The Payments Association Cements Its Leadership With Nick Kerigan As Advisory Board Chair
- 1 month 1 week ago
- People Moves
The Payments Association, a trade group for the payments sector, today announced that Nick Kerigan, Managing Director and Head of Innovation at Swift, will become the new Chair of its Advisory Board. He takes over in January 2026 from Neil Harris, CEO of b-yond, who has led the Board since 2023.
Tipalti Secures $200 Million In Growth Financing To Drive Next Wave Of AI Innovation In Finance
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Fundraising News
Tipalti, the AI-powered platform for finance automation, today announced it has secured $200 million in growth financing from long-time partner Hercules Capital, Inc.. The financing will fuel Tipalti's continued investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and product innovation, as well as support its global growth.
Xscape Theatres Elevates Moviegoing With Adyen Partnership, Unlocking Modern Payments For A New Generation Of Film Fans
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Payments
Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced a new partnership with Xscape Theaters to deliver a seamless, modern payment experience for moviegoers, particularly the younger, digital-savvy audiences that make up 47.2% of Xscape’s customer base. The partnership marks a key step in Xscape's digital evolution, helping the cinema chain meet the expectations of today's consumers while driving...
HSBC Demonstrates World’s First-Known Quantum-Enabled Algorithmic Trading With IBM
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Trading Systems
HSBC today announced the world’s first-known empirical evidence of the potential value of current quantum computers for solving real-world problems in algorithmic bond trading. Working with a team from IBM, HSBC leveraged an approach that utilised quantum and classical computing resources to deliver up to a 34 percent improvement in predicting how likely a trade would be filled at a quoted price, compared to common classical techniques used in...
WRS Announces Strategic Partnership With Lloyds Merchant Services To Deliver Seamless Payment Solutions
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Payments
WRS, an award-winning POS systems provider, announces a new partnership with Lloyds Merchant Services, one of the UK’s leading payment providers. Together, the two companies will deliver an integrated point-of-sale payment solution for hospitality and retail merchants, combining WRS’s innovative POS technology with Lloyds Merchant Services’ secure and reliable card processing.
Ripple And Securitize Enable RLUSD Smart Contract Functionality For BlackRock’s BUIDL And VanEck’s VBILL Tokenized Funds
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, and Securitize, the leading platform for tokenizing real-world assets, today announced a smart contract that would allow holders of BlackRock’s BUIDL and VanEck’s VBILL to exchange their shares to Ripple for Ripple USD (RLUSD). This smart contract adds an additional stablecoin off ramp for BUIDL and VBILL tokenized short term treasury funds.
Red Rocks Credit Union Expands Partnership With Alkami To Deliver Its Digital Sales & Service Platform
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Digital banking
Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) (“Alkami”), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced that Red Rocks Credit Union (Red Rocks) has expanded its relationship with Alkami, adding the company’s Digital Banking Solution and Data & Marketing Solution to its existing Onboarding & Account Opening Solution.
StoneX Payments And Hana Bank Deepen Partnership To Strengthen Cross-Border Payment Capabilities
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Payments
StoneX Group Inc. announces today that the Payments Division of its London-based subsidiary, StoneX Financial Ltd (“SFL”), has entered into a correspondent banking relationship with Hana Bank’s London branch, marking a significant expansion of StoneX’s exiting strategic partnership with Hana Bank’s head office in Seoul.
RTGS.global Opens Instant Settlement Corridor Between Tajikistan And Turkey
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Payments
RTGS.global, which connects financial institutions through one simple integration to transform how cross-border payments are made, has today confirmed the launch of a new active settlement corridor between Tajikistan and Turkey.
Wolters Kluwer Research Finds UK Accountants Optimistic About Making Tax Digital Rollout — But Non-Digital Clients Pose A Challenge
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
New research from Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting shows that the majority of accountants (68%) in the UK are feeling positive about the upcoming Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax regulations, which will require digital record keeping for many taxpayers. However, concerns still remain with two in five accountants (42%) saying that more than half of their clients are still not submitting tax data digitally or using accounting software.
PenAir Credit Union Expands NCR Atleos Relationship To Support Growth
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
NCR Atleos Corporation, a leader in expanding self-service financial access for financial institutions, retailers and consumers, today announced that $2.6 billion-asset PenAir Credit Union has broadened its relationship with Atleos, extending its use of the Atleos Allpoint Network to new geographies and adding Atleos Allpoint+ deposit-accepting ATMs to support growth.
Pipe Announces Vijay Vachani As Chief Revenue Officer
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Pipe, a fintech company building an embedded financial operating system for small businesses, announced today that Vijay Vachani has joined the company’s executive team as Chief Revenue Officer. Vachani will be responsible for leading and scaling the global partnerships and merchant sales teams at Pipe.
PPRO Partners With Temu To Expand Local Payment Options For Millions Of European Shoppers
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Payments
PPRO has teamed up with Temu, the global online marketplace, to bring preferred local payment methods to millions of consumers across Europe.
GCEX Group Acquires GlobalBlock To Accelerate Growth Amongst Wealth & Asset Managers
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Wealth Management
Leading regulated digital prime broker GCEX (GCEX Group) has acquired GlobalBlock Europe UAB, a specialist crypto brokerage and asset management firm focused on high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) with over $60 million in client assets. This strategic transaction marks a natural expansion for GCEX from its established OTC, conversion and technology business into a broader digital assets proposition for asset and wealth managers.
Swift To Set New Rules For Retail Cross-Border Payments On Its Network In Bold Move To Further Ramp Up Speed And Predictability
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Payments
Swift and its participant banks today take another bold next step toward making cross-border payments as seamless as domestic ones. Swift will introduce new network rules to ensure a consistently fast and predictable experience for consumers and small businesses sending money anywhere in the world.
