As the Covid-19 economy spurs businesses to increase their reliance of data analytics and business intelligence, employees face the pressure of keeping pace with the evolving workplace demands. A large majority of employees (92%) say that they could be able to do their job better if they were more data literate, while to a similar […]
The Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate a worldwide trend towards contactless payments, according to a new report from the Emerging Payments Association EU (EPA EU), which was commissioned by Luxembourg for Finance (LFF). While the shift to digital payments is not a new trend – over recent years investment in payments related fintech has been double […]
Sopra Banking Software (SBS), a global leader in digital banking and financing software, announces a strategic channel partnership with Tink, Europe’s leading open banking platform. Two European Fintech leaders in digital banking combine their technologies and expertise. This partnership will enable SBS’s customers to harness the full value chain of open banking, well beyond PSD2 […]
Zenus Bank, the American digital bank is announcing today it is the first International financial entity to become a Principal Member of Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments. Zenus Bank makes it easy and safe for clients to access, send, receive and store money in the USA from anywhere globally. By leveraging Visa’s brand, […]
Europe has begun opening back up following extensive lockdowns to control the Covid-19 pandemic but, according to most analyses including that of German chancellor Angela Merkel, the continent has a long way to go on the road to recovery. The most powerful political players in Europe, Merkel and France’s Emmanuel Macron, joined the interventionist side […]
Funding Xchange’s Quarterly SME Lending Monitor highlights the need to address the stresses currently experienced by up to 40% of the businesses who have borrowed from alternative lenders. Funding Xchange is the leading online portal appointed by the government to direct small businesses unable to access funding from their high street bank to other lending […]
Marqeta, the leading global modern card issuing platform, today announced it has helped one of the UK’s fastest-growing companies, Capital on Tap, to expand its small business credit lending services to Spain. Capital on Tap will be using Marqeta to power payment processing for its small business credit card, offering a working capital facility of […]
Trade Ledger, the global banking platform, and Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, have announced an extended partnership for the UK market which will bid for the BCR Capability and Innovation fund. The fund is part of the RBS Alternative Remedies Package, designed to improve the financial products and services available to small and […]
PFS (a company of EML) has expressed its desire to support the cardholders and corporate clients of Wirecard at this time. The global fintech understands that steps taken today by the financial regulator in the UK may mean that Wirecard clients and programmes may have difficulty accessing the services that they had previously enjoyed. Lee […]
With a 53% growth in the last three years, an active fundraising scene, and a 20% surge in-demand during lockdown – fintech has become the poster-boy for how an industry can be in a position to respond quickly to change and opportunity. According to recruiter Robert Walters Fintech: Challenger to Competitor, these are the four […]
