Clarency takes a further significant step in integrating its KYC-first payments and liquidity platform into core banking with its announcement today of selecting Form3, the cloud-native account-to-account platform, to provide it with direct access to the Swift network. The move extends its support for international payments and enables further customer growth. Clarency is the first customer on Form3’s Swift-as-a-service solution.

Stubben Edge (Risk) Limited (SERL), wholly owned subsidiary of UK-based FinTech Stubben Edge Group has announced that it has launched three new partnerships with the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), British Pest Control Association (BPCA) and the Association of Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP).

Global Processing Services (“GPS”), a fast-growing next-gen global payments technology platform, today announced the appointment of Paulette Rowe, Shane Happach, and Lynn McCreary as independent Non-Executive Directors. 

ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, today announced that Tudi, enabling a digital financial community through its mobile app, has chosen ThetaRay’s cloud-based AML solution to monitor its transactions in Mexico for financial crime. 

Metaco announces today its cooperation with DZ BANK AG, the central institution to the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken cooperative financial network, one of the largest banking groups in Germany.

In 2022, the countries of South & Southeast Asia saw a YoY decline of 83% in new fintechs, with only 349 startups emerging in the region. However, the volume of investments has not decreased so dramatically, with investors choosing less risky strategies, as revealed by the analytical centre of Robocash Group.

Temenos has been awarded AnchorGold Class distinction in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook for 2023 with the highest score (80/100) for the Software industry.

As an industry first, Wagepay, the earned-wages access fintech based in Brisbane, has switched on  PayTo for real-time customer payments. This has been done in partnership with Monoova, the award-winning Sydney-based payment service provider. 

The global skills shortage is undoubtedly a topic amongst many businesses' boardrooms of late, and reality is hitting hard as three-quarters (75%) of companies confirm that they can't find the skills they need – a 16-year high. 

Today, Coincover, the leading digital asset protection company, announces a new partnership with Cobo, the largest digital asset custodian and blockchain infrastructure provider in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. This news comes shortly after Coincover’s recent successful $30 million funding round.