Held in London, the Finovate Europe event is one of the most exciting fintech gatherings in the world. With 60 demos covering the best new innovations on the planet, it’s an amazing place to spot the next big thing in the industry. Here are our five ones to watch.

Enterprise Content Management specialist Synapps has set its sights on combating endlessly mounting audit trails with its latest product, ConXAudit.

The private placements market has boomed since the crash - but this has been restricted to domestic markets. Now, this looks set to change.

Five-year-old payment automation company MineralTree has raised $11m in a Series B funding round led by First Data, in order to fast-track its product development and sales operation.

$5 trillion investment fund Blackrock has announced that non-profits titan Deborah Winshell will join the company to grow its “impact investing” arm.

According to Andrew Hilton, Director, Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation there are a few factors that might be prompting increased cash holdings, including the increasing importance of tech-based firms.