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UK Fund Aims To Match US Tech Startup Investments

UK Fund Aims To Match US Tech Startup Investments
UK Fund Aims To Match US Tech Startup Investments
July 02, 2019  |  Investments

A fund, backed by some of Cambridge’s most well-known scientists, called Ahren Innovation Capital has raised about £200 million ($254 million USD) to invest in...

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Mastercard: Why Nordic Countries Could Fuel RTP Push
Mastercard: Why Nordic Countries Could Fuel RTP Push
July 02, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Real-time payments (RTP) is a global initiative that’s been a decade in the making and counting, one that has gained momentum over the last several...

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Citi On The Art And Science Of Detecting B2B Outlier Payments
Citi On The Art And Science Of Detecting B2B Outlier Payments
July 02, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

Citi has unveiled its Payment Outlier Detection system, which helps corporates find anomalies in payment flows, cutting down on fraud and false positives. Manish Kohli,...

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Is Digital Age Verification Coming Of Age?
Is Digital Age Verification Coming Of Age?
July 02, 2019  |  Authentication

Thanks to the digital economy and its supporting technology, we can say we are in the “golden age” of this and that. The golden age...

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Gig Economy And The Insurance Service Gap
Gig Economy And The Insurance Service Gap
July 02, 2019  |  Disbursements

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Tech Firms Push Back Against Proposed UK Content Regulations
Tech Firms Push Back Against Proposed UK Content Regulations
July 01, 2019  |  Regulation

Global tech companies like Google and Facebook have started lobbying against the U.K.’s proposed “duty of care” rules meant to prevent online harms, the Financial...

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Delivering Faster And More Secure Payments
Delivering Faster And More Secure Payments
July 01, 2019  |  Today In Data

The financial services landscape is moving to upgrade existing payment infrastructures or create new systems to deliver faster and more secure payments. In the business-to-business (B2B) space,...

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CBD And Cannabis Industries Attract Payments And Compliance Players
CBD And Cannabis Industries Attract Payments And Compliance Players
July 01, 2019  |  Digital Payments

When it comes to the new and emerging legal cannabis industry – along with the closely related trade in CBD products – payments and compliance...

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Retail’s Go Big Or Go Home 2019 Prime Day
Retail’s Go Big Or Go Home 2019 Prime Day
July 01, 2019  |  Retail

When Amazon first launched Prime Day in July 2015 to celebrate its 20-year eCommerce anniversary, the world was not at first sure what to make...

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