If merchant acquirers are to outperform increasing competition from new entrants, they must leverage platforms that integrate digital value-added apps and services from third parties rather than try to integrate their own proprietary solutions. That’s the conclusion of a new report published by AEVI that examines merchant services trends in France, Italy, and Spain, with insights from leading industry experts. 

Amaechi Oduah, Marketing Director, EMEA and Tom Stevenson, Director UK, Forter at FinTech Connect

So, you’ve launched your own online marketplace, gig economy or sharing economy platform. What’s next? You need to attract users and, more importantly, retain them. But it’s actually one of the biggest challenges for a platform business to overcome.

Waracle, one of the UK's largest mobile apps and digital products developers, has received a £4.8m investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, to support its long-term growth plans.

Waracle designs, develops and manages mobile apps and other digital products, working with some of the UK’s largest businesses across sectors including fintech, digital health and energy. Waracle continues to develop industry-leading digital solutions across the full mobile app development spectrum, including mobile, IoT, and Extended Reality (‘AR’ and ‘VR’).

Adam Toms, CEO of OpenFin Europe, talks to Financial IT at Fintech Connect 2019

TransferMate, one of the world’s leading cross-border B2B payments providers, and AccountsIQ, a market leading cloud accounting, consolidation and business intelligence solution, have announced further product integration to offer seamless international payments for AccountsIQ clients.

While AccountsIQ customers can already benefit from the preferential exchange rates and lower fees offered by TransferMate, the advent of TransferMate’s leading API technology means that international payments can now be generated directly from within the AccountsIQ platform.

Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of financial technology that helps make business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced it has been recognised with the award for ‘Accounts Payable / Invoicing Product of the Year’ by Document Manager Magazine’s DM Awards. Bottomline was selected for its integrated invoice automation solution, which replaces manual processes and accelerates payables processing.

Financial IT speaks with Anurag Bhatia and Andres Ricaurte, SVPs of Mphasis at FinTech Connect

Onfido, the global identity verification provider, today announced a renewed partnership with European challenger bank, bunq.

British freelance payments platform Paydesk today announced its integration with TransferWise, the global technology company for moving money internationally, to offer the most efficient payments to freelance workers.