Ziglu secures £5.25 million seed funding to provide transparent and simple access to cryptocurrency
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Ziglu, the cryptocurrency challenger has today formally completed its seed funding round, having successfully secured £5.25 million from a number of specialist UK FinTech investors, and entrepreneurs. Despite the challenges of lockdown and the economic pressures, Ziglu has raised significantly more than the average seed round of $2.4 million in the first quarter of 2020 (PwC, MoneyTree Report, 2020). Ziglu is part of the vibrant London Fintech...
Deutsche Bank enables secure and compliant messaging platforms with a reach of 3+ billion users via Symphony
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Compliance
In a drive to continuously simplify and improve its client interactions through secure and compliant channels, Deutsche Bank has become one of the first companies to enable the Symphony Connect Solution for secure chat and collaboration with its clients via WhatsApp.
Dwolla Announces New Portal For Superior Partner Experience
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Dwolla, the programmable payments platform, today announces the latest feature in its robust Partner Ecosystem, the Partner Portal.
NatWest launches new open banking payments service
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Banking
NatWest has today announced the launch of a new online payment service, Payit by NatWest, which allows customers to make instant online payments to participating retailers, without the use of a debit or credit card - resulting in a fast, fair, simple and safe payment experience. Payit uses the Open Banking infrastructure to allow customers of UK banks to pay for products and services offered by retailers who use the service, which is targeted at...
Colt launches multi-cloud connectivity underpinned by its award-winning SD WAN offering
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Cloud
Colt Technology Services has today announced the launch of multi-cloud access on its award-winning SD WAN platform. Colt’s SD WAN multi-cloud offering sees enterprises now being able to benefit from a single connection to multiple Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), including cloud-to-cloud connections, over SD WAN which ensures enhanced security, agility and latency compared with connecting via the public internet.
Koine adds cryptocurrency treasury management services from independent service provider Panxora to its digital post-trade ecosystem
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Treasury
Today Koine, the post-trade custody and settlement platform for institutions, and Panxora, the crypto treasury management service, are working together to provide mutual clients with services dedicated to reducing risks associated with holding cryptocurrencies for the growing numbers of institutions investing in the digital asset class.
Equity investment in smaller UK tech businesses increased 27% to £4.0bn last year
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Investment
Equity investment in the UK’s tech businesses increased by 27% in 2019 to £4.0bn, the highest amount since the series began in 2011, reveals the British Business Bank’s annual Small Business Equity Tracker report, published today. The UK’s thriving tech sector remains highly attractive to equity investors, accounting for 47% of total equity investment in UK SMEs through 691 deals in 2019.
SYKES for FinTech Survey Reveals Consumer Behavior Shifts in the Era of COVID-19
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Covid-19, Payments, Banking
A new SYKES for FinTech survey finds many U.S. adults are new users of financial technologies, specifically in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Quant Insight launches Quant Analytics Platform on OpenFin
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Data
Quant Insight (Qi), the macro data analytics firm that applies innovative quantitative techniques to financial markets, today announced the firm has launched their desktop application on OpenFin, the operating system of finance. Qi provides quantitative macro analytics across multiple asset classes to a wide array of investors from discretionary to systematic, from equity long/short to absolute return. Qi brings a single, comprehensive and...
Connect Ventures announces $80M seed fund to continue backing product-led founders
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Investment
Connect Ventures, the London-based venture capital firm focused on seed-stage technology investments, today announces a new $80M (£65M) fund to support product-led founders across Europe. This third fund was raised from a combination of existing and new LPs including Top Tier Capital Partners, Isomer Capital, British Patient Capital, De Agostini, Big Society Capital, Draper Esprit and Korelya Capital.
KfW coronavirus aid programme: Kapilendo and Varengold Bank create first digital access to instant loans
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Covid-19, Lending
In cooperation with Hamburg-based Varengold Bank, Berlin fintech Kapilendo is now offering small and medium-sized enterprises the first fully digital application process for instant loans (GER: Schnellkredite) offered by KfW, a German state-owned development bank based in Frankfurt. German companies with more than ten employees can apply via www.kapilen.do/kfw-schnellkredit. The loans will be 100% guaranteed by the German Federal Government.
Smartway2 expands its ‘COVID-safe workplace’ solution with new capabilities to help protect workers when they return to the office
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Covid-19
Smartway2, a next-generation technology company specialising in workplace scheduling solutions, announced the expansion of its COVID-Safe Workplace capabilities to include the automation of approvals and certification processes for those who want to come back to the office, as well as employee surveys to gauge how people feel about their return to work. These new capabilities reflect the rising demand for technology that can adapt to fast-...
Ezra launches to help power global aid through social and financial inclusion
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Transaction Banking
An initiative created by chairman and founding member Allan Green, Ezra has a powerful vision: to partner with mobile operators, NGOs, foundations and organizations to enable a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable communities through digital and financial inclusion.
Orka Technology Group introduce new pay advance platform
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Manchester based staff tech group, Orka has announced the launch of their next innovative product, Orka Pay. Orka Pay allows hourly paid workers to withdraw a percentage of their wages as soon as they’ve worked a shift, so there’s no more waiting until payday or taking out high-interest loans. The platform is app based, allowing workers to choose how much they want to withdraw from their available balance, facilitated by full integration with...
Nutanix announces remote IT solutions for cloud infrastructure management
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Cloud
Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in enterprise cloud computing, today announced new solutions that will allow IT teams to deploy, upgrade and troubleshoot their cloud infrastructure while working from anywhere — whether at home or from a central office location.
