As the ongoing cherry blossom season drives up travel demand, Japan is seeing a strong uptick in the consumption and cross-border digital payment volume of Asian travellers through their home e-wallets.

Connected by Alipay+, a cross-border payment tech solution, leading e-wallets in Asia saw the amount of spending by their outbound travellers to Japan more than quadruple in March 2023*, compared to October 2022 when the country moved to lift the daily cap on inbound arrivals and resumed a visa waiver policy.

Nuapay (EML Payments Limited’s (ASX: EML) Open Banking business) has been recognised for its exceptional Authenticated Mandates solution at the Merchant Payment Ecosystem Awards in Berlin, Germany, where it was awarded the coveted Best Use of Open Banking for Payments accolade.

Anapaya, a Swiss networking technology provider, today announced its partnership with Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, to provide Swiss banks with access to the Secure Swiss Finance Network (SSFN).

In the new era of e-commerce, propelled by the enforcement of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), the uncertainty of the market, and an emphasis on global expansion, merchants can’t help but adapt to the changes.

One of the most significant shifts is the integration of SCA. It’s a great way to guard off fraudulent attacks and provide customers with data protection, but it comes at a cost – a friction-infused customer journey.

Paperclip, Inc. has three solutions named in this year’s T3 (Technology Tools for Today) Inside Information Advisor Software Survey.

Financial IT catches up with Kevin Dearing, Product Director, Bank of APIs at NatWest at PAY360 Conference to discuss the importance of digital ID for achieving inclusive growth.

Hashdex, a leading global crypto-focused asset manager, today announced the launch of its Staking Program for all non-bitcoin funds and ETFs in The Cayman Islands, Brazil and Chile. Investors in eligible funds will benefit from staking awards to achieve higher returns, either through partial or full compensation of the management fee.

Clearwater Analytics, a leading provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, today announced that Scott Erickson has been appointed as the Company’s first Chief Revenue Officer. He will now oversee Clearwater’s sales efforts in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. With an 18-year track record of driving Clearwater’s growth including roles in services, product strategy, and sales, Erickson will continue to lead the Company’s market share expansion, now across all regions. 

Rego Payment Architectures, Inc. (“REGO”), the only COPPA-certified and GDPR-compliant provider of a white-label family digital wallet platform for financial institutions, announced today that it has secured a critical banking partnership as well as raised approximately $100M funding to continue delivering its integrated banking solutions. 

Crypto derivatives market participants are set to increase their use of third-party trading technology as the quality and sophistication of the products on offer continues to increase, a newly published study by Acuiti has found.

The whitepaper Changing Approaches to Crypto Trading Technology is based on a survey conducted in Q4 2022 of Acuiti’s Crypto Derivatives Expert Network and is published today in partnership with Trading Technologies, a global capital markets technology platform provider.