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Banking Circle Lending has been named Best Alternative SME Lender in the £0-£250,000 category

6 years 3 months ago
Banking

Banking Circle Lending has been named Best Alternative SME Lender in the £0-£250,000 category at the Credit Strategy Lending Awards. Announced at a ceremony during the Credit Strategy Lending Summit in London, the Lending Awards is the only awards programme which distinguishes and rewards individuals and businesses across the spectrum of Alternative Lending, Commercial Finance and Mortgage sectors. As such they celebrate and recognise...

United Arab Bank chooses Finastra to power digital transformation

6 years 3 months ago
Banking, Financial

Finastra announced today, during Finastra Universe Dubai, that it has signed a transformative deal with United Arab Bank, a UAE-based bank that offers services to retail and corporate customers.

Visa and Georgia's TBC-Backed Neobank-Space Announce Strategic Partnership

6 years 3 months ago
Payments, Banking

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, and Space, the first fully digital bank in Georgia, today announced they have signed a partnership agreement to jointly develop innovative banking services and expand digital banking footprints in new geographies.

Singapore-based EDBI named as Pico investor and strategic partner

6 years 3 months ago
Investment, Financial

Pico, a leading provider of technology-as-a-service for the financial markets community globally, today announced that EDBI, a global Asian-based Investor, is now a Pico investor and strategic partner.

Google Partners Citi on Checking Account

6 years 3 months ago
Retail Banking

Big tech's long march on financial services continues, with Google partnering Citi and a small Stanford University-affiliated credit union to launch a checking account.

CIMB Bank Singapore Partners SESAMi-Capital Match to Bring Cost-effective E-supply Chain Financing Solutions to the Supplier Community

6 years 3 months ago
Banking

CIMB Bank Berhad, Singapore branch ("CIMB") today announced its collaboration with SESAMi Holding and Capital Match, to finance the SESAMi trading community's invoices digitally under an automated workflow.

New Wealth Management Service Launched to Drive Sector Growth

6 years 3 months ago
Wealth Management

Small players within the wealth management sector can now compete with and challenge big firms, thanks to the launch of Wealthinity. Created to empower financial advisors, wealth managers and private banks, Wealthinity enables small to medium firms to offer customized investment solutions, service their clients faster and drive business growth, without any additional costs.

Standard Chartered and Quantexa Join Forces to Tackle Financial Crime with Contextual Decision Intelligence

6 years 3 months ago
Artificial Intelligence

Standard Chartered has partnered with Quantexa, the contextual decision intelligence software company, to amplify its anti-financial crime efforts globally.

Enterprises Across EMEA Continue to Choose Workday Financial Management

6 years 3 months ago
Cloud

Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced continued momentum across EMEA with large and medium enterprises choosing Workday Financial Management.

Juvo Partners with DOCOMO Digital to Boost Mobile Commerce

6 years 3 months ago
Payments

Juvo, a pioneer of financial identities for the underbanked, has today announced a strategic partnership with DOCOMO Digital, the preeminent mobile commerce enabler. The partnership will focus on combining Juvo’s financial identity and credit lending capabilities with DOCOMO Digital’s class-leading payments platform for mobile carriers, OTTs and digital merchants. This partnership would enable increased financial flexibility for prepaid mobile...

Income and Wealth not the Driver for Prosperity in High-Growth Markets, Finds New Global Study

6 years 3 months ago
Securities Services, Data

Three quarters of people with a below-average income for their country report feeling prosperous; Six in ten people across high-growth markets say access to financial services has helped improve their prosperity; Three quarters think their government has a responsibility to improve access to financial services. A landmark study into the relationship between financial services and prosperity across high-growth markets around the world has...

Wolters Kluwer Names Winners of its 2019 Community Impact Award

6 years 3 months ago
Banking, Risk Management

Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions business has named Woodforest National Bank, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, and Washington Financial Bank, based in Washington County, Penn., as winners of its 2019 Community Impact Award. The award honors financial institutions for the breadth and innovative application of community development programs to benefit low-

MYPINPAD release new mPOS solution onto the market

6 years 3 months ago
Payments

MYPINPAD, the global leader in secure personal authentication for payment solutions, has developed a software-only based contactless payment solution, designed to remove the need for additional mPOS hardware.

Nuapay and Thyngs partner to combat cashless charity challenge

6 years 3 months ago
Open Banking, Payments

Nuapay, a pioneer of open banking, announces its partnership with mobile technology platform, Thyngs, to help charities tackle the decline in donations due to reductions in consumer cash use. The two companies have joined forces to support fundraising for the BBC’s Children in Need campaign. They have created a giant Pudsey Bear with an NFC chip on its ear, enabling passers-by to tap their phones to make a donation to the Children in Need...