Majority of bank IT executives back cloud adoption to aid business goals
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit has found almost three quarters of bank IT executives believe moving to the cloud will help their companies reach their objectives.
TotallyMoney raises funds to serve growing consumer credit sector
TotallyMoney, the free credit score service and personal finance app, has raised £9m in funding from existing investors in the UK and US.
The FinTech gender gap: how clear gender disparities in the industry still remain
A study by Findexable and has found that only 1.5% of over a 1000 FinTech companies are founded solely by women and receive just 1% of total venture funding.
UK to force financial institutions to publish net zero transition plans
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has revealed that the UK will force financial institutions to publish its plans on how they will transition to net zero.
Regulation of stablecoins in sight following US Treasury body report
A recent report has called on the US Congress to regulate the issuers of stablecoins and has urged agencies to assess whether the coins pose a systemic risk.
What does the future hold for the WealthTech industry?
Like a wide range of other industries, the WealthTech sector has seen digitisation accelerate massively recently – with the pandemic only serving to speed up this trend.
Digital currency pilot begins in Nigeria with eNaira launch
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled its central bank digital currency (CBDC) eNaira in its pilot study named Project Giant.
Quantexa updates data analytics platform to help firms tackle growing data volumes
Data and analytics software business Quantexa has unveiled the latest release of its data analytics platform to help companies tackle the rapid proliferation of data.
PayTech Anomaly nets $17m across seed and Series A rounds
Precision payments platform Anomaly has netted $17m in seed and Series A funding as it looks to bolster its market footprint.
How can eForms help improve the customer experience?
While digital transformation was way underway before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the face-to-face restrictions imposed by the crisis put rocket boosters underneath digital tools designed to simplify complex manual processes normally conducted in person.