QCash Financial, provider of an automated, cloud-based, omni-channel lending platform for financial institutions, announces that it now offers its small-dollar, short-term lending technology to Canadian financial institutions.

Due to the demand for small-dollar lending in Canada, QCash Financial is expanding to offer its services to Canadian financial institutions. By serving the Canadian market, QCash Financial will offer Canadian financial institutions the ability to provide consumers a better alternative to Canadian payday loans.

The 2016 Debit Issuer Study, commissioned by PULSE, takes stock of the debit industry’s shift to chip (EMV) cards and mobile payments. As a result of the October 2015 liability shift, financial institutions have begun their chip debit card roll-out in earnest with optimism about the technology’s potential for enhancing the security of payment card transactions.

The study also details financial institutions’ move to support more mobile payment options as competition grows among mobile wallet providers.

MYPINPAD, an enabler of multi-factor authentication for touchscreen devices such as mobile phones and tablets, is being asked whether the digital commerce industry has compromised consumer security in favour of user experience.

FEXCO - one of the world's leading independent financial technology providers has today announced a partnership with Electronic Network Cash Tellers, to launch the first-ever mobile cash withdrawal solution in the Philippines.

The final report of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) retail banking market investigation, published today, concludes that older and larger banks do not have to compete hard enough for customers’ business, and smaller and newer banks find it difficult to grow. This means that many people are paying more than they should and are not benefiting from new services.

Path Solutions, the premier provider of Islamic banking software solutions and services, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Corporate Vision’s 2016 Technology Innovator Award for ‘Best Islamic Core Banking System Provider’.

 Virtual Instruments, the leader in infrastructure performance analytics, today announced its partnership with GCH Test & Computer Services, the information technology tools and services specialist.

“Two years after the start of the investigation into UK’s bank accounts, the CMA’s final report today reveals a strong push for transparency, concluding that banks need to work harder for their customers. One of the most significant changes being recommended is the opening of banking data through the ‘Open Banking Programme’.

The US is a key trading partner for the majority of British companies, according to research conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of American Express.

The research, which includes a survey of 531 companies worldwide, explores the global trading relationships, looking at how companies trade, the challenges they face and how they expect international trade with the US to change based on recent trends and upcoming political and regulatory shifts.