Addiko Group in audit project with Ideagen
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Audit and Reporting
Addiko Group is to work with software firm Ideagen in a cross-border auditing project through several Central and Eastern European countries. Headquartered in Vienna, Addiko - a specialist Consumer and SME banking group – will launch Ideagen’s Pentana Audit software across its operations in Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Mastercard Brings Digital Identity to Real World Tests
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Digital Identity, Payments
Mastercard today marked the first tests of a new digital service that has the potential to verify a person’s identity immediately, safely and securely in both the digital and the physical world. The initial in-market pilot will take place in Australia through two separate efforts with Australia Post and Deakin University.
Eventus Systems Receives 2019 FOW International Award for Best New Technology Product: Market Surveillance
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Trading Systems, Risk Management
Eventus Systems, Inc., a leading global trade surveillance and market risk platform provider, has just won the 2019 FOW International Award for Best New Technology Product: Market Surveillance. Officials from FOW, part of the Global Investor Group, announced the recognition for the firm’s Validus platform at the FOW International Awards Gala Dinner last night in London.
The future of money is being rewritten in Asia
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Banking, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Disruptions that began with technological and business model innovations in other places are expressed in new ways in Asia. In banking, payments and retail, Asia is leading the wave of disruption. In each case, these changing models, as well as unique situations, are enabling consumer choice, shifting profit margins and creating new opportunities. Technology
Traditional UK Banks are Failing to Engage with Users
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking
Boomi™, a Dell Technologies business, today announced the results of its research on banks’ engagement with their customers. The research finds almost one in three (30%) UK adults consider the search for a better customer experience in digital interactions the main driver for changing banks. The research quizzed 6,000 adults across the UK and Europe on the customer experience provided by their bank, and how the bank meets their needs.
Financial identities for world’s unbanked would add USD $250BN to global GDP according to new study
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Financial
A new report published today projects that establishing financial identities for the world’s financially excluded – or “unbanked” – population would add an extra USD $250 billion to global gross domestic product (GDP), mainly from developing nations in Asia and Latin America. This is the equivalent of bringing the productive potential of a country the size of Vietnam - a country of 95 million people - into the formal global economy.
FPL Technologies ties up with Visa to launch mobile-first credit card for millennials
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
FPL Technologies, a fintech startup focused on re-imagining credit and payments in India today announced its partnership with Visa to launch a mobile-first credit card in India. FPL will issue credit cards in partnership with banks and leverage Visa’s brand, technology and global acceptance footprint to make its credit card available for a wide range of use cases. The company recently raised US $4.5M from Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capital and...
SteelEye expands global presence with French office
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Data
SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has taken the next step in its international expansion plan with the opening of a new office in Paris. Since its inception in 2017, SteelEye has acquired over 40 clients across 7 countries. This new office supports SteelEye’s rapid growth and positions the company closer to the regulated financial markets in France. The Paris location also brings SteelEye closer to the Benelux region,...
Visa and MFS Africa Bring Digital Payments to More Consumers and Businesses across Africa
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Visa (NYSE: V) and the pan-African fintech leader MFS Africa today announced a partnership that will help bridge the gap between the rapidly growing mobile money ecosystem in Africa and the world of online digital payments, significantly expanding Visa’s reach and its ability to open up ecommerce to the region.
Smart lock’s security issues leave open doors for attackers
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cybersecurity
Consultants with cyber security provider F-Secure have discovered an exploitable design flaw with a smart lock that attackers can use to easily pick the device. The lock’s inability to receive firmware updates means the flaw cannot be fully fixed, highlighting the difficulties faced by manufacturers and consumers with securing the new internet-connected devices hitting the market.
FinecoBank Adds Support for Garmin Pay to Contactless Payment Devices
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking
FinecoBank ("Fineco"), one of the most important FinTech banks in Europe, announces today that it will add Garmin Pay to its growing list of contactless payment devices. Fineco customers can now link their Fineco card to Garmin Pay through the Garmin Connect app for iOS or Android. To unlock the cards on the watch, users will need to set a security passcode to confirm payments. Once linked, customers of the bank will be able to make payments...
Ingenico reveals: How European merchants performed during the week-long Black Friday sales
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, saw a significant increase in online transactions throughout Europe as a result of this year’s Black Friday shopping period – sales came from a range of industries, not just the retail sector. 2019 ONLINE TRANSACTION DATA
Flywire and iSAMS Integrate to Provide Seamless Cross-Border Tuition Payments
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
Flywire, a provider of vertical payment and receivables solutions for businesses and institutions, today announced a new integration partnership with iSAMS, a 100% web-based school management and integrated accounting solution.
Wirecard and Orange Bank enable mobile payments for even more French consumers
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Digital Identity
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, and Orange Bank are expanding their successful cooperation and now offering all Android users in France convenient mobile payment with Google Pay. Thanks to Wirecard, Orange Bank has already established itself as the market leader for mobile payments in France – 17% of such payments were made via the Orange Bank App in 2018. The addition of Google Pay should increase this...
FSS and AFS Partner to Promote Digital Payments in the Middle East
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a global payments products and solutions provider and payment processor, and Arab Financial Services (AFS), the leading payment solutions provider and FinTech enabler in the Middle East and Africa, have entered into an agreement to bring omni-channel payment acceptance solutions to banks in the region. The partnership combines FSS’ technology expertise in acquiring and payments, with AFS’ payments processing...
