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Young workers most likely to opt for corporate credit cards due to finance worries, survey reveals

A report by Emburse has revealed that the younger workforce is feeling the pinch when it comes to finances. In a survey which looked at expense processes within UK businesses, it was the age group of 16-34-year-olds who were most likely to prefer using...

Funding Circle and Sage partner to streamline financing for small businesses

One of the UK’s largest small business lending platforms, Funding Circle, has announced its partnership with Sage, a leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The collaboration makes it simpler for s...

90% of IT professionals have experienced a cybersecurity breach

Skyhigh Security has released The Data Dilemma: Cloud Adoption and Risk Report, focusing on the prevailing problem of how to protect data that is used, shared and stored in today’s hybrid and cloud-first enterprise environments. The report finds that, on ave...

Get to Know: Mike Kiely, Sales Director, Financial Services, IDnow 

Mike Kiely, Sales Director, Financial Services, IDnow, speaks to us about IDnow, his management philosophy and life outside of the office.  Can you tell us more about your company and day-to-day role?  Founded in 2014, IDnow has built a platform that ...

Emirates Development Bank and Emirates Islamic to support SMEs in the UAE

Emirates Development Bank (EDB), a key financial engine for the economic development and industrial advancement of the nation, and Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of...

Almost 80% of UK businesses pay men more than women 

Eight out of ten UK businesses pay men more than women, with a national wage difference of 9.4%, according to research conducted by the BBC.  The wage difference, based on the difference in pay between the middle-ranking woman and the middle-ranking...

Partnership to bring best-in-class cloud expertise to early-stage FinTech and InsurTech start-ups

DoiT International (DoiT), a global provider of cloud technology and consulting services, and Tenity (formerly known as F10), a global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor for the financial industry, with hubs in Switzerland, Singapore, Nordics &...

Online merchants hit by double whammy of fraud as cost-of-living bites

Online businesses are being hit by a damaging double-whammy of fraud as the cost-of-living crisis bites.  A survey of chief financial officers (CFOs) at online merchants across 10 countries, commissioned by Ravelin, has found that fraud is on the...

Research finds that female leaders are being overlooked for top FinTech jobs

Research from EY and Innovate Finance has highlighted ‘barriers’ in the FinTech sector with female leaders being overlooked for senior positions within the industry.  The report, formed from the 120 finalists on the Women in Fintech Powerlist, hig...

Business confidence among financial chiefs sees sharpest rise since 2020

Research from Deloitte has revealed that business confidence among chief financial officers has seen its sharpest since 2020, jumping by 8% amid the aftermath of the UK’s Spring Budget.  The survey showed that 25% of chief financial officers were feeling b...

HedgeFlows launches with £2 million funding to empower SMEs for international trade

HedgeFlows, a FinTech platform for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has launched following a £2 million funding round. The HedgeFlows platform enables SMEs to seamlessly manage foreign payments, cashflows and invoices, giving ambitious companies ...

Top US-based bank selects Temenos for core banking modernization in the cloud

Temenos has announced that Regions Bank, a top  bank in the US, has selected Temenos to modernize its legacy systems for customers’ records and deposits on the Temenos Banking Cloud. The move to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) will enable Regions Bank to d...