BVNK, the global payments platform that brings together distributed ledger technology (DLT) and bank payment rails to help businesses send and receive payments, announces the appointment of Jane McEvoy as VP of Platform Partnerships. 

Jane joins BVNK's global leadership team, bringing with her a decade of experience in fintech and banking at Wise, Starling Bank, Koinly and Capgemini Consulting, and a track record of building strategic partnerships in the sector.

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking platform, today announces that global trading platform CMC Markets is live using its closed-loop payments product. CMC Markets users in the UK and Europe can now benefit from smooth, secure and fast payments using TrueLayer’s open banking technology compared to traditional methods such as debit, credit cards or manual bank transfer.

Agent IQ, the pioneer in digital relationship banking providing personal banker engagement and AI-supported self-service, and WBR Insights, the custom research division of Worldwide Business Research (WBR), the world leader in industry-driven thought-leadership conferences, and Future Branches, released their most recent report, “

Reward Finance Group has appointed David Owen as business development director to elevate Reward’s profile as a prominent alternative finance provider in Wales and the South West.

HSBC and B2B fintech Tradeshift have today announced an agreement to launch a new, jointly-owned business focused on the development of embedded finance solutions and financial services apps. 

AML RightSource, the leading provider of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance solutions, has furthered its application of AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to allow AML practitioners to reduce time spent on labor intensive, low-value tasks and increase their ability to focus on risks that truly warrant attention.

Skipify, a fintech company redefining the checkout experience, has teamed up with American Express to connect Amex U.S. Consumer Members' Cards seamlessly into checkout. Skipify’s technology, launching exclusively with American Express, identifies select Amex customers via their email address, enabling them to automatically link their eligible Amex Cards to check out with participating merchants.

Fintech has seen huge strides in financial democratisation, including financial services designed for the unbanked or underbanked, delivered by mobile phones. 

NCR Corporation, a leading enterprise technology provider, today announced that Seacoast Bank has upgraded its ATM fleet and streamlined operations using NCR’s ATM as a Service (ATMaaS) solution. The bank has further expanded customers’ access to cash by joining NCR’s Allpoint Network.