Pensions management

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IPensions Group expands into direct to consumer market

iPensions Group is expanding into the direct-to-consumer market with the launch of iSIPP, a service designed to support UK and international customers providing an attractive solution to help consolidate their pension funds.

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COP26: How our wallets will save the world

Your money is a weapon. It can either be used to tackle the climate crisis or fan the flames. The United Nations’ climate conference in Glasgow, COP26, says it is time to have a serious discussion about how our money can be deployed to save the world.

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UK regulators pledge to embed climate change reports into all aspects of policy

As UK financial regulators, we are focused on making sure that the risks from climate change and the opportunities from the transition to a net-zero economy are being identified and proactively managed across the financial sector.

/retail

PensionBee streamlines retirement savings with Plaid Open Banking connection

PensionBee and Plaid have come together to expand the remit of Open Banking to the traditionally complex, paper intensive and slow processes associated with pension contributions.

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Open finance partnership platform mmob signs up partners

Open finance partnership platform mmob has added a host of firms, including PensionBee, Upside, and Glint Pay, to its network as it bids to become a 'SuperApp-as-a-Service' provider.

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DWS joins Smart's £165 million Series D round

Smart, the fast growing global retirement technology provider, has announced that DWS Group (“DWS”) has joined its £165m series D funding round, acquiring a minority stake. This follows the recent announcement that Chrysalis Investments has joined Smart’s prestigious list of investors.

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Capgemini wins contract with Pensions Dashboard Programme

The UK's Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has selected Capgemini for the delivery of its central technical architecture.

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Fintech must grab opportunity to entice over 50s

Fintech firms have been missing a trick by largely ignoring the fastest growing and wealthiest demographic - the over 50s, says VC QED Investors.

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PensionBee joins the Workforce Disclosure Initiative Investor Coalition

Leading online pension provider, PensionBee, has today announced it has become both an investor signatory and disclosing survey participant of the Workforce Disclosure Initiative.

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Wall Street giants invest in Vestwell

Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have joined a $70 million Series C funding round for workplace savings and investing platform Vestwell.

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Crown Agents Bank launches biometric pension solution

Crown Agents Bank has today launched a biometric authentication pension solution, EMpower Pensions, facilitating secure, end-to-end pensions management, as well as domestic and international pension payroll, from a single digital platform.

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Retirement savings tech platform Smart concludes £165 million Series D

Smart, the global retirement savings technology platform provider that powers the Smart Pension Master Trust, one of the ‘big four’ UK auto enrolment master trusts, has announced today that it is concluding a £165m Series D funding round.

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Brand New Day adopts Five Degrees core banking platform °neo

Five Degrees announces Brand New Day as the newest client for °neo, its recently unveiled new cloud-native core banking platform.

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App-based workplace pension startup Collegia raises £500,000

Collegia, the UK’s first combined Auto-Enrolment (workplace pension) and Personal Pensions has raised £500,000 ahead of its June launch.

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PensionBee develops mini-MBA course for staff

Leading online pension provider, PensionBee, has launched a mini-MBA course as part of its ongoing commitment to staff development.

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Plum moves into retirement savings

Fintech investment app Plum has launched its first pensions product.

/regulation

FCA to require pension providers to offer to book Pension Wise appointments for consumers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today proposed new rules to require pension providers to ‘nudge’ consumers to Pension Wise in order to benefit from guidance before they access their defined contribution pension savings. This includes booking an appointment with Pension Wise if the consumer wishes.

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Retirement guidance tool Guiide raises funding

Scottish fintech Guiide has raised further investment as it looks to help provide more help to individuals to achieve better retirement outcomes

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PensionBee to float in April

UK fintech PensionBee has confirmed its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange in April with goal of raising £55 million.

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Mambu deploys Raisin Pension to provide for employees

Berlin-based fintechs Raisin and Mambu are collaborating to provide Mambu’s multinational team in Germany a flexible, cost-effective company pension plan.