Substantive Research Launches Analyst Mapping Service
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Asset Management, Data
Substantive Research, the research discovery and research spend analytics provider for the buy-side, has today launched its Analyst Mapping service, allowing asset managers to gain an aggregated view of banks’ analyst moves, their seniority and sector coverage of relevance to them. Managers can now understand which brokers are investing or disinvesting in experienced analysts covering the sectors and asset classes pertinent to their strategies...
Africa Tech Festival: Sets the Agenda for Africa's Next Decade
- 5 years 7 months ago
- IT Innovations
The first virtual Africa Tech Festival took place 09-12 November in a year marked by challenge and change. As a physical event, taking place in Cape Town each year for more than two decades, the Africa Tech Festival, incorporating AfricaCom, AfricaTech, AHUB, and other co-located events, has always attracted a global audience of digital infrastructure and emerging technology leaders. In 2020, despite being hosted completely online, it was no...
Liquid Exchange Lists FIO Token and Aims to Integrate FIO Protocol
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
The Liquid Exchange has today announced that it will integrate the
Ukheshe to Acquire Oltio, Strengthens Partnership with Mastercard
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments, M&A Deals
Ukheshe, Africa’s leading digital fintech platform provider, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Oltio. Oltio developed the digital payments platform that supports Masterpass, Mastercard’s QR payment service in South Africa and enables people to safely pay for a wide variety of purchases with their bank card by scanning a QR code with their mobile phone.
FICO UK Credit Market Report September 2020 Shows Card Spend Rise Stalling
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Covid-19, Payments
Global analytics software provider FICO today released its analysis of UK card trends for September 2020, which shows the continuing impact of COVID-19 on household finances even while furlough and payment holidays remained in place during the month.
GLEIF Confirms J.P. Morgan as First Validation Agent in the Global LEI System
- 5 years 7 months ago
- RegTech
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) announces that J.P. Morgan has become the first Validation Agent in the Global LEI System.
Alibaba Cloud Unveils ‘Magic’ Behind the World’s Largest Online Shopping Festival
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cloud
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, today revealed the cutting-edge technologies rolled out in support of the 2020 11.11 Global Shopping Festival.
Twenty7Tec Releases Mortgage Figures After Second Week of National Lockdown 2.0
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Covid-19, Lending
Twenty7Tec, a leading mortgage technology platform, has released figures on the state of the mortgage market after the second week of national lockdown 2.0. The findings Mortgage searches Weekly mortgage search volumes are currently at 87.33% of the year’s highest figure, down 0.5% on the week before
MiFinity Offers Post-Brexit Payment Solutions For UK & EEA
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
The FCA announced on the 18th November 2020, that passporting of certain payment services for UK licenced institutions to European Economic Area (EEA) states will expire at the end the transition period on 31 December 2020.
SmartSearch Appoints Martin Turvey as International Development Director
- 5 years 7 months ago
- People Moves
Leading UK anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has bolstered its global growth ambitions with the appointment of an international development director, to oversee its expansion into US and European markets. Martin Turvey has stepped into the role which has been created as part of SmartSearch’s ongoing business growth strategy, reflecting the global demand for the market-leading AML solution.
Quppy Users Are Offered a Referral Program
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
The Quppy digital financial solution is launching its first referral program. The Quppy current and new users are now provided with their unique referral links to share among their communities. The Quppy referral program works on a volume basis. Both the referrer and the referee are awarded with 15 euros right after the referee transaction volume reaches 600 euro. Every Quppy user has an unlimited number of referral initiatives.
Barclaycard Payments Reveals Growth in E-commerce Ahead of Black Friday
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Barclaycard Payments, which processes £1 in every £3 spent in the UK, has so far this month seen a 29 per cent jump in the value of the online transactions compared to November 2019. However, overall transactions remain 7 per cent below where they were in November last year, likely due to the drop in in-store sales, with many retail outlets currently unable to open.
New Salesforce Research Reveals that 90% of UK & Irish Financial Services Leaders Say the First to Deploy Autonomous Finance Will Drive Competitive Advantage
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Covid-19, CRM
Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, released its Trends in Financial Services report which shows how financial services institutions struggle to keep up with the pace of change driven by the global pandemic. An analysis of two waves of survey data fielded in 2019 and 2020 shows that the customer experience suffered in response, leading organizations to reshuffle their priorities and drive competitive advantage with new technologies.
Forter Raises $125M in Series E
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Forter, the leader in e-commerce fraud prevention, announced it has raised $125 million in Series E funding. Led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Felix Capital and Itai Tsiddon, with participation from Sequoia Capital, NewView Capital, Scale Venture Partners, March Capital Partners and Commerce Ventures, the round propels Forter’s valuation to over $1.3 billion.
Swedish Pre-Launch Startup Juni Raises €2M From Cherry Ventures
- 5 years 7 months ago
- E-Commerce, Investment
Juni, banking tailor made for the marketing and e-commerce ecosystem, has just secured €2M in seed round filled almost in its entirety by Cherry, an early stage venture fund that champions founders in Europe. As a partner, Cherry will bring years of expertise in evolving e-commerce and fintech startups like Zalando and spotify.
