Service Provider stories

LemFi gains Bank of Canada oversight under the new Retail Payment Activities Act, bolstering trust in its cross-border remittance services.

Smart CT lands three global IT support deals covering 65,000-plus devices as it accelerates expansion across Europe, Asia and Australia.

SonicWall's latest firewalls promise MSPs and MSSPs unified management, AI-driven insights and richer margins with less manual effort.

Telefónica Spain makes Red Hat OpenShift its standard platform to unify IT and network workloads and speed 5G-ready service delivery.

Cyber criminals are hijacking MSP trust relationships, abusing valid credentials and VPNs as AI turbocharges phishing and ransomware.

New SonicWall firewall upgrades promise MSPs and MSSPs lower costs, higher margins and stronger security-driven recurring revenue.

8x8 and KCOM join forces to deliver a UK public sector-focused cloud CX platform, uniting network, contact centre, voice and AI services.

Credas urges a UK-wide push to teach homebuyers about safer digital ID, warning email and WhatsApp use leaves them open to fraud.

Targa Telematics moves core systems to Equinix data centres in Milan and Frankfurt to bolster data sovereignty, resilience and growth.

GitLab expands its MSP partner programme to deliver agentic AI-powered DevSecOps as a managed service with strict data sovereignty controls.

For MSPs and MSSPs, next-gen firewall upgrades are now critical to stay secure, competitive and ready for relentless cyber threats.

Evergreen seals 47 deals in 2025 and snaps up its first UK B Corp MSP, Optimising IT, to deepen global managed services expansion.

Volt secures Identified Institution status on Australia's NPP, unlocking direct PayTo and PayID services for merchants via a single API.

Estate agents report fewer suspicious property deals as lawyers' alerts surge, widening the anti-money laundering gap between the sectors.

Topol launches Lettr, a Laravel-first transactional email tool promising domain control and no-code templates for product teams.

While most slept through Christmas dawn, SonicSentry analysts foiled a 3am brute-force cyber attack on a French client's firewall.

Paysecure wins Best Payments Industry Newcomer at the 2026 Card and Payments Awards in London for its fast-growing orchestration platform.

European cloud providers unite to onboard 10,000 SMEs into trusted data spaces within 18 months, easing access to secure data-sharing.

Identity Digital names CRO Matt Overman to CRN's 2026 Channel Chiefs list, spotlighting its growing domain partner ecosystem and strategy.

Ecommpay and Payrails form strategic tie-up, offering large merchants a single API to streamline complex, multi-provider payment stacks.