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While AI is the top of technoogy discussions, there is still uncertainty around it. Aveni recently hosted a webinar AI: Why an executive understanding is so important, which can be watched here. It featured a discussion between natural language processing (NLP) scientist Dr Lexi Birch and Aveni COO Jamie Hunter.??

Half of UK online retailers are worried about surviving the next 12 months. To increase their chances, 32% are looking to invest into their payments stack.

UK challenger bank Tandem has joined the pledges of other tech companies to help drive positive financial actions for millions living in the UK.

Smart money app Plum has been ranked as the fastest growing FinTech company in the UK and the fifth in the technology space.

Female-founded financial wellness platform Pocketnest has netted $2.6m in a round led by Reseda Group.

GAN Integrity, a provider of ethics and compliance management solutions, has rebranded and launched its new Integrity Platform.

InsurTech Qover has launched an embedded insurance orchestration technology, designed to help companies add any insurance programme to an existing programme.

UK retail bank Secure Trust Bank has teamed with Mastercard to offer customers more choice and convenience through open banking to repay retail finance.

PayVEDA, which helps make bill payments easier, has reportedly collected $11.5m in its Series A funding round.

Relay Ventures has received a $10m investment from Alberta Enterprise for its fifth fund, to support early-stage companies.