There are 7 commercial banks operating in Lithuania in 2019. With a recently proposed tax that targets banks and other lenders, talks of ensuring the banking stability have led to musings about creating a state-owned commercial bank. Considering the fact that the Bank of Lithuania has recently made significant strides in fostering fintech sector that […]
Working capital finance software provider, HPD LendScape, has acquired leading software implementation consultancy, Finaptix, in a move to address the asset finance sector, extending its LendScape platform to all forms of secured lending. The deal adds industry experts Steve Taplin and Michael Mayes to the executive team that includes Kevin Day, CEO, along with […]
A new study from Juniper Research has found that global international digital money transfer transaction volume will reach 2bn by 2024; up from 1.1bn in 2019. The new research, Digital International Money Transfer: Key Trends, Player Innovation & Market Forecasts 2019-2024, found that both online and mobile channels are achieving strong growth, with fintech disruptors […]
Paysend, the UK-based fintech business, has launched global money transfers to Uzbekistan, expanding its worldwide footprint for its Global Transfers service. Users are now able to send money to Uzbekistan. Paysend has launched online international money transfers in Uzbekistan in partnership with regional bank Ipoteka-Bank and the technical integrator PAYMO. Uzbeks receive some $2.8bn per […]
The UK’s electric car uptake remains low with just 0.50% of vehicles now plug-ins, hardly changed from 0.46% last year says Growthdeck, the private equity investment firm. Growthdeck says the lack of infrastructure has been a key impediment on the adoption of plug-in vehicles across the UK. The City of London has the highest percentage […]
RSM, the UK’s leading audit, tax and consulting firm to the middle market, announces its strategic partnership with NICE, the world’s leading provider of cloud and on-premises enterprise software solutions. The partnership will super-charge RSM’s ability to provide and deploy NICE’s intelligent and fully scalable Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to its clients. The software solutions […]
Siemens Financial Services (SFS) has released new research identifying the priority investment areas for digital transformation in healthcare, the size of the investment challenge, and how healthcare organisations can manage that challenge. Ageing populations, changing lifestyles and diets, rising levels of chronic complaints such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, are rapidly increasing the pressure […]
More than half of Brits (57%) would be happy to ditch all of their passwords and pins and replace them with biometric verification, according to new research from Equifax, the business and consumer insights expert. The research also showed there is still widespread criticism towards current verification practices, with half of responders (50%) having given […]
Today marks the biggest sales event on the retail calendar, Black Friday, with 2019 set to break records. Black Friday – originally a one day in-store event with its online counterpart on Cyber Monday – has experienced a colossal shift to online in order to meet changing consumer habits and appetite for convenience. Since its […]
Moneypenny will offer free trials and discounts on their services to entrepreneurs on NatWest’s Accelerator programme NatWest’s Accelerator hubs will host events where Moneypenny experts will share their advice on how to use technology to grow a business NatWest is partnering with Moneypenny, the world’s largest and highest rated outsourced communications provider, to bring the […]
