Technology

• New research from Aite-Novarica Group, commissioned by ClearBank, reveals the growing pains of BaaS and how fintechs are embracing Embedded Banking
• 40% of fintechs saw services go down, 33% have lost customers, and 20% have faced intervention by the regulator due to BaaS issues
• Despite industry confusion, 25% of fintechs are interested in moving from a BaaS to Embedded Banking provider to address these issues

London & Amsterdam, October 11th, 2022 – Aite-Novarica Group today announced the launch of a new study, commissioned by ClearBank, that reveals one in five fintechs are losing $11m per year in product delays due to BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service)

“We hire great people who contribute both on a personal and technical level” is just one of the reasons why employees at Simpson Associates believe they are a great place to work!

York, UK, 28th September 2022: The 2022 UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech list was launched this morning by Great Place to Work® UK, recognising Simpson Associates among the medium size ranked organisations.

TOKYO, 2022, September 16 – Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, announced today that StriX-1, its third SAR satellite, has successfully been put into its target orbit.

On September 16, StriX-1 was deployed by Rocket Lab’s Electron at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The satellite was put into its target orbit: a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), with an altitude of 561km.

Functions including observation and data acquisition will be verified over the next several months. Details will be shared and updated on Synspective’s website.

Synspective founder and CEO, Dr. Motoyuki Arai:

An ideal body worn mobile computing solution for Situational Awareness applications, communications and drone control during operations.

BRACKNELL, UK. 14th September 2022 – Panasonic today introduced the TOUGHBOOK N1 Tactical, a variant of its rugged Android handheld device, designed for use by the military or public safety officers such as the police. These tactical teams and special operators require the most reliable devices for mission planning, situational awareness (SA) and mission execution. The TOUGHBOOK N1 Tactical, is a next generation device specifically designed for these environments leveraging SA applications such as ATAK.

The latest TOUGHBOOK N1 handheld is more flexible, future-proof and more powerful.

BRACKNELL, UK. 14th September 2022 – Panasonic today announced the updated version of its premium rugged handheld device with integrated angled barcode reader for mobile workers. The new TOUGHBOOK N1 handheld, a favourite with postal services and last mile logistics companies, comes with more memory, Android™ operating system and Panasonic’s long-term Android support.

London, UK – 31 August 2022. The latest Autotech & Mobility M&A Market Report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, reveals that with 64 deals recorded in the first half of 2022, deal volume in the sector is currently at an all-time high.

Michel Annink, director, Hampleton Partners, said: “Automotive megatrends are converging to definitively transform the global auto industry and traditional industry players that fail to keep up with these tectonic trend shifts will inevitably be left behind.

93 M&A deals globally target ESG firms in the first half of 2022

London, UK – 23 August 2022. The Environmental, Social & Governance Technology M&A Market Report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, reveals that the first half of 2022 saw 93 deals globally target an ESG firm, a 173 per cent increase on 1H2019 numbers.

MORGAN HILL, CA, August 23, 2022 – EMQ Technologies, a leading software provider of open-source IoT data infrastructure, has made an official image of EMQX available on Docker Hub, “the world’s largest library and community for container images”. EMQX is a cloud-native, MQTT-based, IoT messaging platform designed for high reliability and massive scale.

With Docker Hub, millions of developers around the globe can now build mission-critical IoT applications by downloading and running the EMQX Official Image. Docker users can access it directly with the docker pull emqx command. The EMQX image includes clear documentation and follows Dockerfile best practices.