An interesting observation has occurred to me during industry conferences I’ve attended and recent articles I’ve read that I felt important to address: ABT is rarely distinguished from EMV®.

While an EMV transit system is a form of account-based ticketing (ABT), this assimilation is problematic. And crucially, it’s prohibiting PTOs and PTAs from being able to make the best decisions for their local markets.

For Good Causes -the UK-based fin-tech company - today officially launches its innovative new scheme which is set to transform the way consumers and retailers donate to charity.

Last year was rife with hype and speculation about open banking’s disruptive credentials, and it is easy to see why.

Open banking is essentially the practice of sharing financial information electronically, securely, and only under conditions that customers approve of.

Chatter about open banking persists because it is can be a significant innovation catalyst, enabling better user experiences, streamlining lending, automating accounting, and pioneering new payment options.

Avaloq has been named a Leader in the Wealth Management Operations Services PEAK Matrix^® Assessment 2020 by Everest Group. The assessment, an objective, industry-recognized evaluation of technology companies in the wealth management space, is used by financial services institutions to make critical decisions about global services providers.

Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) will host Appian World 2020 Virtual Edition on May 12 and 13, 2020. This year’s virtual event gives every attendee the best seat in the house for the world’s premier conference on low-code automation. Register for free at https://ap.pn/3crB7qw.

PAX Technology, the world’s leading manufacturer of point of sale terminal solutions, communicated a more flexible commercial model last week, for the state-of-the-art IM20 and IM30 unattended payment modules, to its EMEA region customers in a bid to help boost self-service transactions and promoting convenient contact-free payment experiences following the global coronavirus pandemic.

OutSystems announced the launch of the Integrated Management Platform that facilitates resource sharing across 18 municipalities in Portugal.

Amid growing global poverty concerns in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, leading spend management platform Soldo has launched a new solution Soldo Care to enable governments, local authorities, and NGOs to distribute emergency aid to vulnerable citizens via Mastercard® prepaid cards. The Municipality of Milan, which governs an estimated 1.3 million citizens, is the first authority to adopt the cards.

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM^®) solutions provider, today announced that Jumhouria Bank, the biggest bank in Libya, has successfully gone live on SmartStream’s solution for the reconciliations of cash payments - the first of a two phase implementatio