Mastercard and ANNA Money enter next phase of partnership as the ‘debit card that meows’ comes of age
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Banking
Mastercard and ANNA Money today announced an extended partnership that will support ANNA’s customers with value-added services. ANNA is a mobile business account, Mastercard debit card and virtual assistant rolled into one aimed at start-ups, freelancers and small businesses. Launched in 2018, ANNA (Absolutely No Nonsense Admin) “the debit card that meows”, has worked with Mastercard since its inception.
Yolt enters beta for substantial app update in reaction to changing consumer priorities
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Covid-19, Banking
Yolt, the award-winning smart money app, has today announced that it is heading into a beta period, testing a new evolution of its app focused on smart spending and savings growth, in recognition of the shift in financial priorities brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Colt’s enhanced uCPE proposition brings enterprises closer to the edge
- 5 years 7 months ago
- IT Innovations
Colt Technology Services has announced its enhanced universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) solution, which brings the benefits of Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) to enterprises. This expanded functionality provides a network operating system and hosting environment for Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), such as SD WAN and firewalls, all running on standard off-the-shelf servers, with both provider managed and customer managed NFV...
Finzly adds technology industry veteran to growing executive team
- 5 years 7 months ago
- People Moves
In response to growing market demand for its solutions, Finzly, a fintech provider of modern banking applications for foreign exchange, trade finance, payments and digital banking, is quickly expanding its customer success team to support increased execution and planning. Finzly is pleased to announce the addition of Dharmesh Patel as its new vice president of Customer Success.
Forex trading increased by 300% during COVID-19
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Covid-19, Foreign Exchange
With 50% month-to-month growth in trading volumes, FX is on a roll - but what will happen when we’re back to normal? The coronavirus pandemic threw the world into a tailspin. More than six months after COVID-19 came into our lives, the international community is still dealing with substantial uncertainty. Hundreds of millions have lost their income, and the future remains undecided for people and businesses around the world.
BNY Mellon automates global payment inquiries, becoming the first US bank to offer SWIFT gpi Case Resolution service
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Banking
BNY Mellon has recently collaborated with SWIFT to be the first U.S. bank to offer the gpi Case Resolution service to clients, and the fifth globally. This offering marks another milestone in BNY Mellon’s commitment towards client-centric payment services and leading the path for other global payments innovation (gpi) initiatives.
Businesses choose Bitcoin payments as lockdowns lift
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Bitcoins
As businesses worldwide begin coming out of lockdown into uncharted territory, adapting and surviving the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 is imperative as consumer behaviour, namely spending habits, continue to rapidly change. Alongside a 200% rise in “first-time” online purchases in April, Econsultancy recently reported a 33% increase in “online banking or use of mobile apps and payment methods”.
Leading PPC expert Claire Jarrett urges SMEs to take back control of their Google Ads
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Covid-19, Management
Britain’s small businesses are being urged to cash in on Google’s free ad voucher scheme and take charge of their own campaigns rather than entrusting the health of their business to an external agency by one of the industry’s leading PPC experts.
UK fintech Wiserfunding enters India
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Credit Risk
UK based fintech Wiserfunding announced its entry into India, launching its Artificial Intelligence (AI) backed cloud-based credit risk assessment tool targeted for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Wiserfunding arrives at a time when SMEs across India are struggling due to the COVID-19 impact and the available models in the lending sector are not specific to SMEs, are largely non-technology based and have low prediction accuracy.
Huobi announces the establishment of Huobi DeFi Labs
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Huobi Group, the world leading Blockchain Company has announced the establishment of Huobi DeFi Labs. Huobi DeFi Labs is the platform for DeFi (Decentralized Finance) research, investment, and incubation and eco system building in DeFi space. It aims to build a better financial system in collaborations with the global crypto and DeFi community for the future.
EDPIA welcomes SIA as a new member
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
The European Digital Payments Industry Alliance (EDPIA) is happy to announce that SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in payment services and infrastructures headquartered in Milan and controlled by CDP Equity, has joined the Alliance, joining founding members Ingenico Group, Nets, Nexi and Wordline in advocating the growth of digital payments in Europe.
Acronis opens its Cyber Protection Operations Center in the EMEA-region
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cybersecurity
Acronis announced a new fully operational Cyber Protection Operation Center (CPOC), which puts the EMEA-region on the global cyber protection map and will help partners, customers and individuals to get #CyberFit with cyber protection services, ongoing monitoring and analysis of cyber threats.
Volante Technologies receives $35m of growth funding from leading international investors to accelerate cloud expansion globally
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Volante Technologies Inc., a leading provider of payments and financial messaging solutions in the cloud, today announced that it has raised $35m USD in growth equity financing led by Wavecrest Growth Partners with strategic participation from BNY Mellon, Citi Ventures, PostePay and Visa Inc.
Paymentology works with Utility Warehouse to help customers reduce their bills
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
Utility Warehouse (UW), has selected cloud-based payment processing platform, Paymentology, to process its cashback card transactions. UW customers can benefit from cashback from thousands of market-leading online and high street retailers, including Sainsbury’s, Boots, and M&S. This cashback is automatically offset against their monthly utility bill.
ESG Investment North America Virtual Summit – by Reuters Events Markets
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Reuters Events hosts the leading, North American institutional investor forum bringing financially critical ESG insights to mainstream investors. Join a two-day agenda that provides market leading strategies alongside practical ESG guidance, delivered by leading asset managers, asset owners, senior regulators, policy makers, data innovators and more.
