joins from Haver Analytics to drive future growth in the US MACROBOND Financial, a leading provider of economic and financial data and analytics, announced today that it has appointed Larry Neiman as Director of Business Development, effective 1 November. Mr. Neiman, who will be based in New York, will be responsible for growing Macrobond’s business in the US and managing strategic customer relationships in the region.
As use of Alternative Payments is Skyrocketing, Banks must Urgently Embrace the next Generation of Payments to Stay in the Race: Capgemini’s World Payments Report 2021
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
The report found that by 2025, instant payments and e-money payments will account for more than 25% of global non-cash transactions, up from 14.5% in 2020.
Getsafe secures another $63 million in funds, extending its Series B to $93 million.
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
Getsafe, the digital insurer targeting millennial buyers in Germany and the UK, has expanded its Series B funding round to $93M. The company is now serving a quarter of a million customers in Germany and the UK, consolidating its position as Europe’s largest neo-insurer.
Privacy Risks in IRS Banking Transaction Reporting Avoidable: Industry Experts
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Banking
The IRS can avoid the risk of misuse and loss of private data by using analytics software. FlowTracker Analytics today announced an alternative to reporting banking transactions to the IRS that cuts down privacy risks while providing more relevant information to support the Treasury's tax compliance goals - money flow analysis.
TableYeti and TiPJAR Launch World's First Card Machine that Separates Tips from Transactions
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Payments
TiPJAR®, the UK’s leading HMRC-cleared cashless tipping platform have announced their second pioneering partnership with TableYeti™, provider of payment devices that deliver a radically better contactless payment experience for hospitality businesses, to launch the world’s first payment terminal that enables card tips to be separated from a transaction transparently.
CoinCorner Acquires Coinfloor to Further British Bitcoin Adoption
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Bitcoins
Coinfloor customers will be smoothly migrated to CoinCorner’s platform Two of the leading UK-focused Bitcoin exchanges, CoinCorner and Coinfloor, have agreed to migrate Coinfloor’s customers to the CoinCorner platform to help further British Bitcoin adoption.
Open Banking Expo joins forces with Open Vector to support growth of Open Banking and Open Finance in Latin America
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Open Banking
Open Banking Expo, the largest global community of Open Banking and Open Finance executives driving one of the biggest digital transformations across the financial services sector, has partnered with open banking advisory company Open Vector to support the growth of the open banking ecosystem in Latin America. The partners will launch community meet-ups to bring together financial institutions, regulators and industry leaders to accelerate the...
UOB and ADDX Collaborate On Sustainability-Linked Digital Bond
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Banking
Digitisation of S$50-million bond allocation uses blockchain and smart contract technology to achieve faster processing and lower cost in the custody and administration of the bond UOB and digital securities exchange ADDX have concluded the digitisation and digital custody of the inaugural sustainability-linked bond recently launched by Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp). This initiative comes amid a rise in the use of digital securities to enhance...
UK high-street Banks are no Longer Trusted by Nearly Half of their Customers
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Banking
Banks make their money using “hidden” charges, say many of those surveyed Concern over the safety of savings is widespread, with many now limiting what they put into traditional banks Some - particularly young people - are so concerned they prefer to keep cash at home People feel banks do not put customers first, and many are now seeking alternative ways to save and spend
Chip’s Biggest ever Growth Round goes Public to the Crowd
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Investment
The fintech kicks off the crowd portion of the round with £1 million raised in under 10 minutes The Growth Round follows on from Chip’s biggest year to date The funding will be used to fuel growth as the company aims to build the best savings account in the world
Flutterwave Named in the 2021 CB Insights Fintech 250 List of Top Fintech Startups
- 4 years 9 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Flutterwave honored for achievements in Payments Processing
Former Scottish Financial Enterprise CEO Joins Exizent Board – Supporting its Mission to Revolutionise Bereavement
- 4 years 9 months ago
- IT Innovations
Exizent, the Glasgow-based technology firm whose innovative platform is transforming bereavement by connecting legal services firms with banks and the wider financial services community, has announced the exciting appointment of Graeme Jones as a Senior Adviser to the Board.
Inflationary Spiral Concerns as a Third of Businesses and Half of Construction Firms Face Price Hikes
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Wealth Management
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘’The anecdotes from truckers, turkey farmers, builders and bosses about escalating problems in the supply chain are far from isolated cases. Rising costs hitting industries across the board are backed up in the latest large scale survey from the ONS. The Business Insights research shows that almost a third of businesses (29%) questioned reported that the price of...
Successful Start of Brokerage Business - Some Tips and Hints
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Cryptocurrencies
Trading in the international foreign exchange market is a popular niche where hundreds and hundreds of large companies are involved. Each user can become successful here, but do not forget about the significant risks. According to statistics, only 17% of brokers are successful. It is difficult to gain popularity and leading positions in this segment. And many platforms take years to become Forex prime brokers.
Trafigura and Circulor to Provide Carbon Emissions Tracking and Traceability via Blockchain to Nickel and Cobalt Supply Chains
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
Trafigura Pte Ltd (“Trafigura”), one of the world’s largest physical commodity trading companies, and Circulor, the leading provider of supply chain provenance and emissions tracking services, have today signed a Master Services Agreement to provide traceability and CO2 tracking for Trafigura’s nickel and cobalt trading division.
