Leading payments issuer processor, Global Processing Services (GPS), announces its sponsorship of findexable’s Fintech Diversity Radar, the world’s first global platform gathering progressive data to understand women’s impact and contribution to the digital economy.

The Japanese payments market has long been something of a paradox.

On the one hand, Japan boasts the third-largest economy in the world and is a culture synonymous with high-tech and innovation. It even invented Near-Field Communication (NFC) and QR Codes, arguably the two most prevalent mobile payment communication technologies worldwide.

Entrust, a leading provider of trusted identities, payments and data protection, has announced a partnership with Netcetera, a leading 3 Domain Secure (3DS) provider, to help financial institutions combat fraud associated with card-not-present (CNP) transactions.

Klarna, the leading global payments and shopping service, today announces a strategic collaboration with Ingenico (part of Worldline, the European leader in the payment and transactional services industry, since late 2020) to make Klarna’s online payment solutions accessible to even more European merchants. 

Sopra Banking Software, leading partner of over 1,500 financial institutions across the world, announces the launch of its Marketplace aiming at accelerating modernisation and platformisation of banking and financial systems. This new Marketplace consolidates all offers provided by its partner FinTech. It will enable banks and financial institutions to leverage innovative use cases, combined with the power and richness of Sopra Banking Software’s products.

Metapraxis, the financial analytics technology firm, announces the appointment of Carmen Hula as Chief Financial Officer, following the retirement of Andrew Mosely.

As CFO, Carmen will lead the finance team, responsible for accounting, financial planning and analysis, as well as tax and investor relations.

As 2021 unfolds, the topic of tax is set to dominate headlines. Tax to recoup the costs of Covid, tax on large, high profit companies, and new areas of tax to generate revenue and influence changes in society, such as environmental social and governance (ESG). One tax that has gone live without much of a splash, though, is the new Spanish financial transaction tax (FTT). While the reporting and payment for this new tax start in April, the calculations must be done from 16^th of January 2021.

Leading Georgian bank BasisBank announced its partnership with banking technology provider Backbase to power its digital transformation and deliver hyper-personalized experiences to Retail and SME customers. Backbase’s world-leading Engagement Banking platform will enable BasisBank to expand its retail banking offering by providing unique mobile experiences to its customers – all while enhancing its ability to innovate at speed and scale.    

AIO - Verified Financial Identity, a Fintech company based in Tel Aviv, and Finastra, today announced that they have been awarded a USD $1 million grant from the Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation for the co-development of a digital customer onboarding solution.

Elizabeth O’Neill is a highly experienced General Counsel with more than 20 years’ experience in the public and private sectors advising on EU competition law, international law and corporate governance. She has undertaken a variety of legal leadership roles for Her Majesty’s Government throughout her career.