Aviva Investors, the global asset management arm of Aviva PLC (‘Aviva’), expects 2021 to be a year of economic recovery, with GDP reversing much of the unprecedented declines seen in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The development of a number of effective vaccines changes the end-game of the crisis fundamentally, although there will be some difficult months ahead.

LocalBitcoins, the peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, today announced an expansion of their partnership with Onfido, the global identity verification and authentication provider, scaling the integration of Onfido’s AI-powered identity verification technology to securely verify the identities of customers signing up for and transacting on the LocalBitcoins exchange globally.

Fenergo, the leading provider of digital transformation, customer journey and client lifecycle management (CLM) solutions for financial institutions, today announced findings from its global asset management research, which uncovered that while most firms feel that it’s important to have a digital transformation strategy, just over one third have reported completion (37%).

There’s been a surge in Sovcombank customers aged 45 and older who opt to exclusively rely on a phone and mobile application for contactless payments. Three times as many customers from that age group use only contactless payment*, rising to 14% of the total number of the bank's card clients compared to just 5% two years ago.

Mobile app audience is rapidly growing older

Kinesis, the monetary system, based 1:1 on allocated physical gold and silver, today announces the launch of its physical Visa card to expand the real-world utility of the Kinesis platform.

Building on the success of its globally used virtual Visacard, Kinesis wanted to continue to integrate the Kinesis systems into everyday banking. As such, it has rolled out its physical Visa card and accompanying banking systems to the US market ahead of the wider regional release.

3d innovations (3di), a data management solutions company, today announced that it has acquired Charlotte-based Investment Data Licensing Advisors (IDLA), a market and investment data licensing advisory firm serving the U.S. market.

Once again, Hamburg-based FinTech TrustBills is disrupting the factoring market: From January 11, 2021, the marketplace for unpaid trade receivables will offer companies a sell-off guarantee (Put option).

FreedomPay, a global leader in Next Level Commerce™ today announced a new strategic partnership with Kount, the leader in fraud prevention and identity trust, to offer a fully integrated Identity Trust solution built into FreedomPay’s data-driven commerce platform. Together, the two companies offer businesses of varying sizes, geographies, and verticals a purpose-built fraud prevention solution that adapts to the constantly evolving digital environment.

Fime’s EMV 3DS Test Platform has been qualified and its lab accredited by EMVCo for Software Development Kit (SDK) type approval testing for Android and iOS apps. This supports SDK providers and the acceptance ecosystem to bring the frictionless, strong customer authentication (SCA) of the latest EMV 3DS protocols to in-app purchases.