In this interview, Chirag Shah, Founder and CEO of Nucleus Commercial Finance, discusses his journey from investment banking to establishing Nucleus, sharing his insights on alternative finance for UK SMEs and the innovative strategies driving Nucleus’s s...

Sara Hoteit, Regional Manager for the Middle East at Backbase, explores how digital lending is revolutionising GCC banks’ engagement with the vital SME sector. By embracing digital solutions, banks are not only addressing the unique needs of modern...

Finastra has announced that Jefferson Bank, an independent, bank serving communities across Texas, has selected Finastra Payments To Go, a payments-as-a-service solution for its new instant payments services. The agile, resilient, cloud-based payments...

New research has revealed that Blockchain technology is probably unnecessary in the majority of cases, despite its popularity.  In recent years Blockchain technology has been making headlines and boomed in popularity, thanks partly to its use in the...

Bloxcross, a premier payment solutions provider, and GoDirectPay, an e-payment expert, have collaborated to launch a mobile application that ‘revolutionises’ global payments. This custom-built app aims to redefine the landscape of financial transactions by ena...

Co-founded by Rohit Maroo and Satish Krishnaswamy, both ex-bankers (HDFC Bank), GRAVITY promises to unleash an era of hyper-personalisation in banking space. GRAVITY as a platform is a category first in banking industry. GRAVITY makes all the underlying...

African small and medium businesses face roadblocks on their digitalisation journeys and research by Microsoft shows 47% of SMBs find the cost of new technologies to be a restrictive factor for adoption, while 38% have difficulty comparing solutions driving...

GoTab’s new Phone Only POS (POP) fits in every pocket because it is just a phone (any phone, in fact) without the need for a card reader.  Benefits include days of battery life, an OLED display on a compact device, and the ease of use surpassing all ...

FinTech startups are revolutionising the financial landscape by leveraging technology to challenge traditional banking and financial service providers. Through innovation in areas such as digital payments, lending, wealth management and Blockchain technology,...

We hear from Lee Atkinson, Chief Operating Officer at Modern World Business Solutions on the current innovation landscape within the payments sector.  The payments sector has been transformed in recent years, with the continuous advancement of...

  Paysend, the global card-to-card payments pioneer and RemotePass, the global onboarding and payroll platform, has announced a partnership to facilitate instant and more cost-effective transfers to international workers in 80 countries.  Through this ...

A new report has revealed that more than a quarter (26%) of small business owners in the UK believe that they will be forced to cease trading if the outlook for their business does not improve – a potentially detrimental blow to the UK economy.   The S...