United Trust Bank (UTB) is teaming up with specialist AI solutions provider Optalitix to sponsor and host a series of webinars called The Innovation Pipeline (TIP!)-Talks looking at future innovation and technology advancements in the financial services arena. The first TIP Talks webinar is being held on the 10 December at 3pm and asks the […]
With the ever-increasing digitalisation transforming the modern world, the European Central Bank (ECB) has raised the idea of launching a digital euro, which would assume an electronic form of currency accessible to citizens and companies alike. According to Marius Galdikas, CEO at ConnectPay, it seems like a high-potential bearing solution, which could greatly liberalize the […]
Trade Ledger, the global technology provider to the commercial banking and financial services industry, today announced that Bibby Financial Services (BFS), a global SME financier, has adopted the Trade Ledger origination platform to streamline customer onboarding and operational processes. Trade Ledger’s Lending-as-a-Service Platform allows funders to re-imagine business finance for the digital era, using cloud-native […]
Digital payments start-up Pomelo Pay has secured a £2.1m investment in a seed funding round led by Force Over Mass. The funding will enable the hardware-free digital payment service provider to grow its offering and continue to help businesses – from independent start-ups to multinationals – navigate the current economic climate by enabling them to […]
PagoFX, the low-cost international money transfer service, is available from today for small businesses in the UK with the launch of PagoFX for Business. As the service is open to UK-based small to medium enterprises, no matter who they bank with, millions now have access to PagoFX’s fast, secure, and low-cost international payments for business […]
A majority of senior fintech professionals say Covid-19 has had a negative impact on the industry, but many are more optimistic about the future now than they were at the start of the pandemic, according to a report released today by research and content agency Pensar Media. The report—Pandemic Pains: How the Covid-19 Crisis is […]
Merchants and online retailers could face an onslaught in bot attacks this Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with potentially 1 in every 40 online transactions expected to be a result of a fraudulent bot attack, according to analysis by LexisNexis® Risk Solutions. Evidence from the latest LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report, shows a growth in both […]
Working from home is the new normal for many across the UK, but just how prepared are UK businesses? The pandemic has opened opportunities for criminals, with the number of scams on the rise . A new report by Fasthosts reveals that cyber criminals have identified remote workers as easy targets with two in five […]
Analysts of the European P2P lending platform Robo.cash forecast that the market will fully recover by Q4 2021 and hit €6.2 bn under the neutral scenario. The researchers have analysed the volume of loans funded through P2P platforms in the past 5 years and proposed a possible scenario of the market’s development. It suggests that […]
Today Quantum Employment Design (QED) leader My Digital announces its collaboration with Ecospend Technologies Ltd, a pioneer in digital payment services and Open Finance. The new digital service will provide the disruptive innovation that UK accounting services need for the modern Quantum Workforce ushered in by the changing labour markets of the pandemic. Powered by […]
