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ICC Global Survey on Trade Finance confirms industry optimism

5 years 6 months ago
Trade Finance

The International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) 11th annual Global Survey on Trade Finance reveals that banks are optimistic about the evolving nature of trade finance, though unsurprisingly expect various industry-wide challenges and disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NatWest partners with entrepreneur success story Synalogik

5 years 6 months ago
Security and Compliance, Banking

NatWest have announced a partnership with Synalogik, a member of their Entrepreneur Accelerator programme, to provide an innovative software platform that will allow the bank to automate their compliance and intelligence checks.

BPC Marketplace partners with Brazilian Desk to provide financial access to Micro and SME communities in Latin America

5 years 6 months ago
Payments

BPC, the leading provider of digital payment solutions, partners with specialised market consultancy Brazilian Desk, to connect Brazilian micro and small businesses in key sectors such as agriculture in one digital ecosystem – BPC Marketplace. The closed-loop trading environment, supported by BPC’s payment platform, will be used to forge critical market links and boost Brazilian SME communities’ financial inclusion and instant access to income.

Flowe chooses SIA to develop digital banking services

5 years 6 months ago
Banking

Flowe, the benefit corporation of Mediolanum Group, an emerging Italian e-money institution that aims to educate young people on innovation and economic, social and environmental sustainability, chooses SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector controlled by CDP Equity, as its partner to support the offer of innovative digital services in the areas of e-money, payments, current accounts, loans and...

Orange Bank Africa goes live with Temenos SaaS

5 years 6 months ago
SaaS

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that Orange Bank Africa has gone live with cloud-native Temenos Transact delivered as SaaS. Temenos Transact core banking technology scales to support the bank to launch and drive financial inclusion in the African WAEMU region, starting with the Ivory Coast. Temenos’ cloud technology enables sustainable, long-term growth for Orange Bank Africa by reducing IT costs, operational...

Konsentus partners with Open Vector as open banking accelerates in Latin America

5 years 6 months ago
Open Banking

Konsentus announced that it has partnered with open banking advisory company Open Vector to enable Financial Institutions in Latin America and Canada to implement open banking and benefit from real-time TPP identity and regulatory checking.

Orange and NSIA launch Orange Bank Africa to provide greater access to financial services in West Africa

5 years 6 months ago
Banking

Orange (www.Orange.com), a major telecoms provider in Africa and the Middle East, and NSIA (www.GroupeNSIA.com), a leader of bancassurance, are pleased to announce the launch of Orange Bank Africa in Abidjan and Côte d’Ivoire. Orange Bank Africa, headed by Jean-Louis Menann-Kouamé, will offer clients a range of simple savings and credit services available at all times via mobile phone.

FSS Prepaid CMS to support open marketplace and instant lending

5 years 6 months ago
Payments

FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a globally leading provider of payment products and payments processor, announced the addition of innovative capabilities to its Prepaid Card Management System (Prepaid CMS) to deliver greater value to cardholders. Prepaid card issuers can now issue instant, open-loop virtual co-branded merchant wallets paired with added value services such as instant lending at the point of purchase to differentiate their...

Xignite and SIX partner to bring market data to cloud

5 years 6 months ago
Cloud, Data

Xignite, Inc., a provider of market data distrib

Alior Bank Selects Onfido to Streamline Digital Identity Verification for Onboarding New Customers Through Its Mobile Application

5 years 6 months ago
Digital Identity, Compliance, AML and KYC

Onfido, the global identity verification and authentication company, today announced a partnership with Alior Bank, the large universal bank in Poland, powering fast and user-convenient digital onboarding and Know Your Customer (KYC) processes.

Bits of Stock launches "Stock Back" program with Button

5 years 6 months ago
E-Commerce

Users can earn Bits of Stock™ when shopping with leading brands powered by Button’s technology. Button, the leading mobile commerce platform, today announced its partnership with Bits of Stock, the brand loyalty and investment app, to enable its users to discover in-app brand offers, shop, and earn fractional shares of stock. Through this integration, Bits of Stock can better target users to drive repeat purchases and increase engagement,...

Royal Bank of Canada and Borealis AI announce new AI private cloud platform, developed with Red Hat and NVIDIA

5 years 6 months ago
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and its AI research institute Borealis AI have partnered with Red Hat and NVIDIA to develop a new AI computing platform designed to transform the customer banking experience and help keep pace with rapid technology changes and evolving customer expectations.

FICO UK credit market report shows sharp fall in spending and monthly payments

5 years 6 months ago
Covid-19, Payments, Banking

Global analytics software provider FICO today released its May 2020 analysis of UK card trends, which shows the impact of COVID-19 on the credit market. FICO monitors the UK credit market using data reported by the UK’s leading credit card issuers, through its FICO® Benchmark Reporting Service. FICO’s analysis of May 2020 activity provides a clear picture of the impact of COVID-19.

Overbit announces five sketches series aimed at increasing crypto accessibility and adoption

5 years 6 months ago
Cryptocurrencies

Overbit, a leading Bitcoin derivatives trading platform, has announced a new series of comedy sketches - aimed at highlighting the ease and accessibility of digital currency trading to the masses bringing comedy during the COVID-19 pandemic.