Inaccessible high-street banks could cost UK SMEs £245 million a year
Research from Tide reveals the crippling delays faced by UK entrepreneurs when setting up business banking, with the average wait being over two and a half weeks...
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AEVI Announces Nelson Holzner as AEVI CEO
Nelson will employ his vast knowledge of the payments and start-up landscape to grow AEVI...
Senior appointments at MarketInvoice as business scales up
Neha Mittal is appointed VP – Finance & Strategy and Gavin Sumner becomes VP of Sales. The appointments are to support growth ambitions, double lending to £2b...
Fintech: Here to Disrupt Forex
The changing face of the fintech world...
Survey: Investors see positive changes to AIM
But companies need to ensure that they stay on top of their game March 15, 2017: Small and mid-cap fund managers believe the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market has developed into a genuine alternative to the Main Market, according to a survey. Some large growth companies, typically with a market capitalisation of over £500m, have...
BTL gets crypto-currency expert on advisory board
To help blockchain solutions company accelerate commercialisation of its Interbit platform March 15, 2017: BTL GROUP LTD. (TSX Venture: BTL) has announced that Jon Downing has joined its advisory board. BTL, which operates from both Canada and the UK, offers blockchain solutions to businesses. Over the last 25 years, Jon has successfully delivered innovation, business...
Payment authentication company VST Enterprises expands in US
Adds industry heavyweights to business development team and focuses on strategic partnerships growth in North America October 14, 2016: In a decisive move, UK-based VST Enterprises has announced the addition of two former Elavon Vice Presidents to its business development arm in the US. Joseph Cohane, ex Executive Vice President, and Stephanie Sharp, ex Vice...
Blockchain adoption fast in banking and financial markets
Some 65% of banks expect to be in production in three years September 29, 2016: Commercial blockchain solutions are rapidly being adopted throughout banking and financial markets, dramatically faster than initially expected, finds a new IBM study. Fifteen per cent of banks and 14 per cent of financial market institutions interviewed intend to implement full-scale,...
FICO to provide decisioning platform for buddybank
The facility will be only for smartphone users September 20, 2016: Analytic software firm FICO announced it is providing the decision management platform for UniCredit’s buddybank, a bank project exclusively designed for smartphones. Scheduled to launch in early 2017 in Italy, buddybank will use the FICO Decision Management Suite to instantly verify customers and manage...
Asia Prosperity Requires More Innovation, Inclusion, Integration – ADB President
DELHI, INDIA – Growth in Asia and the Pacific has been more robust than expected after the global crisis, and must be sustained for the region to reduce poverty and increase prosperity, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao said in his first address to the ADB Board of Governors....