A  comprehensive trading and financing technology platform transforming the online experience to sell, trade, lease, and finance vehicles, PowerBand Solutions Inc. has announced a US$20 million private placement (the "Private Placement") with an investment vehicle controlled by J. Bryan Hunt Jr. ("Hunt") and JPK Capital, an investment vehicle wholly-owned by...

Europe’s leading open banking platform, TrueLayer,  has announced its collaboration with innovative fintech firm Lemonade Finance. Founded in 2020, the firm was built to serve the African diaspora, with a focus on enabling Nigerians, Ghanaians, and Kenyans in the UK to send money back to friends and family without any...

A leading global payments provider, B4B Payments has announced an exciting new partnership. Swedish fintech start-up Juni has chosen UK payment solutions provider B4B Payments to deliver their innovative financial services offering for ecommerce companies, this is delivered as part of a new service by B4B, designed to help fintech...

By Subha Bhargavi A leading fintech in the region, Kamel Pay has partnered with Mastercard to launch two innovative payments solutions for businesses and individuals in the UAE. The partnership will see the launch of two unique card products designed to meet the growing needs of businesses and underbanked individuals,...

By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva Vodafone has partnered with Google Cloud and Cardinality.io to build a pan-European cloud-based network performance platform The single system will obtain data about the way its networks perform across 11 markets, replacing hundreds of legacy software tools Vodafone expects customers to gain a faster and more efficient...

By David Paul A collaboration between Phoenix Group, TCS COINTM and FinTech Scotland will utilise fintech innovation to boost financial inclusion. Long-term savings firm Phoenix Group is collaborating on an Innovation Forum using fintech to boost engagement and support the financial well-being. Working alongside TCS’ Co-Innovation Network (TCS COINTM) innovation...

By Emmanuel Oluebube, Senior Correspondent, UK The UK’s largest long terms savings and retirement business, Phoenix Group has launched a new Innovation Forum that will look to use the latest FinTech innovation to build greater engagement and support the well-being of its customers, driving forward greater financial inclusion. In collaboration...

By Peter Cohen British Telecom’s (BT’s) Digital unit announced a new digital transformation agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The five-year effort will help BT transform legacy infrastructure and internal applications to a new cloud-first architecture designed with modularity and reusability in mind, BT said in a statement. The terms...

By Jonathan Easton German operator Thüringer Netkom has agreed a partnership with ocilion to utilise its cloud solution. Thüringer Netkom will also utilise the vendor’s white-labelled and personalised IPTV platform, with a view to launch a modern IPTV product under its own brand by the end of the year. The...

By Jonathan Easton Together TV and Red Bee Media have partnered to launch what they describe as the UK’s first social purpose streaming service. The free-to-view streamer is an offshoot of the The Community Channel owned linear Together TV network. It targets a women’s audience aged 40 to 60, with...