Rebecca Crook, chief growth officer, CI&T comments:“Buy-now-pay-later is a trend I see continuing, particularly when you look at some of the tech giants now getting in on the act. Apple has been testing its own new BNPL service to retail employees (Apple Pay Later) which is due to launch to the public soon. “The key for success for any BNPL […]
Fincrime prevention experts SEON has released its latest report, which highlights some of the most pressing fraud trends of 2023. The report leverages internal data from the company’s fraud prevention platform to provide businesses and individuals with the insights they need to stay safe over the next twelve months. Key findings from the report include: […]
UK fintech firms who predicted in 2018 that they would partly relocate their UK operations to the European Union after Brexit have largely followed through with their plans, according to new research. Fintech, which focuses on the application of digital technology to the financial services sector, is an important growth industry worldwide, with the UK […]
Basic security flaws on some of the biggest banks’ websites and apps are putting consumers at increased risk of falling victim to fraud, as found by research undertaken by independent cybersecurity specialists, Red Maple Technologies, on behalf of Which? The consumer champion’s tests found several banks were missing basic online and app protections. The research […]
GoCardless, a global leader in direct bank payments, has launched GoCardless Embed, a new integration for third party payment providers to access its global bank payment network and reap the benefits of bank-to-bank payments. GoCardless Embed, which comes white labelled as standard, allows payment providers to integrate GoCardless’ global bank payment network straight into their […]
iwoca is today announcing the integration of its B2B payment solution iwocaPay with Quickbooks’ leading accounting software package – this makes it the first invoice checkout integration with a BNPL option for businesses that integrate with QuickBooks. Quickbooks supports UK businesses with their accounting needs via a cloud-first approach that allows them to run their […]
Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (2 February 2023) announced price cuts on all its seven-year fixed-rate products. Priced in line with recent swap rate movements, Fleet has been able to cut prices on all seven-year products by 44 basis points. Fleet’s seven-year fix for both standard and limited company borrowers is now […]
Imperva, Inc., (@Imperva) the cybersecurity leader whose mission is to help organizations protect their data and all paths to it, releases new research showing that the volume of cyberthreats directed towards the financial services and insurance (FSI) industry has grown rapidly over the course of 2022, driven by digital transformation and regulation such as Open […]
Global identity verification provider ID-Pal today announced a partnership with specialist buy-to-let lender Keystone Property Finance to enhance their digital onboarding process for both mortgage brokers and borrowers. Through the partnership, Keystone will leverage ID-Pal’s multi-layered identity verification solution to seamlessly verify identities and addresses via a secure, branded client-facing app. The accuracy of ID-Pal’s […]
Ecospend, the UK’s leading open banking payment provider, today announces that more than 94,000 customers have used its ‘Pay-by-Bank’ technology to make £123m in Self-Assessment payments via the HMRC app since February 2022. Ecospend’s partnership with HMRC marked the first time that an open banking payment method had been embedded within a government department’s system. […]
